Get to know the chair and vice-chair of the newly formed advisory committee.





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*Census Bureau Announces Leadership for the New 2030 Census Advisory Committee*

The U.S. Census Bureau today announced the appointment of Arturo Vargas as the chair and Nancy Bates as the vice-chair of the newly formed 2030 Census Advisory Committee (2030 CAC). 

The 2030 CAC will provide the Census Bureau recommendations on planning and implementation of the 2030 Census. The committee will also review and provide feedback related to 2030 Census plans and execution to assist the Census Bureau to devise strategies to increase census awareness and participation, reduce barriers to response and enhance the public’s trust and willingness to respond. 

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*New Leadership*

*Arturo Vargas, chair* 

Arturo Vargas serves as the chief executive officer for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO), a national membership organization, and the NALEO Educational Fund, which is a national nonprofit organization that strengthens American democracy by promoting the full participation of Latinos in our civic life. The NALEO Educational Fund’s programs include naturalization outreach and promotion, voter engagement, census policy and outreach, professional development programs for policymakers, and promoting a policy framework to enhance Latino access to and participation in our democratic processes. He has held these leadership roles since 1994. Arturo is a nationally recognized expert in Latino demographic trends, electoral participation, voting rights, the decennial census and redistricting. Arturo also previously served on the Census Bureau’s National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations [ [link removed] ]. 

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*Nancy Bates, vice chair *

Nancy Bates spent her career as a survey statistician/methodologist at the U.S. Census Bureau where she served as a key participant in the design and implementation of the research programs for both the 2010 Census and 2020 Census. Before she retired in 2020, Nancy served as the Census Bureau’s Senior Methodologist for Survey Research. During her tenure in that position, she conducted research to improve measurement of same-sex couples in the decennial census and the American Community Survey, served as co-chair of the research group on sexual orientation and gender identity for the Office of Management and Budget and the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology, and co-edited a special issue on measuring LGBT populations for the Journal of Official Statistics. She also co-authored the monograph "Hard-to-Survey Populations". In retirement, Nancy co-chaired the National Academy of Science and Medicine consensus panel report: “Measuring Sex, Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation”.  

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