Our Team
Murray Edelman, Visionary
Now a Distinguished Survey Research Scholar at Rutgers University, Murray has had a successful and highly visible career over 35 years as an expert on public opinion and elections with the major news organizations, including CBS, NBC, FOX, ABC, CNN and the Associated Press. For many years he directed their exit poll operations and worked closely with software developers to deliver a mission‐critical election polling system with no room for error or deadline extensions.
Murray is a past president of the American Association for Public Opinion Research. He is president of the Naraya Cultural Preservation Council and a board member of the Roper Center for Public Opinion. Murray holds a PhD from the University of Chicago.
Jesse Sanford, Technologist
Before joining Circle Voting, Jesse was Director of Web Development for Beezwax and launched media‐rich interactive websites for Beezwax clients in technology, advertising and the non‐profit sector. His private consulting clients have included NOW Legal Defense, Money Media and the Republic of Estonia. Jesse holds degrees from Phillips Exeter Academy, Columbia and the University of California–Berkeley, where he is working on a PhD in cultural anthropology. Jesse is a practitioner of Ruby development on and off the Rails and adores emerging open standards.
Chris Sinton, Businessman
In his decade at Cisco Systems, Chris was a key leader for Cisco's e‐business model and a pioneer in bringing Cisco to the web. On turning to the non‐profit sector, Sinton founded and served as President & CEO of Network for Good, which has raised over $250,000,000 for nonprofits in the United States. Sinton serves as a board member of mypartner.com. Previously, he has served on the boards of the NetAid Foundation, the ePhilanthropy Foundation and New Leaf Services for our Community.