Tulchin Research - Polling & Strategic Consulting

Tulchin Research is comprised of leading professionals in the polling field:

• Ben Tulchin – President
• Ben Krompak – Analyst
• Corey O’Neil – Analyst
• Kristin Hunziker – Project Associate

 

 

 

 

Ben Tulchin
President and Founder

Ben Tulchin is the Founder and President of Tulchin Research. Tulchin has provided research and consulting services to a wide range of clients across the country, including government agencies, candidates for elected office, ballot measure campaigns, labor unions, non-profits, corporations, and foundations.

Tulchin serves as a senior strategist for candidate and ballot measure campaigns. He has directed the polling operations for candidates at all levels of the ballot box, from president to city council. His clients have included former DNC Chairman and presidential candidate Howard Dean, former California Governor Gray Davis, U.S. Senators Patty Murray and Harry Reid, and he has helped elect and re-elect several members of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Tulchin has provided public opinion research, targeting, and message development guidance to some of America’s top non-profits, foundations, and corporations. He has helped create and guide numerous successful public education campaigns for non-profit foundations, including the California Endowment, the California Wellness Foundation, the California League of Conservation Voters, and the Wilderness Society, as well as labor unions such as the California Teachers Association and SEIU.

Tulchin also played a leading strategic role for the 2006 independent expenditure effort against Congressman Richard Pombo in California’s 11th Congressional district led by the Defenders of Wildlife and other environmental groups. Additionally, Tulchin has provided corporate strategy and government relations advice to major companies such as General Electric, Abbott Laboratories, AT&T, National Semiconductor, Nevada Power, and Pacific Gas and Electric.

Prior to launching Tulchin Research, Tulchin started and directed Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research’s California office, worked for the California-based polling firm of Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin & Associates, as well as the Washington, DC-based polling firms of Garin-Hart-Yang, and Lake-Snell-Perry. Mr. Tulchin received his Bachelor’s degree in History from Amherst College and resides in San Francisco.

 

 

 

 

Ben Krompak
Analyst

Ben Krompak is an Analyst at Tulchin Research, providing opinion research and strategic counsel to candidates, ballot measures, advocacy organizations, and Fortune 500 companies. Prior to joining Tulchin Research in July of 2010, Ben worked for five years as a Democratic strategist and media consultant as founding principal of Krompak Communications.

A native of Toledo, Ohio, Ben has over a decade of experience in public affairs and public policy. He has worked to elect candidates at all levels, helped to advance urban community development efforts, and spearheaded initiatives promoting clean energy and connecting at-risk youth with green-collar job opportunities. Ben currently resides in Oakland with his wife Michele Grim.

 

 

 

 

Corey O’Neil
Analyst

Corey is an Analyst at Tulchin Research and joined the firm in March of 2010. While at Tulchin Research, Corey has managed successful research projects on local and statewide ballot measures and conducted research for clients including the California Assembly Democratic Caucus, the California League of Conservation Voters, the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, the successful re-election campaign for Pennsylvania State Representative Matt Bradford, and a Fortune 50 company. He has also specializes in projects aimed at balancing the state budget.

Prior to joining Tulchin Research, Corey was an Assistant Analyst for the Feldman Group in Washington D.C. He specialized in clients in both the U.S. House and Senate, including Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, Senator Sherrod Brown, and Congressman John Boccieri. In addition, Corey worked with SEIU and the California Teachers Association, and was part of the team working to elect Congresswoman Judy Chu in the 2009 special election to replace the newly-appointed Labor Secretary, Hilda Solis, in California’s 32^nd congressional district.

Corey also worked for Greenberg Quinlan and Rosner Research in Washington D.C. during the 2008 Presidential election cycle, where he worked on various U.S. Senate campaigns and ballot initiatives around the country as a Project Associate. Corey played an important role in the campaign to elect New Hampshire’s first female Senator, Jeanne Shaheen, spent much of the 2008 cycle focusing on South Dakota on behalf of Senator Tim Johnson, and worked hard to defeat a ballot measure in that state that would have restricted women’s access to reproductive healthcare. Additionally, Corey was a major part of the polling efforts for the National Education Association (NEA) and the labor organization, Change to Win, in their multi-state push to elect Barack Obama in 2008.

Corey was a writer for the Chico News and Review during the 2004 Presidential election cycle and graduated from the California State University, Chico in 2005 with degrees in Political Science, Philosophy, and a minor in Ethics.

As a native of Napa, Corey has a special wine expertise that clients can utilize upon request. He was the Tasting Room Manager at Peju Family Estates and helped to open the doors as the Tasting Room Manager at Black Stallion Winery in 2007.

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Kristin Hunziker
Project Associate

Kristin joined Tulchin Research as a Project Associate in May of 2010, bringing to the firm a broad array of experience in communications, political organizing, and project management. Prior to joining Tulchin Research, Kristin managed campaigns in Berkeley and San Francisco and organized for Congressional, Assembly, ballot measure, and gubernatorial campaigns.