Joel Benenson

Joel Benenson
Born (1952-07-24) July 24, 1952
New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma mater Queens College, City University of New York
Occupation Pollster, political operative
Political party Democratic

Joel Benenson (born July 24, 1952) is an American pollster and consultant known for his role as a strategist for Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns.[1][2] He was the chief strategist for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.[3]

Early life

Benenson was born in New York City to a Jewish family. He grew up in southeast Queens and Manhattan with his family. Benenson is a Queens College graduate.[4]

Career

He is the CEO of Benenson Strategy Group, a strategic consulting firm, and served as a communications and polling advisor to the White House for Barack Obama.[5] He has been a strategist for U.S. senators, governors and mayors, as well as Fortune 500 companies. He was a pollster for the DCCC in 2006, when the Democrats won back the majority in the House of Representatives.[6]

In 1995, he worked as a Political Journalist for the Daily News in New York[7] and served as Communications Director for Governor Mario Cuomo’s 1994 campaign.[8] He was previously a Vice President at the New York ad agency FCB.[9]

Benenson has served as a consultant to American companies and CEOs, including Procter & Gamble’s A.G. Lafley, General Electric’s Jack Welch and AOL’s Bob Pittman. He has helped corporate clients.[10] He was a strategic researcher for Procter & Gamble's launch of Olestra, the fat substitute;[11] he helped AOL manage its capacity crisis in the late ’90s and a New York City coalition block Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plans for an Olympic stadium in Manhattan.[12]

Benenson is also the Co-Founder of iModerate Research Technologies.[13][14]

In January 2015, Hillary Clinton hired Benenson and Robby Mook as strategists.[15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Emerging Clinton campaign draws heavily from Obama alumni".
  2. ↑ "Hillary Clinton recruits chief strategist, media adviser for 2016 and the reason why Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 electioneffort".
  3. ↑ "Hillary for America-Organization and Staff of Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign".
  4. ↑ CAPUZZO, JILL (3 February 2008). "Obama Seldom Asks His Pollster to Play the Role of an Oracle". New York Times. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  5. ↑ C-SPAN Video Polling in the 2012 Election, 9/4/12
  6. ↑ Goodspeed, Peter. "Pollster fine-tunes President's message." National Post, 19 June 2009
  7. ↑ "Obama Seldom Asks His Pollster to Play the Role of an Oracle". The New York Times. 3 February 2008.
  8. ↑ "President Counts on Jersey Pollster".
  9. ↑ "Pass notes No 2,725: Joel Benenson". 8 February 2010 – via The Guardian.
  10. ↑ Issenberg, Sasha (1 September 2012). "Why Campaign Reporters Are Behind the Curve". The New York Times.
  11. ↑ "Benenson Strategy Group".
  12. ↑ "LDI Health Policy Seminar with Joel Benenson – LDI".
  13. ↑ "Joel Benenson, Co-Founder of iModerate, to Speak at the ARF Industry Leader Forum". 21 October 2008.
  14. ↑ "Daily Research News Online no. 17780 – Kantar Snaps Up Obama Pollster BSG".
  15. ↑ "Clinton brings in Mook, Benenson for likely team".
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