His work with Public Strategies
David Iannelli is a member of Public Strategies’ research practice group where he applies his nearly 20 years of experience conducting public opinion and marketing research for leading firms in the financial services, energy, health care, and telecommunications sectors. Iannelli conducts quantitative and qualitative public opinion research to inform strategy development for advocacy campaigns, as well as for litigation and crisis communications initiatives – with a special emphasis on research that contributes to the development and refinement of messages that have the ability to move public opinion. He has particular expertise in public opinion on issues including the environment, globalization, corporation reputation, and politics.

Recently, Iannelli conducted a national survey of public attitudes about foreign government investment in U.S. companies, the results of which were featured in The Wall Street Journal, CNBC and other news media outlets. 

He also conducted polls tracking voter opinion leading up to the 2008 presidential primary in Texas on behalf of a major media company with television stations in four of the state’s largest markets. 

His earlier work
Before joining Public Strategies, Iannelli spent seven years as a colleague of noted pollster and strategist Robert M. Teeter. As Coldwater Corporation vice president and senior consultant, Iannelli worked with Teeter to advise multinational corporations and also personally directed The Wall Street Journal/NBC News Poll and other major research projects as part of the bipartisan Hart-Teeter research team. 

Iannelli has directed international research projects for major corporations and NGOs, as well as for Mexican presidential candidate Vicente Fox. Iannelli began his public opinion research career at Market Strategies, has served as campaign manager for two U.S. congressional candidates, and has consulted on various other federal and state campaigns. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University with honors in political science, an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and a master’s degree from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan.