Vanessa Lund, Senior Associate & Research Director

Lund conducts public opinion research - surveys, focus groups, electronic town hall meetings, content analysis and executive interviews. She also creates and manages websites, develops social media strategies, and produces creative visual presentations.

Experience

• Currently managing opinion research - surveys and focus groups - for a major public university
• Plans and manages research for a leading health benefits company
• Opinion research and developed public outreach partnership plan for Hood Canal Bridge Project Team
• Established social media analytic programs for a variety of clients and provide ongoing monitoring and strategic counsel
• Managed a regional communications initiative to educate officials, policy makers, community groups and other targeted audiences about regional workforce and economic development issues

 Background

• Senior Associate with Cocker Fennessy
• Project Director, Human Capital Policy Initiative, University of Pittsburgh
• Senior Policy Analyst, Pennsylvania Economy League
• Adjunct Faculty, University of Pittsburgh and Point Park University
• MURP and BA, University of Pittsburgh