Chase Sawyer is a Technical Lead for Data Product Development at the U.S. Census Bureau. He designs and delivers production-scale statistical and geospatial data products that translate Census microdata into actionable insights that support disaster analysis across all U.S. counties.

Chase serves as a senior technical leader for the Community Resilience Estimates (CRE) Program, overseeing production delivery and championing innovative methods to meet data user needs. He created CAREs (Census Assessment, Recovery, and Evaluation datasets) as a rapid-response extension of the CRE that aligns hazard data to Census geographies to establish disaster baselines and support post-event analysis. This work builds on Chase’s service as the Census Bureau liaison to FEMA’s National Response Coordination Center during Hurricanes Helene and Milton, where he provided real-time statistical and geographic support directly informing federal response operations.

Building on this foundation, Chase architected the integration of machine learning and cross-survey modeling into CRE for Heat, improving tract-level estimates of heat vulnerability by combining multiple survey sources into operational production. Across his work, Chase emphasizes open, interoperable workflows and reproducible analytics, bridging Census microdata and geospatial ecosystems to support real-time public-sector decision making.