John Finamore is the Chief Statistician and Confidentiality Officer for the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) within the National Science Foundation. In this role, he serves as the agency’s senior technical advisor in the areas of survey methods, statistical standards, disclosure avoidance, and data quality. Prior to arriving at NCSES, he worked at the Census Bureau serving as a lead mathematical statistician on demographic surveys sponsored by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Justice Statistics, and NCSES.