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.
Greg Bovitz
President
CEO & Founder, Bovitz Inc.
Robyn Hightower
Program Chair
Senior UX Research Manager, Hinge
Jayme Schlesinger
Membership Chair
Political Science Lecturer, Columbia University
Charlie Riemann
Immediate Past President
Senior Analytics Manager – Elections Unit, NBC News
Soubhik Barari
Vice President
Research Methodologist, NORC
Nadia Frigiola
Assoc. Program Chair
Senior Vice President of Growth & Strategic Partnerships, Inspirient
Mary Hoyt Kearns
Assoc. Membership Chair
Vice President, Customer Experience Research, JPMorgan Chase
Rosemarie Sharpe
Secretariat
NYAAPOR
Amber N. Ott
Secretary-Treasurer
Partner, Hudson Pacific
Karen Jaffe
Communications Chair
Executive Director, Head of CX Research, JP Morgan Chase
James Diamond
Councilor at Large
Research Manager, PayPal
Michael Lenmark
Assoc. Secretary-Treasurer
Survey Statistician, Cornell University's Worker Institute
Damon Roberts
Assoc. Communications Chair
Manager of Elections, ABC News
Sarah Feldman
Assoc. Councilor at Large
Senior Director of Research, GLAAD
2025–2026 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
PAST COUNCIL MEMBERS
NYAAPOR is lucky to have been led by an incredible group of individuals throughout its history.
2021-2022
President
Amber N. Ott
Vice President
Greg Holyk
Secretary-Treasurer
Phyllis Mancino
Assoc. Secretary-Treasurer
Sharyn Silber
Program Chair
Patrick Hoey
Assoc. Program Chair
Charlie Riemann
Communications Chair
Lea Williams
Assoc. Communications Chair
Amanda Marziliano
Membership Chair
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Assoc. Membership Chair
Sehra Eusufzai
Councilor at Large
Kathleen Wheldon
Assoc. Councilor at Large
MJ Emery
Immediate Past President
Jay Mattlin
2020-2021
President
Jay Mattlin
Vice President
Amber N. Ott
Secretary-Treasurer
Tracy Goodwin
Assoc. Secretary-Treasurer
Phyllis Mancino
Program Chair
Greg Holyk
Assoc. Program Chair
Patrick Hoey
Communications Chair
MJ Emery
Assoc. Communications Chair
Lea Williams
Membership Chair
Amanda Marziliano
Assoc. Membership Chair
Michael McGuigin
Councilor at Large
Donato Vaccaro
Assoc. Councilor at Large
Kathleen Wheldon
Immediate Past President
Randal Ries
2019-2020
President
Randal Ries
Vice President
Jay Mattlin
Secretary-Treasurer
Patrick Hoey
Assoc. Secretary-Treasurer
Tracy Goodwin
Program Chair
Mary Wang
Assoc. Program Chair
Greg Holyk
Communications Chair
Chris Weiss
Assoc. Communications Chair
Patrick Armstrong
Membership Chair
Megan Scott
Assoc. Membership Chair
Orin Puniello
Councilor at Large
Amber N. Ott
Assoc. Councilor at Large
Donato Vaccaro
Immediate Past President
Janet Streicher*