Dr. Bacheller writes the blog “Policy by Numbers – New York,” which focuses on analysis of data for evidence-based policy, with a particular focus on New York State. He previously headed the Policy and Research division of Empire State Development, New York’s economic development agency, for 13 years. Prior to that he was a policy analyst for the New York State Senate, an assistant professor of political science at Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges, and an adjunct professor at Russell Sage College. He holds a doctorate in political science from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, an MBA from the University at Albany, and a Bachelor of Arts from Lehigh University. His work at the Rockefeller Institute will focus on social and economic issues in New York’s upstate cities and rural areas.