David Cantor

Deputy Director, Measurement & Insights - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

David Cantor leads a team that manages bodies of work in areas that include tracking the foundation’s reputation, traditional and social media monitoring, communications evaluation, and insights to support foundation communications. He previously built the foundation’s Global Policy and Advocacy Measurement and Insights team, as well as the U.S. Policy, Advocacy, and Communications strategic analytics portfolio. He has more than two decades of experience in qualitative, quantitative, and cutting-edge research methodologies, working with major foundations, nonprofit organizations, political candidates, ballot initiative campaigns, labor organizations, and large corporations in the U.S. and globally. David joined the foundation from the Glover Park Group (GPG), where he led the research team and the firm’s education practice. Earlier, he was vice president at Lake Snell Perry & Associates.