Stephanie Frank Singer, Ph.D.
Data Scientist & Former Election Administrator
Experience
Research Assistant Professor, 2019-22, Senior Fellow 2022-present, Portland State University
Senior Fellow, 2022 - present
• Statistical evaluation of interventions to change attitudes toward election administration and oversight
• Election verification research (supported by $500K in NSF grants) o Created software system for quick consolidation and analysis US election results (10k lines of python code)
o Published 2020 US Federal General Election results in consistent formats (10K+ downloads)
o Created public web app for immediate visualization of nationwide county-level 2020 General Election results (with Verified Voting)
o Managed two graduate students and one software developer. • Affiliation with the National Center for Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity • “I know how it feels to lose a stolen election. A real patriot would move on,” published on WashingtonPost.com on January 6, 2021.
Data Scientist, Self-Employed, 2016 - present
Consultant specializing in government data and elections cybersecurity resilience ● Advised Oregon Secretary of State on automatic signature verification ● For Verified Voting: advised Oregon legislature and Secretary of State on internet voting and on statutory and regulatory language for tabulation audits; redesigned Verified Voting’s database supporting the nation’s only comprehensive, public, up-to-date tracker of election technology; produced reports and web-based materials; created and implemented “Audit Roadshow” outreach strategy to local election administrators nationwide; assisted with strategic planning
● Supported risk-limiting audit pilots by various county boards of election ● For Free & Fair: Project Lead in agile-style software development of risk-limiting-audit management software for State of Colorado, the open source basis for software in use now in many states
● For Knight Foundation: Created app for government data project management ( )
Philadelphia City Commissioner, Board of Elections, 2012 - 2016 Elected as one of three Commissioners responsible for elections in the fifth largest US city across 1,700 voting precincts, a $10M annual budget, and 90 employees. ● One of three members of the Board of Election which developed program rules & policies, set long- and short-term goals, evaluated programs and developed budgets. ● Introduced the “I Voted Today” and “He Votado Hoy” stickers to one million voters ● Chair of Board of Elections, 2012, including supervision of entire 90-person staff ● Co-Chair of Elections Reform Committee of County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania, 2013-2015
● Led opposition from inside government to Voter ID law, overturned in 2014. ● Instituted free, easy access to election-related data in electronic form. ● Created Civics on the Ground handbook series to empower voters. ● Performed data analysis that led to federal convictions for election malefactors. ● Defeated party-endorsed 36-year incumbent by 9% margin in primary. Raised four times the campaign funds of any other candidate, mostly from small-dollar donors.
Data Strategist, Athenian Properties LLC (now AthenianRazak), 2008 - 2011 ● Mined foreclosure data from public court dockets, leading to new client acquisition. ● Created geospatial data analysis tools for the School District of Philadelphia, providing comprehensive optimization analysis of supply and demand used for facilities planning. ● Helped create zero-based budget for operations at $65M Lenfest Hall at Curtis Institute.
Managing Partner, Campaign Scientific LLC, 2004 - 2008
Founded data analysis consultancy to serve political campaigns and small businesses. ● Provided strategic election data to successful local, state, and national campaigns. ● Convinced the Pennsylvania Department of State to lower the purchase price of voter files from $1340 to $20.
● Convinced the Philadelphia Board of Elections to release detailed official election results in electronic form.
● Provided expert witness testimony for plaintiff in NAACP v Cortes in US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
● Co-directed Election Verification Exit Poll in two Pennsylvania congressional districts.
Assistant/Associate Professor, Haverford College, 1991 - 2002 Earned tenure in the Math Department. Published several original research papers. Lectured at the Institute for Advanced Study and other venues worldwide. ORCID: 0000-0002-1373-9619 Election-Related Volunteer Work
Philadelphia Eighth Ward Democratic Executive Committee: committeeperson, 2006 – 2010; Ward Leader 2008 – 2010
Election Verification Network: member, 2009 – present
Voter File Manager, Kerry/Edwards campaign in Pennsylvania, 2004 Various election campaigns, 1984 - present
Education
Ph.D., Mathematics, New York University, 1991.
Fellowship support earned from National Science Foundation Sloan Foundation IBM and AT&T Bell Labs.
B.S., Mathematics, Yale University, 1985, magna cum laude.
Additional graduate studies in Computer Science at Stanford University Published Books
Linearity, Symmetry and Prediction in the Hydrogen Atom, Springer Verlag, NY, 2005.
Symmetry in Mechanics: A Gentle, Modern Introduction, Birkhauser, Boston, 2001.
Invited Keynote Lectures
Detecting Anomalies in the 2020 Election, Mathematical Association of America Invited Address, Joint Mathematics Meetings, 2021
Democracy: Your Path to Power, Kramer Endowed Lectureship, SUNY Geneseo, 2019 Selected Awards
NSF RAPID Grant, 2020 ($200K)
NSF EAGER Grant, 2019 ($300K)
Knight Foundation Prototype Fund, 2016 ($60K)
Published Technical Resources
electiondata: a Python package for consolidating, checking, analyzing, visualizing and exporting election results
US election results: by county, complete, consolidated to standard formats Patent
US Patent 4,835,732 - Huberman, Bernardo A., Keirstead, William P., Singer, Stephanie. 1989.
Detection of motion in the presence of noise. Filed March 9, 1987, and issued May 30, 1989.
Selected Skills: Python, SQL, ETL, database design, machine learning, git, product SDLC, fluent French, excellent German, some Russian, Italian and Spanish language skills.