Jennifer M. Ortman is a demographer at the U.S. Census Bureau, where she leads efforts to create a demographic frame (a compilation of information about people and households from censuses, surveys, and administrative data sources). She also serves as a member of the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology.

Ortman, who joined the Census Bureau in 2009 as a demographer, has helped develop many statistical programs. Among them: the American Community Survey and Population Projections. She has co-authored reports about such topics as the nation’s older population and baby boom cohort and has presented her research findings at various venues including C-SPAN’s America by the Numbers.