Management Team

• Randy Shumway: CEO
  Managing Director, Answerthink
  Senior Associate, Bain & Company
  Market/Product Management, Dow Chemical
  Expert: Professional Researcher Certification
  Harvard Business School, MBA, Highest Honors
• Dr. Trent Kaufman: Executive Vice President
  Researcher; Harvard, SBC, Pioneer Institute
  Fellowship; Harvard, UC Berkeley, IISME
  Teacher and Administrator; Alameda County High, Middle, and Elementary Schools
  Expert: Professional Researcher Certification
  Harvard, Ph.D., Policy Studies; UC Berkeley, M.S.
• Dr. Dan Jones: Principal
  Professor, Political Science; University of Utah
  Co-Director; Huntsman Cancer Institute
  Associate Director, Hinckley Institute of Politics; University of Utah
  CEO, Dan Jones & Associates
  Director, Survey Research; Utah State University
  University of Utah, Ph.D., Political Science
  
• Patricia "Pat" Jones: Principal
  Senate Minority Leader, Utah State Senate
  Co-Chair, Senate Ethics Committee
  Board of Directors, Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce
  Board of Directors, Intermountain Healthcare Foundation
  Member, Qualitative Research Consultants Association (QRCA)
  University of Utah, B.S., Communications
  
• Scott Hardy: Principal
  Director of Product Management, Cisco Systems
  Engagement Manager, McKinsey & Company
  Director of Marketing, Partsmaster Europe
  Consultant, Monitor Group
  Harvard Business School, MBA with Honors
  
• Dr. Richard Shumway: Principal
  Chair of Agricultural & Resource Economics Dept., WSU
  Economics Professor, WSU and Texas A&M
  President of Faculty Senate, Texas A&M
  UC Davis, PhD, Agricultural & Resource Economics
• Dianne Meppen: Director
  Project Manager, Research Specialist, Dan Jones & Associates
  Bureau of Government and Opinion Research
  Utah State University, B.S., Political Science
  
• Kevin Tolman: Director
  Sr. Research Analyst; Progrexion
  Manager of Market Research, Chevy's
  Primary Research Strategist, DialMark
  Survey Analyst, Exebio
  Utah Valley University/UOP, B.S., Economics
  University of Utah, MBA
  
• Lawrence Cowan: Director
  Lead Business Consultant, Morris Murdock
  Senior Research Analyst, Bassett Furniture
  Brigham Young University, B.A., Communications
  Westminster College, MBA, Business Economics
  
• Aaron Anderson: Director
  Policy Director, University of California, Berkeley
  Associate Director, Utah State University
  Harvard University, EdM
  Cornell University, MPA
  
• Dave King: Director
  Research Manager, Utah System of Higher Education
  Senior Account Executive, Western Wats, Inc
  University of Utah, Masters of Statistics
  University of Utah, Ph.D. candidate, Marketing
  
• David Wright: Director
  President; E.B. Consulting
  Information Technology Officer; Commercial Construction
  Chief Operations Officer; The Women's Information Network
  Enterprise Systems Consultant; Credit Suisse/LAN Supervision
  Colorado State University, MBA
  
• Brent Ellis: Director
  Senior Research Analyst, Dan Jones & Associates
  Brigham Young University, B.S., Business Management