FERNAND AMANDI is the president of Bendixen & Amandi International, one of the nation’s premier opinion research and strategic communications firms. He brings three decades of experience as a strategic consultant and pollster with an emphasis in corporate, political and public affairs consulting to a vast array of clients across multiple disciplines in the United States and throughout the Western Hemisphere. In addition to his research and consulting work, he has conceived and produced a number of successful marketing campaigns for B&A’s media practice, and his communications projects and analysis have been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, FOX News, fvlSNBC, National Public Radio, USA Today, Huffington Post, Newsweek, Time, The Economist, the Miami Herald, and myriad additional outlets. He is a veteran of five U.S. presidential campaigns, for which he has worked as a pollster, media consultant, and in various senior advisory roles involving research, messaging, and strategy. He is a graduate of Florida State University, a political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, and also teaches at the University of Miami. He resides in Miami with his wife and two young children.