Elizabeth Mannshardt

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Elizabeth Mannshardt
NationalityAmerican
Education Sonoma State University,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Known forChair of the Government Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association
Scientific career
Fields Environmental statistics
Thesis Asymptotic Multivariate Kriging Using Estimated Parameters with Bayesian Prediction Methods for Non-Linear Predictands
Doctoral advisor Richard L. Smith

Elizabeth Mannshardt (also published as Elizabeth C. Mannshardt-Shamseldin and Elizabeth Mannshardt-Hawk) is an executive at a leading research firm, environmental statistician, and adjunct professor. She joined Westat in 2024 as Vice President and Director, Statistics and Data Science. [1] She is an adjunct associate professor in the department of statistics at North Carolina State University. [2] [3]

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Education and career

Mannshardt is from Yuba City, California, [4] and was the 1995 valedictorian of Yuba City High School. [5] She majored in mathematics at Sonoma State University, [4] and did graduate study in statistics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, earning a master's degree in 2005 and completing her PhD in 2008. Her dissertation, Asymptotic Multivariate Kriging Using Estimated Parameters with Bayesian Prediction Methods for Non-Linear Predictands, was supervised by Richard L. Smith. [6] Her research focused on climate change and extremes in climate and weather. [7]

While a doctoral student, Mannshardt was also a research fellow at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. She became a postdoctoral researcher at the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute, [6] working with Peter F. Craigmile, [8] and a visiting assistant professor at Duke University before becoming a government statistician at the EPA. [6] [9]

Mannshardt was the Associate Director then acting Director of the Information Access and Analytic Services Division at the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Mannshardt served as the director of the Statistics Methods and Innovation Program at the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics at the National Science Foundation (2022-2024). [10]

Mannshardt chaired the Government Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association (ASA) in 2019. [11] She is the 2022 chair of the ASA Section on Statistics and the Environment [12] and currently serves as the Vice Chair of ASA’s Membership Council (2023-) [13] [14]

Recognition

Mannshardt was named as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2022. [15]

Personal life

Mannshardt is married to software test architect James Hawk. [4] She is also a avid beach and grass volleyball player, occasionally playing in co-ed events with her husband. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ Westat. "Elizabeth Mannshardt Joins Westat as VP and Director, Statistics and Data Science". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
  2. ↑ US EPA, OEAEE. "Staff Details". cfpub.epa.gov. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  3. ↑ "Advice on Applying for an Internship". STATtr@k. December 1, 2021. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  4. 1 2 3 "Wedding: Mannshardt/Hawk", Appeal-Democrat , June 2, 2013
  5. ↑ "Community", Appeal-Democrat , p. C3, June 20, 1995 – via Newspaper Archive
  6. 1 2 3 Curriculum vitae (PDF), Duke University, 2010, retrieved 2022-07-21
  7. ↑ Home page at Duke University , retrieved 2022-07-21
  8. ↑ Peter F. Craigmile curriculum vitae (PDF), retrieved 2022-07-21
  9. ↑ Google Street View Air Quality Data: Oakland CA NO2 2015–2016, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, January 1, 2017, retrieved 2023-02-05
  10. ↑ Westat. "Elizabeth Mannshardt Joins Westat as VP and Director, Statistics and Data Science". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
  11. ↑ "My ASA Story", AmStat News, American Statistical Association, December 1, 2020, retrieved 2022-07-21
  12. ↑ Section on Statistics and the Environment Officers, American Statistical Association, retrieved 2022-07-21
  13. ↑ Wasserstein, Ron (December 1, 2024). "Highlights of the March 31 – April 1, 2023, ASA Board of Directors Meeting".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ↑ "HEI Energy". www.heienergy.org. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
  15. ↑ ASA 2022 Fellows (PDF), American Statistical Association, retrieved 2022-07-21
  16. ↑ "Liz Mannshardt-Hawk", AVP America, retrieved 2022-07-21
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