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 | President-designate of Baruch College, City University of New York |
| 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 |
| John Doble | Senior Research Fellow |
| Steve Farkas | Senior Research Fellow |
| John Immerwahr | Senior Research Fellow |
| Alison Kadlec, Ph.D. | Vice President and Director of the Center for Advances in Public Engagement |
| Lara Birnback | Senior Project Director, Public Engagement Programs and Senior Associate, Development and Donor Relations |
| Gwen Wright | Public Engagement Associate |
| Isaac Rowlett | Public Engagement Associate |
| Francie Grace | Vice President and Managing Editor |
| David White | Vice President, Director of Technology |
| Payal Joshi | Web Assistant |
| Allison Rizzolo | Editorial Assistant |
| Sanura Weathers | Graphics Designer |
| Alex Trilling | Vice President and General Manager |
| Joan Austin | Administrative Assistant |
