Andrew Kohut is director of the Pew Research Center for The People & The Press in Washington, DC. Previously, he was president of The Gallup Organization from 1979 to 1989. In 1989, he founded Princeton Survey Research Associates, an attitude and opinion research firm specializing in media, politics and public policy studies. He served as founding director of surveys for the Times Mirror Center 1990-1992, and was named its Director in 1993. Kohut was president of American Association of Public Opinion Research and the National Council on Public Polls 2000-2001, and was a member of the Market Research Council and the Council on Foreign Relations.

Kohut is a press commentator on the meaning and interpretation of opinion poll results. In recent national elections he has served as a public opinion consultant and analyst for National Public Radio. Kohut often comments on public opinion for television news programs including THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER.