Thomas Mesenbourg

Previously, Mesenbourg served as the deputy director and chief operating officer of the Census Bureau from May 2008 until August 2012.

[1][2] Mesenbourg earned his bachelor's degree in economics from Boston University in 1968 and his master's from Penn State in 1971.

During his time as division chief, he was chairman of the Statistics 2000 Task Force, a multiagency group that identified opportunities for reducing business reporting burdens, cutting costs and improving efficiency.

He served as the Assistant Associate Director for Economic Programs from 1994 to 2005, managing eight divisions, 1,300 employees and an annual budget of more than $230 million.

He served as the adviser to the Census Bureau director and deputy director on economic statistics programs and provided counsel as to the scope, quality, content and methodology of economic statistics programs.