>Joel Benenson
an American pollster and consultant known for his role as a strategist for Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns.[1][2] He was the chief strategist for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.[3]
He is the CEO of Benenson Strategy Group, a strategic consulting firm, and served as a communications and polling advisor to the White House for Barack Obama.[6] He has been a strategist for U.S. senators, governors and mayors, as well as Fortune 500 companies. He was a pollster for the DCCC in 2006, when the Democrats won back the majority in the House of Representatives.[7]
In 1995, he worked as a Political Journalist for the Daily News in New York[8] and served as Communications Director for Governor Mario Cuomo’s 1994 campaign.[9] He was previously a vice president at the New York ad agency FCB.[10]
Benenson has served as a consultant to American companies and CEOs, including Procter & Gamble’s A.G. Lafley, General Electric’s Jack Welch and AOL’s Bob Pittman. He has helped corporate clients.[11] He was a strategic researcher for Procter & Gamble's launch of Olestra, the fat substitute;[12] he helped AOL manage its capacity crisis in the late 1990s and a New York City coalition block Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plans for an Olympic stadium in Manhattan.[13]
Benenson is also the co-founder of iModerate Research Technologies.[14][15]
In January 2015, Hillary Clinton hired Benenson and Robby Mook as strategists.[16]
The Israeli Blue and White political alliance appointed Benenson as its strategist for the September 2019 Israeli legislative election.[17][18]