The New York Chapter of the American Association for Public Opinion Research
NYAAPOR is led by a volunteer executive council elected by members each spring.
The executive council oversees standing committees and is supported by a professional administrator, the secretariat. To ensure consistency in leadership, past and incoming presidents work closely with the current president and current and incoming (associate) council members also work together.
NYAAPOR members who are interested in joining the leadership can fill out a volunteer interest form.
Robyn Hightower
President
Research Dir., Growth, Trust & Safety, Hinge
Nadia Frigiola
Program Chair
Senior Vice President of Growth & Strategic Partnerships, Inspirient
Jayme Schlesinger
Membership Chair
Political Science Lecturer, Columbia University
Greg Bovitz
Immediate Past President
CEO & Founder, Bovitz Inc.
Kabir Khanna
Vice President
Director, Elections & Analytics, MS NOW
Rohit Kandala
Assoc. Program Chair
Associate Director of Data Science, Omnicom Media Group
Jeff Craw
Assoc. Membership Chair
Research & Insights Consultant
Rosemarie Sharpe
Secretariat
NYAAPOR
Michael Lenmark
Secretary-Treasurer
Survey Statistician, Cornell University's Worker Institute
Amber N. Ott
Communications Chair
Partner, Hudson Pacific
Sarah Feldman
Councilor at Large
Senior Director of Research, GLAAD
Michael Schwam-Baird
Assoc. Secretary-Treasurer
Assoc. Prof. Professional Practice in Political Analytics,
Columbia University
Sami Fleischner
Assoc. Communications Chair
Client Solutions Associate Director, Verasight
Karyn Vilbig
Assoc. Councilor at Large
Sr. Research Scientist, Vote Forward & Swing Left
2026–2027 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
PAST COUNCIL MEMBERS
NYAAPOR is lucky to have been led by an incredible group of individuals throughout its history.
1995-1996
President
Robert Lee
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
Susan Mendelsohn
Assoc. Secretary-Treasurer
Program Chair
Horst Stipp
Assoc. Program Chair
Communications Chair
Ariela Keysar
Assoc. Communications Chair
Membership Chair
Michael Wood
Assoc. Membership Chair
Councilor at Large
Josephine Holz
Assoc. Councilor at Large
Immediate Past President
1994-1995
President
Mark Schulman
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
Mickey Blum
Assoc. Secretary-Treasurer
Program Chair
Murray Edelman
Assoc. Program Chair
Communications Chair
Nancy Ames
Assoc. Communications Chair
Membership Chair
Ariela Keysar
Assoc. Membership Chair
Councilor at Large
Thersa Rogers
Assoc. Councilor at Large
Immediate Past President
1993-1994
President
Helen Kaufman
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
Assoc. Secretary-Treasurer
Program Chair
Assoc. Program Chair
Communications Chair
Assoc. Communications Chair
Membership Chair
Assoc. Membership Chair
Councilor at Large
Assoc. Councilor at Large
Immediate Past President