Date: July 24, 2008

Donna Gillin announces end of second term in Research Profession.

(CMOR)— Donna Gillin announced today that she is leaving CMOR. During her first term with CMOR, Donna served as Director of Government Affairs. She was lured back in 2005 as Director of Operations and has overseen the operations of CMOR for the past three years.

An attorney by profession, Gillin has decided to expand her horizons outside the research profession. Considered by many the profession's premier privacy expert, Gillin has continuously pursued challenges and will continue to do so in her future endeavors.

On her announcement Gillin commented “CMOR has been a wonderful second family and I have worked with the profession’s members since the age of eighteen, a rare longevity in today’s world. I will always treasure my time in the profession, but with the establishment of a knowledgeable, well rounded government affairs staff in Washington DC, this is the ideal time for me to explore some other interests and passions.”

With Gillin’s departure on July 31, 2008, the CMOR operations will be managed in the interim by sister organization MRA, with whom they have developed close ties over the previous four years.

Donna is available until July 31, 2008 for comment or interview and can be reached via email at dgillin@cmor.org or for comment from MRA please contact Larry Brownell at Larry.Brownell@mra-net.org.

# # #

CMOR is a non-profit organization that promotes, advocates and protects the integrity of the survey and opinion research profession. CMOR strives to improve respondent cooperation in research and promote positive legislation impacting the survey and opinion research profession. CMOR is comprised of more than 150 organizations and companies, including other professional trade associations, research providers, end users/client companies, government entities and academic institutions. For more information, visit www.cmor.org

The Marketing Research Association is the leading and largest association of the opinion and marketing research profession, a multi-billion dollar a year industry dedicated to providing valuable information to guide the decisions of companies that provide products and services to consumers and businesses. For more information, visit www.mra-net.org