Our Team
Dorinda Richetelli ELdridge
President
Ms. Eldridge has been with Spectrum Associates since 1986, and became president and owner in 2016. Along with Dr. Eliot Hartstone, founder of Spectrum Associates, Dorinda works directly with clients to ensure that the research undertaken is designed and implemented to best meet the specific needs of the client.
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In addition to her work for private sector and not-for-profit clients, Dorinda manages all of the juvenile and criminal justice research studies conducted by Spectrum Associates for state and federal government agencies (e.g., United States Department of Justice, State of Connecticut Office of Policy & Management, Rhode Island Justice Commission, New York State Division of Criminal Justice) and has presented findings from these studies at many national conferences. Due to her work in research on Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) in the Juvenile Justice System, she was asked to co-write a chapter in the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention DMC Technical Assistance Manual and co-wrote/co-conducted webinars in 2010 and 2011 on how to conduct reliable DMC Assessments.
Dorinda holds her B.S. degree in Marketing from Nichols College, and has taken many graduate level courses as well as industry specific training courses, including a Certificate in Marketing Management from the University of Hartford and American Marketing Association.
Eliot Hartstone, Ph.D.
Founder
Dr. Hartstone founded Spectrum Associates in 1986; and has extensive experience designing and directing both quantitative & qualitative studies. Eliot partners with each client to identify the client’s specific business needs and then develops clearly stated research objectives and a sound research plan to obtain the information…
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…needed to make informed and effective business decisions.
Upon completion of the research, Eliot provides a comprehensive, clear and actionable final report that identifies the key implications of the research findings and often details recommendations to address the client’s business needs.
Eliot’s extensive qualitative experience includes moderating over 900 focus groups with diverse business and consumer target markets ranging from C-level administrators, managing partners of law firms and physicians to senior citizens, students and mental health patients. With regard to quantitative research, Eliot has designed hundreds of quantitative surveys utilizing diverse research methods (phone, online, mall intercept and mail). Brief descriptions of many of the qualitative and quantitative projects are provided in the case studies section of this website.
Eliot received his Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in Sociology from New York University, and his B.A. degree from the University of Massachusetts (Amherst). He has published in many professional journals, and is a past-president of the Connecticut Chapter of the American Marketing Association.
In addition to his extensive research experience, Eliot has taught as an Adjunct Lecturer at several colleges and universities, including: New York University, Skidmore College, the State University of New York at Albany, and John Jay College.