Erika Becker-Medina is chief of the Decennial Communications Coordination Office of the U.S. Census Bureau, where she oversees the development and review of internal and external communication materials in an effort to increase collaboration with stakeholders and facilitate information-sharing among staff for the decennial census. Prior to this role, Becker-Medina oversaw the outreach efforts of the economic census, the census of governments and a host of annual and quarterly data products about the U.S. economy. Before managing these outreach efforts, she managed multiple surveys covering state and local government data, specializing primarily in public pensions. Becker-Medina has been with the Census Bureau for more than 15 years; she started as a survey statistician analyzing retail and restaurant data for monthly retail indicators. She earned her bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Maryland and received a master’s certificate in project management from George Washington University.