WHO WE ARE
For over 30 years, Public Agenda has been providing unbiased and unparalleled research that bridges the gap between American leaders and what the public really thinks about issues ranging from education to foreign policy to immigration to religion and civility in American life. Nonpartisan and nonprofit, Public Agenda was founded by social scientist and author Daniel Yankelovich and former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance in 1975. Public Agenda's two-fold mission is to help:
- American leaders better understand the public's point of view.
- Citizens know more about critical policy issues so they can make thoughtful, informed decisions.
| Daniel Yankelovich | Chairman and Co-Founder |
| Lloyd Morrisett | Chairman, Executive Committee |
| David Coleman | Founder, Student Achievement Partners, LLC |
| Philip Howard | Vice-Chairman of Covington & Burling and founder of Common Good |
| Alice S. Huang | Senior Faculty Associate, California Institute of Technology |
| Ann Kirschner | University Dean, Macaulay Honors College at the City University of New York |
| Alan I. Leshner | Chief Executive Officer, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| David Mathews | President, Charles F. Kettering Foundation |
| Judith Davidson Moyers | President, Public Affairs Television, Inc. |
| Deborah Wadsworth | Senior Advisor, Public Agenda |
| Mitchel Wallerstein | Dean, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University |
| Cyrus Vance | Former U.S. Secretary of State |
| Peter G. Peterson | Founder and Chairman, Peter G. Peterson Foundation |
| Sidney Harman | Founder and chairman emeritus of Harman International Industries |
| Bobby R. Inman | Admiral, U.S. Navy (retired) |
Staff
| Ruth A. Wooden | President |
| Will Friedman, Ph.D. | Chief Operating Officer |
| Scott Bittle | Director of Public Issues Analysis |
| Jean Johnson | Director of Education Insights and Director of Programs |
| Jonathan Rochkind | Vice President and Director of Research |
| Amber N. Ott | Research Manager |
| Samantha DuPont | Research Associate |
| Liz Swinehart | Research Assistant |
| John Doble | Senior Research Fellow |
| Steve Farkas | Senior Research Fellow |
| John Immerwahr | Senior Research Fellow |
| Emma Manson | Research Intern |
| Alison Kadlec, Ph.D. | Vice President and Director of the Center for Advances in Public Engagement |
| Lara Birnback | Executive Project Director for Public Engagement |
| Chris Haller | Public Engagement Associate and Online Engagement Manager |
| Gwen Wright | Public Engagement Associate |
| Isaac Rowlett | Public Engagement Associate |
| Francie Grace | Managing Editor |
| David White | Vice President, Director of Technology |
| Peiting Chen | Web Development Assistant |
| Allison Rizzolo | Editorial Assistant |
| Melissa Feldsher | Communications Manager |
| Sanura Weathers | Graphics Designer |
| Andrew Yarrow | Vice President and Director of the Washington, D.C., Office |
| Alex Trilling | Vice President and General Manager |
| Joan Austin | Administrative Assistant |
| Nora Benavidez | Development Associate |
