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.
2004-2005
President
Graham Hueber
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
Mary Ann Jones
Assoc. Secretary-Treasurer
Program Chair
Sharon Yates
Assoc. Program Chair
Communications Chair
Paul Perez
Assoc. Communications Chair
Membership Chair
Vanessa Downing
Assoc. Membership Chair
Councilor at Large
Nickolas Tortorello
Assoc. Councilor at Large
Immediate Past President
2003-2004
President
Geoffrey Feinberg
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
Michael Butterworth
Assoc. Secretary-Treasurer
Program Chair
Ariela Keysar
Assoc. Program Chair
Communications Chair
Peter Silsbee
Assoc. Communications Chair
Membership Chair
Diana Pollich
Assoc. Membership Chair
Councilor at Large
Murray Edelman
Assoc. Councilor at Large
Immediate Past President
2002-2003
President
Corinne Kirchner
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
Annie Weber
Assoc. Secretary-Treasurer
Program Chair
Sarah Dutton
Assoc. Program Chair
Communications Chair
Marjorie Connelly
Assoc. Communications Chair
Membership Chair
Graham Hueber
Assoc. Membership Chair
Councilor at Large
Mickey Blum
Assoc. Councilor at Large
Immediate Past President