robert santos to be director of the census bureau within the department of

robert santos, nominated to be the director of the u.s. census bureau within the department of commerce. mr. santos is currently the vice president and chief at the urban institute. he is a nationally-recognized expert in survey sampling and survey design with over 40 years of experience in social science and policy research. after receiving his ba in mathematics from trinity university in san antonio and an ma in statistics from the university of michigan, go blue, mr. santos went on to hold several leadership roles including vice president of statistics and methodology at the university of chicago's national opinion research center , director of survey operations at the university of michigan, survey research center in partner and executive vice president at a texas market research firm. mr. santos has also served as an expert advisor to the cdc and the census bureau. he currently serves as the elected president of the american statistical association, the leading professional organization for statisticians in the united states. welcome,