Maurice "Mickey" Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, brings more than 40 years of experience as a political writer and columnist for New York and New Jersey newspapers.

Carroll is the chief spokesperson for the New York and national polls and works with Douglas Schwartz to develop, analyze and present the results of the many polls conducted by Quinnipiac.

Carroll's experience as a journalist includes work with The New York Times, Newsday, the New York Post, the Passaic Herald-News, the Jersey Journal and the Newark Star-Ledger.

Carroll taught journalism at Columbia University, New York University and Montclair State College and presently teaches in Quinnipiac's mass communications program. He has a BA in journalism from the University of Notre Dame.

Douglas Schwartz, PhD, director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, is responsible for the poll's methodology and all aspects of the survey process, directing each project from conception through analysis. He is also the chief spokesperson for the Connecticut polls.

Schwartz began his career as a survey associate with the CBS News election and survey unit and as an election night analyst for the late 60 Minutes correspondent Ed Bradley. He has taught courses on polling methodology and has served as president of the American Association for Public Opinion Research's New England Chapter.

He has a BA (cum laude) from Connecticut College, and earned both an MA (in political science with a concentration in survey research) and PhD (in political science) from the University of Connecticut.

Clay Richards, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, has nearly 40 years of experience as a political writer and polling editor for United Press International and Newsday. He is the chief spokesperson for the New Jersey and Pennsylvania polls and works with Douglas Schwartz to develop, analyze and present the results of the polls.

His journalism career includes 22 years with United Press International where he served as the national political writer/editor, covering 12 national political conventions and the campaigns of presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan among others, and 15 years with Newsday where he was polling editor. He has a BA in journalism and sociology from Syracuse University.

Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, has more than 30 years of experience as a political journalist and editor in Washington, D.C., New England and Florida. Brown is the chief spokesman for the Florida and Ohio polls and works with Doug Schwartz to develop, analyze and present the results of the polls.

He was previously a political reporter for United Press International, served as the White House correspondent and then political editor for Scripps Howard News Service in Washington, D.C., and also was the editor of the Insight section of the Orlando Sentinel.

Brown, who covered 11 national political conventions and presidential campaigns from 1976-96, has a BS in radio television news and an MS in journalism from Syracuse University. He was also a Neiman Fellow at Harvard.

April A. Radocchio, associate poll director, oversees operations of the institute's 160-station interviewing facility. She is responsible for data collection and analysis processes.

She is the contact person for requests for additional polling data including archived poll results. She helps coordinate questionnaire and sample design and is responsible for project coordination, production, and performance standards. She has a BA in psychology from Southern Connecticut State University.