Leila Dickerson
New York Regional Director, U.S. Census Bureau
Leila Dickerson is the Regional Director for the New York Region. She began her career with the U.S. Census Bureau in 2004.
Leila has held a variety of positions during her Census Career, beginning in the Atlanta Regional Office as a Cartographic Technician. In 2007, she was promoted to Geographic Specialist where she worked on several geographic programs in preparation of the 2010 Census. Also, in 2007, she took an assignment as a Regional Technician working on the 2010 Census and was later promoted to an Area Manager where she led program operations for five Local Census Offices in some of the most challenging parts of the region. As a result of her leadership, Leila received a Bronze Medal Award for outstanding support of the 2010 Decennial Census field operations in the Atlanta Region.
In 2013, Leila was promoted to a Supervisory Survey Statistician where she supervised several ongoing surveys such as American Housing (AHS), Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife (FHWAR), and Consumer Expenditures (CE).
In 2016, Leila was promoted to a Coordinator in the Atlanta Regional Office. This was another opportunity for her to use her management and leadership skills to oversee multiple departments within the Regional Office including survey, recruiting, administrative and automation activities.
In 2017, Leila was promoted to Assistant Regional Census Manager to work on the 2020 Census. Serving in this capacity, she helped manage more than 65,000 employees in 42 Area Census Offices across seven states contributing to the success of one of the most challenging censuses ever. She received a Bronze Medal Award honoring her leadership for successful completion of the 2020 Decennial Census operations during the most challenging Decennial Census in our nation's history. She also received a Bronze Medal Award for her leadership in accelerating the implementation of health and safety protocols during COVID-19 that reduced the impact of the outbreak and allowed staff to return to the office environment as soon as operations resumed on the 2020 Census.
Additionally, Leila received a Bronze Medal Award for her superior leadership on a team formed to develop a new integrated database, Unified Tracking System (UTS) designed to improve business applications and streamline processes.
Leila was an active participant on a Census-Field Headquarters’ team that assisted in developing an integrated automated database, MOJO, that was implemented as a cost-savings tool to conduct the 2020 Census.
Leila has a Bachelor of Science degree in Management from the University of Phoenix, a Postgraduate Certificate in Child Protection from the University of Applied Research and Development, and a Certificate in Federal Mediation and Conciliation. She is a 2014 graduate of the Atlanta Federal Executive Board Peak Performance Leadership Program, and she served on the Georgia’s Clayton County Grassroots Leadership Institute Board from 2008-2017. Leila is also a proud member of Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Incorporated.
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