Lisa Grace S. Bersales is a Filipino statistician, a professor in the School of Statistics of the

University of the Philippines The University of the Philippines (UP; fil, Pamantasan ng Pilipinas Unibersidad ng Pilipinas) is a state university system in the Philippines. It is the country's national university, as mandated by Republic Act No. 9500 (UP Charter of 200 ...

, the former National Statistician of the Philippines and director of the

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, and the former president of the Philippine Statistical Association.

Education and careers

Bersales has bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in statistics from the University of the Philippines, earned in 1978, 1981, and 1989 respectively. Before becoming National Statistician of the Philippines, Bersales was director of graduate studies in the School of Statistics of the University of the Philippines, dean of the school, and, since 2010, Vice President for Planning and Finance for the University of the Philippines system. She became the first National Statistician of the Philippines, serving from 2014 until 2019, when she was succeeded in the post by

Dennis Mapa Claire Dennis S. Mapa, Ph.D. (born November 6, 1969) is a Filipino economist and statistician. He is the National Statistician and Civil Registrar General (NSCRG) of the Philippine Statistics Authority with a rank of Undersecretary as appointed by ...

. As National Statistician, she was also the Civil Registrar General of the Philippines, the founding director of the Philippine Statistics Authority, and the director of the 2015 Census of Population of the Philippines. She was president of the Philippine Statistical Association for the 2018–2019 term.

Recognition

Bersales is an Elected Member of the

International Statistical Institute The International Statistical Institute (ISI) is a professional association of statisticians. It was founded in 1885, although there had been international statistical congresses since 1853. The institute has about 4,000 elected members from gov ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bersales, Lisa Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Filipino statisticians Women statisticians University of the Philippines alumni University of the Philippines faculty Elected Members of the International Statistical Institute