Dominique Duval-Diop

Dominique Duval-Diop is the Deputy Chief Data Officer at the Department of Commerce (DOC). Dr. Duval-Diop works across DOC to accelerate the value of data in meeting the Department’s mission to create the conditions for economic growth and opportunity for all communities. Her position is housed at the Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs.

In her prior role, Dr. Duval-Diop was the Chief Data Scientist of the United States, working in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. She also co-chaired the Equitable Federal Funding Interagency Working Group of the NSTC Subcommittee on Equitable Data. She worked at the nexus of data, tech, and equity to help build the capacity of federal agencies to use data and technology to drive equity in infrastructure investments and other federal funding programs.

Dr. Duval-Diop also previously served as a member of the Derute Consulting Cooperative, where she helped build the organizational capacity of mission-driven non-profit and governmental organizations using participatory, inquiry-based research methods, and statistical and geographic analysis. She also previously was an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellow and later served as Associate Director of Gender and Social Inclusion at the Millennium Challenge Corporation, where she worked to advance the agency’s use of data analytics and geospatial analysis to drive the equitable impact of international infrastructure programs in countries including Senegal, Mozambique, Tunisia, and the Solomon Islands. She was also a board member of the Equity and Inclusion Campaign.

Dominique holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Northwestern University, a Master of Public Administration in Urban and Environmental Policy from Columbia, and a PhD in Economic Geography from Louisiana State University.