Sara M. Stefanik

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RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Program and Management Analyst – Office of the Chief Data Officer

US Department of Education, Washington, DC 10/2019-present

Lead the Department’s effort as product owner to develop an enterprise open data platform using CKAN to fulfill a government mandate for each agency to create a comprehensive data inventory

Serve as information system owner of the open data platform to guide decisions on best security practices and ensure compliance with Department security controls

Coordinate with and manage multiple external contractors that contribute to platform development

Lead the effort to inventory all Department data assets across various program offices, administrative data collection teams and survey areas

Conduct internal and external user acceptances tests to validate and improve platform functionality

Develop metadata standards and definitions for the Department based on current open data schema rules

Draft data quality and usability policies, such as complete data dictionaries, standard formatting of datasets or defining what constitutes high quality Department data

Engage internal and external stakeholders on modern issues surrounding the creation, accessibility and usability of education data

Develop innovative ways to automate education data catalog population, such as web scraping, machine learning and metadata harvesting

Conduct internal data steward technical guidance working groups on current issues and trends in open data, data management, and data catalogs

Draft user documentation for the Department’s open data platform for internal and external audiences

Survey Statistician (Education) – National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS)

United States Census Bureau, Washington, DC 05/2018-10/2019

Developed data linkage methodology for student and teacher survey and administrative data

Coordinated and lead qualitative interviews and focus groups on student and teacher data systems

Drafted research plans on the feasibility of linking data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and the NTPS

Evaluated survey data qualities issues to enhance and improve data released to the public

Wrote technical data processing specification and requirements

Managed schedules of inter-connected qualitative and quantitative education data linkage research projects

Analyzed relevant school, principal, and teacher survey data

Created survey lifecycle and methodology specifications

Facilitated meetings and working groups between contractors and government staff on survey specifications and data files

Led a process improvement group for improving survey data processing of multiple education surveys

Team Lead, Data Acquisition – Small Area Estimates Branch (SAEB)

United States Census Bureau, Washington, DC 07/2013-05/2018

Completed 1-year detail on the Commission for Evidence-Based Policymaking during this time. See below.

Worked with interagency and external contacts to obtain timely, high-quality survey and administrative data

Supervised analysts on data acquisition and quality control tasks for creating child poverty estimates

Conducted quantitative analyses on external administrative data and internal Census data to evaluate the usefulness and quality of the statistical models inputs

Wrote technical requirements documents for obtaining data for school district poverty estimates

Analyzed and performed quality checks on multiple administrative and survey data sets (IRS, Medicaid, SSI, SNAP, etc.)

Point of contact for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) data collection cycle and for the School District Review Program (SDRP) with Geography Division

Updated and guided branch contracts and agreements through Census Bureau processes

Created trend and outlier graphs to look for issues that would impact child poverty estimates

Created research reports describing trends, issues, and the quality of model-based school district-level data

Created schedules and timelines describing project milestones, start dates, finish dates, and meetings

Policy and Research Analyst (1-year detail)

Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking, Washington, DC 10/2016-10/2017

Researched topics related to statistical policy, data, privacy, the Federal data and evaluation system, and other policy areas relevant to evidence-building

Drafted papers, memos, and briefs in regards to federal evidence-building topics

Analyzed large amounts of qualitative information; including public input from the Federal Register, research papers, and technical documents

Collaborated and coordinated schedules of Commissioners, subject-matter experts, and other stakeholders on evidence-related topics

Assisted in drafting, editing, and publishing the final report of the Commission

Assisted external affairs staff with scheduling, event planning, and all external communications

Survey Statistician – Health and Consumer Services Branch (HCSB)

United States Census Bureau, Washington, DC 06/2009 - 07/2013

Collected and analyzed primary data provided by financial service companies and applied - statistical techniques to collected data

Built relationships with survey respondents and provided technical assistance

Developed new survey designs and sample populations

Wrote requirements for data processing systems

Participated in and led team-based projects to enhance analytical skills

Provided other government institutions with accurate and quality data that are up to publication standards

Researched and summarized secondary sources to provide an overall picture of issues impacting published data

EDUCATION

American University, Washington, DC Degree Earned: Dec. 2017

Master of Science, Public Policy

Field of Study: Education Policy

Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, PA Degree Earned: May 2009

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration

Major: Finance, minor in International Business

SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS

Technical Skills: Advanced Microsoft Office suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Project

Intermediate knowledge of Nvivo, SAS, STATA, and SQL

Beginner knowledge of Python, Power Bi, Tableau

Certificates: Master’s certificate in project management, August 2017, George Washington University

Data science training program, Ongoing, Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

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