Our Team

Steven KullFounder & President

Steven Kull, Founder and President, is a political psychologist and is director of the Program for Public Consultation, School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. For two decades, he has conducted in-depth studies of public opinion on public policy issues, in the United States and around the world. He directs the international polling project WorldPublicOpinion.org, a collaboration of research centers from around the world and has played a central role in the BBC World Service Poll of global opinion.

Kull has worked extensively with officials in the U.S. Congress, the State Department, and the United Nations to develop surveys that help policymakers gain greater insight into the public values and beliefs on policy issues. He has testified to Congress, and conducted briefings for NATO, the UN and the European Commission.

Sought after by journalists seeking information on public attitudes on public policy, Kull has been regularly quoted in numerous publications including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and USA Today. He has appeared on NBC News, CBS News, CNN, PBS Newshour, BBC, NPR and many other broadcast outlets.

His writing has been published in The Washington PostHarper’s Magazine, Political Science Quarterly, Foreign Policy, Public Opinion Quarterly and many other publications.


JP ThomasVice President

JP Thomas is an organizer and government relations professional with years of experience working in campaigns, advocacy, and policy research. In 2020, he was the Voter Protection Organizing Director for the Joe Biden Presidential Campaign in Wisconsin, building the program that recruited poll observers and poll workers across the state and helping thousands of voters cast their ballot via the campaign’s voter hotline. During the presidential primary, he managed Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s mobilization office in Madison. Before hitting the campaign trail, he led federal and state advocacy efforts and campaigns at Brady, focused on ending gun violence and supporting youth-led advocacy. In addition, JP has experience in fundraising and nonprofit operations at the voting rights and electoral reform organization, FairVote.


Allison StettlerOperations Director

Allison Stettler has more than 25 years of experience working with non-profit organizations. Before joining Voice of the People in 2013, she served as an information technology and graphic design consultant for a number non-profit organizations in the greater Washington region including the Chief Executives Organization (CEO), Junior Achievement of Greater Washington, the Apartment and Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington (AOBA) and the American Conference for the Treatment of HIV (ACTHIV). Before becoming a consultant, Allison worked at the Greater Washington Board of Trade for 15 years, most recently as Director of Marketing and Web Development.  Allison holds a degree in English from Virginia Tech.


Katrina Fuller, Program Coordinator

Katrina Fuller is a communications professional with over 11 years of writing and editing experience based in Western New York. At The Post-Journal, a Chautauqua County newspaper,  she focused on community-oriented feature writing, covering education, county and state government, and everything in between. During her time with Rep. Tom Reed’s Office, she gained experience as a communication assistant by managing the Congressman’s website and the office’s marketing program. She also dedicated her time to constituent services, aiding constituents with various federal departments, including Social Security, USPS, and Medicare. Most recently, she helped with fundraising and communications as the Director of Development for Chautauqua Striders, a youth development nonprofit.


Our work is supported by key members of the Program for Public Consultation at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy:

  • Evan Fehsenfeld, Senior Research Associate
  • Evan Charles Lewitus, Research Analyst