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.
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*
2018-2019
President
Janet Streicher
Vice President
Randal Ries
Secretary-Treasurer
Patrick Hoey
Assoc. Secretary-Treasurer
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Program Chair
Marjorie Connelly
Assoc. Program Chair
Communications Chair
Meg Tyson
Assoc. Communications Chair
Chris Weiss
Membership Chair
Patrick Armstrong
Assoc. Membership Chair
Rachel Hassan
Councilor at Large
Sandra Bauman
Assoc. Councilor at Large
Amber N. Ott
Immediate Past President
Chintan Turakhia
2017-2018
President
Chintan Turakhia
Vice President
Janet Streicher
Secretary-Treasurer
Amber N. Ott
Assoc. Secretary-Treasurer
Mark Morgan
Program Chair
Randal Ries
Assoc. Program Chair
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Communications Chair
Josh De La Rosa
Assoc. Communications Chair
Meg Tyson
Membership Chair
Mary Wang
Assoc. Membership Chair
Patrick Armstrong
Councilor at Large
Rob Farbman
Assoc. Councilor at Large
Sandra Bauman
Immediate Past President
Donato Vaccaro