Trinity College to Honor Kellyanne Fitzpatrick Conway ’89 at Cap and Gown Convocation

Prominent Alumna to Receive the Centennial Award for Alumnae Leadership

Washington, D.C…. Kellyanne Fitzpatrick Conway ’89, CEO and president of the polling company™ in Washington, D.C., will be awarded Trinity College’s Centennial Award for Alumnae Leadership at the College’s Cap and Gown Convocation on Saturday, September 21. The ceremony will take place at 5:00 p.m. in Notre Dame Chapel.

“Kellyanne Conway is an outstanding professional in her field, and exemplifies the leadership qualities and intellectual achievements that Trinity College values,” said President Patricia McGuire. “We are very honored to bestow this prestigious honor to Ms. Conway.”

Founded in 1995 in Washington, D.C., the polling company maintains a satellite office in San Francisco and a newly opened location in New York City.

the polling company™ specializes in quantitative and qualitative research and analysis, and provides strategic counsel for a diverse portfolio of clients in the political, corporate, public affairs, not-for-profit and media sectors. These clients have included the Microsoft Corporation, Philip Morris, Major League Baseball, Pond’s, Unilever, Spelling Entertainment, New York Magazine, The New York Post, Ladies’ Home Journal, Grocery Manufacturers of America, Proxicom, Inc., National Journal’s The Hotline, Wyeth-Ayerst laboratories, and Golden Rule Insurance.

In addition to her polling company, Ms. Conway has provided commentary for hundreds of television shows on ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, and the Fox News Channel, and countless radio shows and print stories.

Throughout her 13-year polling career, Ms. Conway has provided primary research and advice for clients in nearly all 50 states and has directed hundreds of demographic and attitudinal survey projects for statewide and congressional political races, trade associations, and Fortune 100 companies, measuring voter attitudes, client satisfaction, and consumer opinion. A professionally trained moderator, Ms. Conway has personally directed more than 250 focus groups targeting prospective legislation, industry messages, Internet usage, consumer products, methods of crisis management, and general communications techniques.

January 1, 2002 marked the completion of the acquisition of WomanTrend by the polling company™. WomanTrend, a research and consulting firm that for years has tracked and interpreted the social, cultural, financial, professional and health trends influencing -- and being influenced by -- women now operating as a division of the polling company ™. As a new division of the polling company™, WomanTrend continues to evolve as a leading resource for and about women of all ages, ethnic backgrounds, socioeconomic strata, geographic locations and stations in life.

An attorney, Ms. Conway is admitted to practice law in four jurisdictions (Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia). She has worked for the law firm of Jackson and Campbell, clerked for the Honorable Richard A. Levie, D.C. Superior Court, and for four years, was an adjunct professor at George Washington University Law Center.

A native of South Jersey, Conway was valedictorian of her high school class. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Trinity College, Washington, D.C., where she earned a B.A. in political science, studied at Oxford University, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. In 1992, she was awarded a law degree, with honors, from George Washington University Law Center.

Ms. Conway has provided commentary for hundreds of television shows on ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, and the Fox News Channel, and countless radio shows and print stories. She has been profiled in over a dozen magazines, newspapers, and television programs. Her polling data and op-eds have been published by The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The New York Post, The Washington Times, USA Today, National Review, Investors’ Business Daily, and Campaigns and Elections.

Her accolades and awards include: one of the “50 Most Powerful Women in Politics” – Ladies’ Home Journal; one of the “Faces to Watch in theYear 2000,” The New York Post; one of the “30 Most Powerful People in Generation X in America,” Swing Magazine; one of “Washington’s Most Influential Conservatives Aged 40 or Younger,” National Journal; and one of the “Washington Women of Genius,” Trinity College.

She is a board member of Men Against Breast Cancer, a founding member of RightNow! and the Young Elephants PAC, and is also involved with the Northwest Center and the Washington Journalism Center Mentor Program.

For more information, contact Ann Pauley, Vice President for Institutional Advancement, 202/884-9725, pauleya@trinitydc.edu

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