David Metz

David Metz has provided opinion research and strategic guidance to hundreds of non-profit organizations, government agencies, businesses, and political campaigns in all 50 states since joining the firm in 1998.In a challenging cycle for Democrats in 2016, Dave's research helped to re-elect five Democratic members of Congress; guide successful ballot measures to legalize marijuana in Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada; win elections for the Mayors of Phoenix, Houston, Sacramento, and Salt Lake County; win approval for major regional transportation improvements in Seattle, Phoenix, and the San Francisco Bay Area; and pass landmark soda tax measures in San Francisco and Oakland, California. Dave has provided opinion research on key message and policy issues to numerous environmental and conservation organizations, among them The Nature Conservancy, the Trust for Public Land, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Environment America, the League of Conservation Voters, the Environmental Defense Fund, Climate Solutions, Ducks Unlimited, American Rivers, Greenpeace, Earthjustice, the Wilderness Society, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the Sierra Club, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, the National Wildlife Federation, and the National Audubon Society.