Staff

Richard Parsons
Director

Rich Parsons is a political strategist and organizational leader with over 35 years of experience in government relations, campaign management, non-profit organization and business management, media and communications strategy, and issue advocacy on public safety, transportation, housing and economic development issues, at the national, state and local levels. He worked on three US Presidential campaigns, as a Legislative Director on Capitol Hill, as President & CEO of the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce, was Maryland Government Relations Director for the Greater Washington Board of Trade, and Vice President for Communications and Public Involvement at global infrastructure design firm WSP, USA. Rich holds a degree in Political Science from Colgate University.

Allison Stettler
Digital Director

Allison Stettler has more than 25 years of experience working with nonprofit organizations. Before joining Voice of the People in 2013, she served as an information technology and graphic design consultant for a number nonprofit 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). Allison also worked at the Greater Washington Board of Trade for 15 years, including 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.

Steven Kull
Chair

Steven Kull, the Board Chair of Voice of the People Action, is a political psychologist and the 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.

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 Post, USA Today, Harper’s Magazine, Political Science Quarterly, Foreign Policy, Public Opinion Quarterly and many other publications.