Odo Butler oversees the NYS Department of Labor’s Division of Research and Statistics, the primary source of labor market information in New York State. He has also overseen the development of various tools for programs to understand their data better and for the public to have easier access to labor market information. Butler has over 15 years of experience in the public sector, higher education, and the US Navy. Before joining NYS DOL, he was the director of Institutional Research at American International College and SUNY Schenectady. Butler has a doctorate degree in law and policy from Northeastern University, a master’s degree in history and political science from the College of St. Rose, and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University at Albany.