Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Conway served as Campaign Manager of the come-from-behind victory of Trump-Pence 2016, making her the first woman in U.S. history to successfully helm a presidential campaign. For nearly four years, Kellyanne served as Assistant to the President and Senior Counselor to the President at the White House, working on a range of issues affecting domestic and global policy.
She was Founder and President of The Polling Company, Inc./WomanTrend a privately-held, woman-owned corporation she operated from 1995-2017. Kellyanne is one of the most quoted and noted pollsters on the national scene, having provided commentary on thousands of television shows on ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, HBO, Comedy Central, MTV, Fox News, on the paid speaking circuit and for numerous radio shows and print stories. Currently, she is a Fox News Contributor, featured multiple times per week and for special coverage of debates, caucuses, primaries, conventions, general elections and other major events.
Throughout her 35 years in market research, Kellyanne has provided primary research and advice for clients in all 50 states and has directed thousands of demographic and attitudinal survey projects for statewide and congressional political races, trade associations, and Fortune 500 companies. Kellyanne is a “fully-recovered” attorney, licensed to practice law in four jurisdictions (Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia). She holds a law degree, with honors, from George Washington University Law Center and completed her undergraduate studies at Trinity College and Oxford University.
Kellyanne has served on numerous boards and advisory councils. Her latest business, KAConsulting LLC, provides strategic advice, data analytics, and media training to corporate, political and nonprofit clients. They furnish thought leadership to numerous corporations, particularly companies and industry under threat of government action or companies and industry simply peaking around the corner and preparing for the implications of the next year.
Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight recognized her firm as one of the top pollsters in the nation, with 91% accuracy in predicting races during the 2022 midterm cycle whereas polling overall was overly optimistic and fraught with error. Most recently, she was pollster for the newly elected Governor of Louisiana, winning in a jungle primary outright and overwhelmingly.
Kellyanne is mom to four amazing teenagers. Her memoir, Here's The Deal, published in May of 2022, was a #1 New York Times bestseller.