Scott Gaul, chief data officer, Connecticut

“As part of Connecticut’s efforts to improve diversity, equity and inclusion in our workforce, state agencies, human resources, equal employment opportunity and civil rights stakeholders and the Census State Data Center developed the steps to use new data in planning to better reflect the state’s current demographics. While the updated data is just one piece of a bigger puzzle, the sustained collaborative effort across multiple groups is the model that we can use to make and sustain progress in other areas.”