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.
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
2015-2016
President
Chris Weiss
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
Mary Wang
Assoc. Secretary-Treasurer
Jay Mattlin
Program Chair
Ray Fink
Assoc. Program Chair
Communications Chair
Randy Brown
Assoc. Communications Chair
Membership Chair
Jennifer DePinto
Assoc. Membership Chair
Councilor at Large
Janet Streicher
Assoc. Councilor at Large
Immediate Past President
Rhoda Brooks
2014-2015
President
Rhoda Brooks
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
Jeffrey Shand-Lubbers
Assoc. Secretary-Treasurer
Program Chair
Michael Butterworth
Assoc. Program Chair
Communications Chair
Donato Vaccaro
Assoc. Communications Chair
Membership Chair
Freddie Clary
Assoc. Membership Chair
Councilor at Large
Janet Streicher
Assoc. Councilor at Large
Immediate Past President
Sarah Dutton