Special THURSDAY Women On The Week discussion on the upcoming election with top pollster Anna Greenberg, Ph.D., managing partner of GQR Insights & Action.
Every week we’re joined by editors from The Forward and JTA, as well as special guest news writers and news makers, to discuss what’s happening in the world and how it affects women.
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This week’s expert:
Anna Greenberg, Ph.D., managing partner of GQR Insights & Action, has over 20 years of experience polling in the political, non-profit and academic sectors. She joined GQR in 2001 after teaching public opinion and survey research methodology at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. She was the lead pollster in many successful campaigns including for Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, Governor Tom Wolf, Governor Ned Lamont, Congresswoman Lizzie Pannill Fletcher, Congresswoman Kim Schrier, Congressman Dean Phillips, Mayor Jenny Durkan and Mayor Jim Kenney. She worked with former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in her races for Congress and continues to provide strategic advice to Giffords, her organization to prevent gun violence. In 2014, Greenberg won the “Pollster of the Year” award from the AAPC for her work with Mayor Bill de Blasio’s campaign for mayor of New York City.
Greenberg works with a wide range of organizations on issues ranging from women’s health to LGBT rights to reducing gun violence to reforming drug laws to money in politics to faith and values. A sought after commentator, Greenberg has appeared on CBS’ Face the Nation, NPR’s All Things Considered and Morning Edition, and BBC’s World News America. She regularly provides commentary on politics to publications including The New York Times, Washington Post, and Politico. Greenberg served on the board of the American National Election Study (ANES) from 2014 to 2017 and is a research fellow at American University’s Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies. In November 2019, she was selected to join the Board of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. Greenberg holds a BA in Government from Cornell University and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago.
Laura E. Adkins is the opinion editor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and an adjunct professor of journalism at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women. She was previously the deputy opinion editor at the Forward, the editor of Jewish Insider, and an assistant blogs editor at The Times of Israel. At the Forward, she wrote about kosher wine, orthodoxy, data and built interactive maps — though usually not all at the same time.
Laura’s writing has appeared in the Washington Post, The New York Times, SELF, Glamour, and elsewhere. Laura is an avid marathoner and makes a mean garlic za’atar challah.
Jodi Rudoren became editor-in-chief of The Forward, the nation's oldest independent Jewish news organization, in September 2019 after more than two decades as a reporter and editor at The New York Times. She is helping lead a transformation of the storied 123-year-old institution, a nonprofit that went digital-only in early 2019.
At The Times, Jodi served as Jerusalem bureau chief from 2012 through 2015, covering two Israeli elections and two wars in Gaza. She previously covered the 2004 American presidential campaign, and served as Chicago bureau chief, education correspondent and education editor, and deputy on both the Metropolitan and International desks, before joining the masthead as associate managing editor for audience strategy.
A longtime digital innovator, Jodi was executive producer of the multimedia series "One in 8 Million," which won NYTimes.com's first Emmy Award, in 2009, and served on the 2020 committee about the newsroom of the future. She also serves on the board of directors of the Fuller Project, a nonprofit newsroom doing groundbreaking investigative work on issues that affect women.
Jodi grew up in Newton, Mass., and graduated cum laude in 1992 from Yale University, where she was managing editor of The Yale Daily News. She and her husband, Gary, combined their surnames in 2006 and live in Montclair, NJ, with their twins.
Meredith Jacobs (moderator), JWI's CEO, is an award-winning journalist and former editor-in-chief of Washington Jewish Week. She is the author of The Modern Jewish Mom’s Guide to Shabbat: Connect and Celebrate—Bring Your Family Together with the Friday Night Meal (HarperCollins) and co-author, with her daughter Sofie, of the bestselling series of interactive journals, Just Between Us (Chronicle Books). Prior to joining JWI, she founded ModernJewishMom.com, the first Jewish parenting website (now part of Kveller), and was the host of the WYPR radio show, Connecting Family and The Jewish Channel television holiday specials, Modern Jewish Mom.
Jacobs assumed the role of CEO after serving as JWI’s chief operating officer for six years; in that role she managed communications, branding, messaging, and development. She has shepherded the development of numerous JWI leadership initiatives, including the Jewish Communal Women’s Leadership Project; Men As Allies: Leading Equitable Workplaces ; and the Young Women’s Leadership Network. Jacobs also works closely with JWI’s philanthropic partners, Sigma Delta Tau national sorority and Zeta Beta Tau national fraternity, developing initiatives like the award-winning Green Light, Go! and Girls Achieve GrΣΔΤness. A sought-after speaker, moderator and writer, her opinion pieces appear frequently in outlets such as JTA, eJewishPhilanthropy, and Washington Jewish Week.