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.

To reach Brown, call 203-535-6203 or e-mail peter.brown@quinnipiac.edu.

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Maurice "Mickey" Carroll is the director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. He is available to comment on political and social trends.

Carroll began his journalistic career at the Rutherford Republican in New Jersey and has also worked for Journal-American and the Post in New York, the Passaic Herald-News, Jersey Journal and Newark Star-Ledger in New Jersey. Carroll spent most of his newspaper career at The New York Times covering politics and government. He was city hall bureau chief in 1974 and Albany bureau chief in 1984. He also worked at New York Newsday, where he covered politics and wrote a twice-a-week political column.

Carroll was one of the reporters in the basement of Dallas police headquarters when Jack Ruby shot Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. He is co-author of two books, "Dallas Justice," Melvin Belli’s story of the Ruby trial; and "No Hiding Place," a story of the American hostages in Iran, with Bob McFadden and Joe Treaster of The New York Times.

Born and raised in Rutherford, N.J., Carroll is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.

To reach Carroll, call 212-362-9217 or e-mail mickey.carroll@quinnipiac.edu.

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David T. Ives has been executive director of the Albert Schweitzer Institute since January 2002 and is also an adjunct professor of Latin American studies, political science, philosophy and international business. He holds a bachelor's degree in social work and a master's degree in student personnel and counseling, both from Ohio State University, and worked on a doctorate in Latin American history at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

He holds extensive global experience in higher education and the nonprofit sector, most recently working as program manager at the Countryside Exchange, The Glynwood Center in Cold Spring, N.Y. He was the executive director at The Louis August Jonas Foundation in New York for 11 years, where he ran an international leadership training program for young people from countries with histories of conflict. He is directing the Albert Schweitzer Institute by building a strategic planning process, which will expand its visibility and programs in health, humanitarianism and peace. He is the co-president of the United Nations Association of New Haven and a member of the International Consortium on the Arms Trade Treaty.

Ives is a member of the Board of Advisors for World Centers of Compassion for children run by 1976 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Betty Williams and a member of the Board of Directors for the International Albert Schweitzer Association based in Gunsbach, France. He also gives weekly radio commentaries on WQUN on international issues.

To reach Ives, call 203-582-3140 or e-mail david.ives@quinnipiac.edu.

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Doug Schwartz has been the director of the Quinnipiac University Poll since 1995. Schwartz directs all aspects of the survey process, including formulating the questions and analyzing the data. He serves as a press contact for the poll, doing newspaper, radio and television interviews regarding polls and politics in Connecticut.

Schwartz previously served in New York City as a survey associate with the CBS News Election and Survey Unit and as an election night analyst for the late CBS correspondent Ed Bradley of "60 Minutes."

He is a 1988 cum laude graduate of Connecticut College in New London and holds a PhD in political science from the University of Connecticut.

To reach Schwartz, call 203-582-5294 or e-mail schwartz@quinnipiac.edu.

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Donald Webb is the director of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Center for Science Teaching and Learning. He is available to discuss marine science, the Long Island Sound, climate change, ecology and topics related to science literacy and teaching.

The Bristol-Myers Squibb Center for Science Teaching and Learning strives to enhance science education. The center provides support to kindergarten through university-level science teachers through inquiry-based teaching methods. It also provides innovative tools which support students' proficiency and achievement in science including interactive science-education video conferencing with local high schools, including Oxford and Middletown.

Webb earned his bachelor's in biology from McGill University in Montreal, a master's degree in education from University of Arizona and a PhD in biological oceanography from University of British Columbia.

To reach Webb, please call 203-582-3998 or e-mail donald.webb@quinnipiac.edu.