Senior Advisor to the Harris School; Executive Director, Center for Survey Methodology About Marc Farinella Marc Farinella is a Senior Advisor to the Harris School of Public Policy. Additionally, he serves as Executive Director of Harris' Center for Survey Methodology. Marc joined Harris in 2012 as the school's first Chief Operating Officer. Prior to coming to Harris, Marc was a political communications and management consultant and held senior leadership roles in both the policy and political arenas. He served as Chief of Staff for the Governor of Missouri from 1993 to 1996 and as North Carolina State Director for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. As president of Farinella & Associates, a consulting firm founded in 1990, Marc was a strategic communications and campaign management adviser to candidates and elected officials across the nation. Clients included Senator Evan Bayh (IN), Senator Bob Casey (PA), Senator Jean Carnahan (MO), Senator Harris Wofford (PA), Senator Alan Dixon (IL), Governor Ben Nelson (NE), Governor Mel Carnahan (MO), Governor Christine Gregoire (WA), and many others. In 2000, he managed one of the most extraordinary Senate campaigns in U.S. history: Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan's defeat of incumbent Senator John Ashcroft three-weeks after Carnahan's death in a plane crash. Earlier in his career, Marc managed political campaigns in Missouri, Illinois and Oklahoma, and he served as a public policy analyst for the Illinois Attorney General and the Illinois Comptroller. He holds a master's degree in public policy from the University of Chicago, a master's degree in political science from the University of Illinois, and a BA in political science from Northwestern University. Contact Information 321.271.6622 mfarinella@uchicago.edu Recent News More news Student Profile: Namuka Ishii, MPP Class of 2024 Thu., May 02, 2024 Student Profile: Carrie Collins, MPP Class of 2024 Tue., April 30, 2024 Alumni Profile: Eloísa Ávila-Uribe, MACRM’23 Fri., April 26, 2024 Upcoming Events More events Data and Policy Summer Scholars Program (DPSS): Deep-Dive Conversation with Jose Macias and Alexandra Sobczynski Mon., May 06, 2024 | 7:30 PM International Policy Action Lab Mini Class with Austin Wright Tue., May 07, 2024 | 6:00 AM Driving Policy Innovation in the Social Sector in India: Lunch Conversation with Luis Miranda Tue., May 07, 2024 | 12:30 PM Harris School of Public Policy (The Keller Center), Room 2112 1307 E 60th St Chicago, IL 60637 United States