On Thursday, June 5th, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET, tune into our latest webinar, “The Route to Transit Ballot Success: Working with Pollsters.” This event is geared towards transit stakeholders, agencies, and campaigns and will provide valuable insights into how research can inform planning and advocacy across the transportation sector. Details below!

What: The Route to Transit Ballot Success: Working with Pollsters
Date: June 5, 2025
Time: 2:00 pm ET
Location: Zoom

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Meet our panelists:

Molly O’Shaughnessy, Principal & CEO, EMC Research

*Led polling for the winning 2024 transit ballot measure in Columbus, OH

Molly O’Shaughnessy is Principal and CEO at national opinion research firm EMC Research, with 20 years of experience providing strategic guidance and public opinion research to campaigns, brands, and public agencies. Molly has advised winning ballot measure campaigns for public transit, transit-oriented development, and transit supporting infrastructure; and has conducted rider satisfaction studies, non-rider research, rider and non-rider persona modeling, and built rider research panels for public transportation agencies.  Her research for social marketing and policy efforts – studying behaviors like energy conservation, health care spending, recycling, online privacy, drug use, and pickleball – brings breadth and depth to her work understanding voter decision making on public transit funding. Molly holds a BA in Government from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley.

Joey Teitelbaum, Senior Vice President, Research, Global Strategy Group 

*Led polling for the winning 2024 transit ballot measure in Maricopa County, AZ

Joey is a public opinion researcher who conducts polling for advocacy groups, ballot campaigns, and candidates up and down the ballot. She has worked with local, state, and federal candidates across the country, from the mid-Atlantic where she worked with Abigail Spanberger (VA-07) and Brandon Scott (Bal. Mayor); to Arizona where her research has helped guide four three straight Senate wins and flipped the Attorney General position; and out west where she has led research for AG Rob Bonta, Maxine Dexter (OR-03), Katie Porter (CA-47), and Robert Garcia (CA-42).

Joey is proud to have led research on and won a variety of ballot amendments that range from passing paid leave, to solidifying funding for public transit, to criminal justice reform, and codifying abortion rights. Joey is also one of the country’s leading experts on attitudes toward guns and gun violence, having conducted dozens of qualitative and quantitative research projects for Everytown for Gun Safety, Giffords, the Joyce Foundation, and Project Unloaded.

Scott Wilkinson, Founder and CEO, AlphaVu

Scott is driven to help those who build for the public good. He started his career working for elected officials, both in campaigns and policy positions, where he learned the ins and outs of politics and public service. Over the years, he gained experience in the private sector leading initiatives on market research, RFID technology, and biometrics. As he developed a deep understanding of proper data collection and analysis, Scott saw the need for public servants to be equipped with more accurate input to make informed decisions on policies and investments that could improve their communities.

Scott began AlphaVu with a single aim: to uncover a true view of public opinion by understanding people on their own terms.

What to Expect At The Webinar: 

  • Learn why polling and research can be the difference between success and failure in the transit sector and on transit campaigns.
  • Hear from a panel with leading pollsters.
  • Ask questions of CFTE staff and panel members.