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Mark DiCamillo
Mr. DiCamillo is Director of The Field Poll, California's oldest and most respected non-partisan public opinion poll. He is a recognized authority on opinion trends in California and is a frequent speaker on voter opinions and behavior in public forums.
MARK DiCAMILLO Director, The Field Poll
As Director of The Field Poll, California’s leading media-sponsored public opinion poll, Mr. DiCamillo directs four to eight statewide surveys each year and has published over 1,000 separate poll reports. The studies cover major public policy issues facing the state, job ratings of state and federal elected officials, voter support for candidates vying for major state and federal offices, as well as opinion formation and voter preferences of all major statewide ballot propositions. Mr. DiCamillo is considered as one of California’s leading pollsters, is a featured speaker in a variety of venues, and is regularly quoted in local, state, national and international media reports about California public opinion.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND Mr. DiCamillo has over 30 years of professional experience in designing and implementing of large-scale quantitative surveys, with particular emphasis on public opinion surveys conducted within the state of California. He has specific professional interests and expertise in the areas of questionnaire development, sampling, surveying ethnically diverse populations, and analyzing and interpreting public policy research findings in California for clients in the public and private sectors.
Throughout his career, Mr. DiCamillo has directed hundreds of surveys for state and local government agencies, academic institutions, foundations, not-for-profit organizations, the news media and others. The topics run the gamut and include taxes and government spending, health care, energy, the environment, telecommunications, education, child care, transportation, immigration, water policy, disaster preparedness, and the criminal justice system.
PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP AND HONORS Mr. DiCamillo has held prominent posts in leading professional research associations in California, and has served as President of the Pacific Chapter of the American Association for Public Opinion Research and President of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the American Marketing Association.
Mr. DiCamillo was honored in 2010 when The Field Poll was named the nation’s most accurate public poll in election polling spanning the previous decade by The New York Times’ Nate Silver in his influential FiveThirtyEight.com column and web site, when compared to over 250 different state and national polling organizations.
EDUCATION Bachelor of Arts (cum laude), with concentration in Psychology and Social Relations, Harvard College.
Masters in Business Administration, with public policy emphasis, Johnson School of Business, Cornell University.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND SPEECHES Mr. DiCamillo is the author or co-author of hundreds of reports on California public opinion and is a recognized authority on opinion trends in California. He is a frequent speaker on California public opinion and regularly appears on local, state, national, and international news broadcasts. The following is a summary of his recent speeches and major publications.
• Author or co-author of over 1,000 separate reports of The Field Poll and California Opinion Index examining California public and voter opinions and attitudes on social, political and electoral issues. A list of recent Field Poll press releases and publications can be found online at www.field.com/fieldpollonline.
• “Understanding Why California Remained Solidly Democratic in a Decidedly Republican Year,†presented at the 2011 American Association for Public Opinion Research’s national conference, Phoenix, Arizona, May 13, 2011.
• “A Review of the Public Polls in California’s 2010 Election for Governor at Different Junctures of the Campaign,†presented at the 2011 American Association for Public Opinion Research’s national conference, Phoenix, Arizona, May 12, 2011.
• “Californians React to Health Reform.†Presented at the 2011 TCWF Field Health Policy Survey Briefing, Sacramento, California, April 4, 2011.
• “The Growing Importance of Ethnic Voters in California Elections.†Presented at New America Media’s ethnic and local media roundtable discussion on redistricting, Burlingame, California, March 31, 2011.
• “A Summary of California Voter Opinion Trends.†Presented at the California Healthcare Institute Board Meeting, Sacramento, California, February 2, 2011.
• “A Review of the 2010 Election in California.†Presented at the Sacramento Press Club, Sacramento, California, November 9, 2010.
• “California Voters and the November 2010 General Election: A Review of the Latest Field Polls.†Presented to the Institute of Government Studies, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, November 1, 2010.
• “The Politics of Health Care in a Political Year.†Presented at the California Children’s Hospital Association Annual Leadership Retreat, Menlo Park, California, October 1, 2010.
• “California’s Ethnic Voters: Their Impact on the Upcoming 2010 Elections.†Presented to New America Media, San Francisco, California, July 22, 2010.
• “Voter Opinions in California as we Approach the 2010 Elections.†Presented to Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California Board of Directors, Sacramento, California, April 1, 2010.
• “Views of California Voters About the Functioning of State Government, the Budget Deficit and Constitutional Reform.†Presented as part of Next 10’s California Choices web site launch, San Francisco, California, March 2, 2010.
• “Views of California Voters About their State, its Elected Officials, and Candidates Running for Governor and U.S. Senate in 2010.†Presented at the 2009 Pacific Chapter, American Association for Public Opinion Research annual conference, San Francisco, California, December 11, 2009.
• “California Voter Opinions About Constitutional Reform.†Presented at the Getting to Reform Conference, Sacramento, California, October 14, 2009.
• “A Review of the 2009 Special Election in California.†Presented to the Sacramento Press Club, Sacramento, California, June 16, 2009.
• “The Continuing Growth of Mail Ballot Voting in California and its Impact on Voter Turnout.†Presented at the 64th annual American Association for Public Opinion Research national conference, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 15, 2009.
• “California Speaks on Health Reform.†Presented to the California Delegation, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., March 6, 2009.
• “A Review of California Opinion on Same-Sex Marriage Laws and Proposition 8.†Presented at the 2008 Pacific Chapter, American Association for Public Opinion Research annual conference, San Francisco, California, December 12, 2008.
• “A Post-Election Analysis of the 2008 Elections in California.†Presented to the Sacramento Press Club, Sacramento, California, November 17, 2008.
• “California Voter Opinions of Proposition 13 and Tax Matters Thirty Years After its Passage.†Presented at the Institute of Governmental Studies conference on the impact of Proposition 13 on California, University of California, Berkeley, California, June 6, 2008.
• “Surveying Voters with Known Cell Phone Listings from Registration-Based Voter Samples in California.†Presented at the 63rd Annual American Association for Public Opinion Research’s national conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 16, 2008.
• “What the California Primary Means for Ethnic Audiences.†Presented to New America Media’s gathering of California ethnic media, San Francisco, California, February 4, 2008.
• “What’s in Store in the Upcoming 2008 Presidential Elections in California.†Presented at the Sacramento Press Club, Sacramento, California, December 17, 2007.
• “The Upcoming California Presidential Primary.†Presented at the California HealthCare Foundation Board of Directors, Oakland, California, December 12, 2007.
• “California and the Upcoming 2008 Elections.†Presented at the 2007 Pacific Chapter of the American Association for Public Opinion Research’s annual conference, San Francisco, California, December 7, 2007.
• “Results from the Next 10/Field Global Warming Survey,†Presented at the Behavior, Energy and Climate Change annual conference, Sacramento, California, November 8, 2007.
• “How Voters View Prospects for Health Policy Reform in California.†Presented at the 62nd Annual American Association for Public Opinion Research’s conference, Anaheim, California, May 18, 2007.
• “Big Picture Trends among California Voters.†Presented at the 62nd Annual American Association for Public Opinion Research’s national conference, Anaheim, California, May 18, 2007.
• “A Post-Election Analysis of the 2006 California Elections.†Presented at the Sacramento Press Club, Sacramento, California, November 12, 2006.
• “Proposition 86, the Tax on Cigarettes Initiative and Reasons for its Defeat at the Polls†Presented at the Institute for Health Policy Solutions Forum, Sacramento, California, November 16, 2006.
• “Three California Election Megatrends and Their Implications in the 2006 Gubernatorial Election.†Presented at the California Budget Project’s annual conference, Sacramento, California, March 16, 2006.
• “Governor Schwarzenegger and the 2005 Special Election.†Presented at The Foundation Consortium’s Board of Directors Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 12, 2005.
• “A Review of the 2005 California Special Election.†Presented at the Sacramento Press Club, Sacramento, California, November 10, 2005.
• “Is the Legislature Still Relevant?†Presented at the Institute of Governmental Advocates annual conference, Monterey, California, September 24, 2005.
• “California in the Age of Arnold,†Presented at the Western Political Science Association annual conference, Oakland, California, March 18, 2005.
• “The Polling Perspective,†Presented at Progressive Insurance Management Symposium, Sausalito, California, December 10, 2004.
• “Election 2004: The Western Battleground States,†Presented at the Pacific Chapter of the American Association for Public Opinion research Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, December 2, 2004.
• “A Review of Voting in California’s 2004 Elections,†Presented to the California Latino Caucus, San Diego, California, November 12, 2004.
• “A Look Back at the 2004 Elections in California,†Presented at the Sacramento Press Club, Sacramento, California, November 9, 2004.
• “The Upcoming 2004 Elections in California,†Presented at the Marin Community Forum, San Rafael, California, September 21, 2004.
• “California’s Historic Recall Election and What it Means for the 2004 Elections,†Presented at the Marin County Council of Mayors and Council members, San Rafael, California, June 23, 2004.
• “The Changing California Electorate,†Presented at Foundation Consortium Board of Directors Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, June 21, 2004.
• “The 2003 California Recall Election,†Presented at the American Association for Public Opinion Research 59th Annual Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, May 14, 2004.
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