Professor of Political Science John Lapinski is director of the Robert A. Fox Leadership Program. A renowned expert on national elections, survey research, and Congress, Lapinski is also Director of the Elections Unit at NBC News and analyzes and produces election-related stories through exit polls for NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, Telemundo, and all of NBC’s digital properties. In addition, he is the founding faculty director of Penn’s Program for Opinion Research and Election Studies (PORES), which trains undergraduates in public policy, elections research, and data analytics, and currently serves as the associate faculty director of the Fox Program and the faculty director of the Fels Executive Master of Public Administration program.