Sue Copella was appointed Director of the Pennsylvania State Data Center in January 2001. Prior to that she held various positions with the Pa State Data Center since joining the staff in 1990.
Her most recent position was as Manager of Sponsored Research. In that position, Sue served as project director on a number of sponsored research projects and continues to serve as the Commonwealth's representative to the Federal State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates and the Federal State Cooperative Program for Population Projections. She has extensive experience in both the 1980 and 1990 Census and is Pennsylvania's representative to the Bureau on issues related to the 2000 census.
Sue worked in a variety of urban and regional
planning related agencies before coming to Penn
State and holds a B.A. in Urban Studies and Geography
from the University of Pittsburgh.
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