Hill Research
Consultants is a full-service
public opinion and marketing research firm organized
in 1988. Serving a nationwide
clientele from offices
in The Woodlands, Texas, the firm specializes in research
on politics and public affairs, litigation, education,
transportation, real estate, healthcare, telecommunications,
sports marketing, and corporate image.
In addition to survey research and focus groups, the
firm provides a wide range of
on-line research services for developing competitive
intelligence. Clients of the
firm include leading elected public officials, major
corporations, large public school districts, universities,
accounting and law firms, management consultants, professional
sports franchises, trade and membership associations,
advertising agencies and public relations firms.
Campaigns and Elections magazine recognizes Hill Research
Consultants as a member of the Campaigns and Elections
100, the nation's elite consulting firms.
Key Staff Keep
HRC Properly Directed
Dr. David B. Hill
David B. Hill, HRC Director, received his Ph.D. from
The Florida State University in 1975. His graduate studies
included the prestigious methodology training program
at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Dr. Hill
spent ten years as a faculty member at Kansas State University,
Florida Atlantic University and in a tenured position
at Texas A&M University where he also served as Director
of the Public Policy Resources Laboratory and founding
Director of The Texas Poll. In 1984, he became a principal
in Tarrance, Hill, Newport & Ryan before founding
his present firm.
In 1991, CAMPAIGN magazine named Dr. Hill the second
most effective major political consultant overall, and
best political pollster in the nation. In addition, CAMPAIGNS & ELECTIONS
magazine named him one of its 1991 class of "Rising
Stars" in American political campaigns. CAMPAIGNS & ELECTIONS
singled him out as one of the "Big Winners" of
the 1998 campaign election cycle, as well, for directing
Peter Fitzgerald's victory over Carol Moseley-Braun in
the Illinois U.S. Senate race.
A scholar as well as a campaign operative, Dr. Hill
is the author or co-author of many academic journal articles
as well as well as a book, chapters in books and monographs.
He has served as a member of the editorial advisory board of THE
PUBLIC PERSPECTIVE, a publication of The Roper Center
at the University of Connecticut.
Dr. David Hill writes a weekly column on polling and
campaigns for The Hill, a newspaper for and about
the United State Congress.
Dr. Stephen N. White
Stephen N. White, HRC Assistant Director, was awarded
his Ph.D. in economics by Texas A&M University in
1985. Prior to joining HRC in 1988, he served as director
of operations for Tarrance & Associates; director
of computing and statistics for Tarrance, Hill, Newport & Ryan
and as a research associate at the Public Policy Resources
Laboratory at Texas A&M. Dr. White has also authored
articles in academic journals.
David
Benzion
David Benzion is a graduate of Antioch
College. Prior to joining HRC, Benzion worked as a
producer and researcher
for a top-rated news-talk radio program in Houston.
He heads up opposition research, as well as policy
and online research as a Research Analyst at HRC.
