Alice Larson, Ph.D., a social service researcher specializing in data development, needs assessments, and quantitative/qualitative research; has conducted a variety of projects for non-profit organizations, government agencies, and businesses around the country. Dr. Larson is considered a national expert in estimating migrant and seasonal farmworkers, assessing health care access for low-income individuals, and designing methodological techniques for describing vulnerable populations. She has spent decades assisting the U.S. Census Bureau to assure more complete counts and was responsible, with Dr. Haulman, for the Vashon Census Project, a transcription of all Census data describing Vashon-Maury Island from 1870 to 2010 (vashonhistory.com).