Clifford Young

Clifford Young serves as the President of Polling and Societal Trends and Cluster President at Ipsos, overseeing three key businesses: Public Affairs, Corporate Reputation, and Observer since 2021. With extensive experience in public affairs, Young led the growth of a diverse business and successfully integrated two large acquisitions while developing data science and analytics capabilities. Young's media expertise as a thought leader includes significant brand expansion in the U.S. through earned media and polling. In academia, Young holds a position as Senior Vice President at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and has taught courses at Columbia University and Universidade de São Paulo. Young earned a PhD in sociology from the University of Chicago, focusing on statistics and public opinion, and holds a BA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.