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.
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
2016-2017
President
Donato Vaccaro
Vice President
Chintan Turakhia
Secretary-Treasurer
Jay Mattlin
Assoc. Secretary-Treasurer
Amber N. Ott
Program Chair
Natalie Jackson
Assoc. Program Chair
Randal Ries
Communications Chair
Randy Brown
Assoc. Communications Chair
Membership Chair
Maureen Michaels
Assoc. Membership Chair
Aleksandra Palek
Councilor at Large
Rob Farbman
Assoc. Councilor at Large
Immediate Past President
Chris Weiss