Elizabeth Mannshardt

Overview

Elizabeth Mannshardt, PhD, joined Westat in November 2024 as Vice President and Director, Statistics and Data Science, with over 20 years of experience as a statistician and data scientist in government, academia, and industry. Prior to joining Westat, Mannshardt served as the director of the Statistics, Methods, and Innovation Program at the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics of the National Science Foundation (NSF) leading a team of survey statisticians and methodologists conducting data quality assessments, survey design improvement, and information product dissemination for official federal statistics. Prior to NSF, Mannshardt was the acting director of the Information Access and Analysis Services Division in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Information Management where she led a team of data scientists and information technologists managing national and public-facing programs and services, including the design and buildout of the agency’s cloud-hosted data management and analytics platform. Her research and applied work include data product development, data quality assessments, survey statistics, extreme value analysis, spatial statistics, and scientific communication.

Mannshardt is an adjunct professor in North Carolina State University’s (NCSU’s) Department of Statistics and serves on the External Advisory Board for NCSU’s Master of Science in Foundations of Data Science program. She is an elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) and currently serves on ASA’s Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) Policy Committee as well as its inaugural Katherine K. Wallman Award Committee. Her prior service includes Vice Chair of ASA’s Membership Council, Chair of the Government Statistics Section, President of the North Carolina Chapter, and member of the Health Effects Institute (HEI) Energy Review Committee. In addition to an extensive publication record, Mannshardt is widely recognized for her expertise and thought leadership and is frequently invited to present at major industry conferences, academic symposia, and professional forums.

Education

• PhD, Statistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• MS, Statistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• BS, Mathematics, Sonoma State University