THE LISA 2020 NETWORK IS CENTERED AT THE LABORATORY FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STATISTICAL ANALYSIS (LISA) AT CU BOULDER AND IS CURRENTLY COMPRISED OF 10 NEW STAT LABS IN LMIC HEIS AT U. OF IBADAN, OBAFEMI AWOLOWO U., ANCHOR U., NASAWARA ST. U., AND FEDERAL U. OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE IN NIGERIA; HAWASSA U. AND WOLKITE U. IN ETHIOPIA; SOKOINE U. OF AGRICULTURE, TANZANIA; UFRN, BRAZIL; AND U. OF ZIMBABWE. EACH STAT LAB HAS THREE MISSIONS: (1) TRAIN STATISTICIANS AND DATA SCIENTISTS TO BECOME EFFECTIVE, INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATORS WHO CAN MOVE BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS FOR REAL-WORLD IMPACT; (2) SERVE AS COLLABORATION INFRASTRUCTURE FOR RESEARCHERS AND DECISION-MAKERS TO ENABLE AND ACCELERATE RESEARCH AND DATA-BASED DECISIONS THAT MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON SOCIETY; (3) TEACH SHORT COURSES AND WORKSHOPS TO IMPROVE STATISTICAL AND DATA SCIENCE SKILLS AND LITERACY WIDELY.