Dr. Sharon Boivin has over 30 years of experience developing, collecting, analyzing, and disseminating federal data. She has spent most of that time at the National Center for Education Statistics in the U.S. Department of Education, where she has studied topics ranging from teacher qualifications to occupational licenses and industry-recognized certifications. She recently served on the staff of the bipartisan Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking. In that role, she conducted research, wrote background papers, and drafted recommendations and report text on how the Federal Government could securely use confidential data to make the rigorous use of evidence a routine part of government operations. She is currently on detail to the Office of Management and Budget helping to develop a comprehensive Federal Data Strategy under the Cross-Agency Priority Goal, Leveraging Data as a Strategic Asset. She coordinates the efforts of roughly 40 Federal Data Fellows from across the Executive Branch who are developing aspirational practices and specific action steps in the areas of Enterprise Data Governance; Access, Use, and Augmentation; Decision-making and Accountability; and Commercialization, Innovation, and Public Use. Dr. Boivin has a Ph.D. in Education Research with a minor in Program Evaluation from the University of Virginia.