Geoffrey Garin is the President of Peter D. Hart Research. Googled as "one of the nations leading survey research firms"

Staff Bio:

Geoffrey Garin

Geoffrey D. Garin is the president of Peter D. Hart Research Associates, one of the nation's leading survey research firms. He became president of Hart Research in 1984, after having worked in the firm since 1978 as a senior analyst and vice president. Mr. Garin has brought his skill, insight, and innovative approaches as a researcher and strategist to a wide variety of fields – including social and economic policy, consumer marketing, and politics.

Mr. Garin has conducted polling projects for a wide variety of foundations and non-profit organizations. The foundations for which he has undertaken landmark policy research on include the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Packard Foundation, the Gill Foundation, and the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Mr. Garin’s body of research on domestic social, legal, and economic policy issues includes projects for the University of California, the College Board, the Alliance for Justice, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and the Fannie Mae Foundation. He has conducted research on health care issues for the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association of America. His work on international policy issues includes studies for CARE, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, and the United Nations Foundation.

Mr. Garin also has conducted extensive strategic research for the American labor movement, including projects for the AFL-CIO, the American Federation of Teachers, and the Service Employees International Union. Since 1993 he has conducted regular polling on the attitudes of younger Americans for MTV. On behalf of EMILY’s List, he has directed ongoing research about the political attitudes and values of women. He has conducted strategic messaging research for many of America’s leading advocacy organizations on issues such as Social Security, the environment, civil rights, and personal privacy.

In politics, Mr. Garin has a well-earned reputation for helping candidates win in difficult circumstances. In 2001, Mr. Garin’s strategic research helped Mark Warner win the governorship in Virginia, despite the state’s strong Republican leanings. Mr. Garin has directed the polling and created winning campaign strategies for many of the leading Democrats serving in the U.S. Senate, including Dick Durbin, Dianne Feinstein, Chuck Schumer, Russ Feingold, Robert C. Byrd, Jay Rockefeller, Patrick Leahy, Max Baucus, Kent Conrad, and Byron Dorgan. In the 2004 presidential election, Mr. Garin was the polling advisor to General Wesley Clark and was the pollster for the Democratic National Committee’s independent expenditure campaign in the general election.

Mr. Garin graduated from Harvard College in 1975. He has appeared on the news programs of every major network, and he has served as on-air analyst for CBS Radio's coverage of the national election returns for every election cycle since 1990. He is married to Deborah Berkowitz, an expert in occupational safety and health, and is the father of two sons, Andy and Danny.

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Clients:
Corporations:
American Airlines
AT&T
BlueCrossBlueShield
Boeing
BP Exploration
Coca-Cola
Commonwealth Edison
DaimlerChrysler
Fannie Mae
FedEx
General Motors
GlaxoSmithKline
Harrah’s
IBM
Merck
Microsoft
Motorola
PaineWebber
Procter & Gamble
Shell Oil

Media:
American Baby Magazine
Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association
Child Magazine
Comedy Central
Entertainment Software Association
Entertainment Software Ratings Board
Maxim Magazine
Men's Journal
MTV
National Cable Television Association
National Public Radio
NBC News
PBS
Recording Industry Association of America
Rolling Stone
TV Guide
US Magazine
The Wall Street Journal
The Washington Post

Labor Unions:
AFL-CIO
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees
American Federation of Teachers
Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen
Communications Workers of America
International Brotherhood of the Teamsters
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
International Union of Electronic Workers
Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical, and Energy Workers International Union
Service Employees International Union
UNITE
United Auto Workers
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
United Food and Commercial Workers
United Mine Workers

Here's the link:

http://www.hartresearch.com/about/

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