AAPOR's elected council is led by its president, who works closely with the past and incoming presidents to ensure continuity. Any of these three can speak to media on behalf of the organization.

Dr. Mathiowetz's career in survey methodology has included service in the private sector (Westat, Inc.), the federal government (including the Bureau of the Census and the Department of Health and Human Services) and most recently, the Joint Program in Survey Methodology at the University of Maryland.  She has served as associate editor for Public Opinion Quarterly and the Journal of Official Statistics, and is coeditor of the volume, Measurement Errors in Surveys.  She has published on various topics related to survey methodology and the assessment of the quality of survey data  in venues ranging from the Journal of the American Public Health Association to the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics.  Mathiowetz earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin, a master’s degree in biostatistics from the University of Michigan, and  doctorate degree in sociology, also from the University of Michigan.  

Past president Robert P. Daves,  market and opinion research consultant based in Minnesota, 612.822.0085.

Daves' research focuses on public affairs and election polling for the news media, strategic audience research for newspapers and web sites, and market and customer research for industries ranging from finance to health care. He also serves as a senior associate with The Everett Group, specializing in audience analysis and public opinion research for military and other government clients. Prior to his training in public opinion research, Daves worked as a reporter, copy editor and news editor. 

Daves was a member of the team that received AAPOR's 2003 Innovator's Award for his work in helping the profession develop measurements to understand non-response bias in surveys.  Rob earned an M.A. in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a B.S. in sociology (magna cum laude) from Western Carolina University.

President-elect Richard A. (Dick) Kulka, PhD.,   Senior Vice President at Abt Associates Inc, 919.294.7710

Dr. Kulka  has corporate oversight for the Survey Methodology and Data Capture Group and Strategic Business Development at Abt Associates. He has had the good fortune of serving on the staff of four major research organizations that span most of the institutional sectors of AAPOR’s membership--the SRC at Michigan (1975-1980), RTI (1980- 1989; 1994-2005), NORC at the University of Chicago (1989-1994) and Abt Associates. He has been involved in the design, conduct, and analysis of numerous statistical surveys on health, mental health, and other social policy issues for over 25 years, while also conducting a broad range of applied research on survey research methods.