Mr. Byerly is a member of AAPOR and the Western Academy of Management (WAM). He is a Board member of the California Volunteers Commission, having been appointed twice by Governor Newsom. The Commission is the state office tasked with engaging Californians in service, volunteering, and civic action to tackle our State’s most pressing challenges.
Mr. Byerly earned a Master’s degree in Public Administration at Columbia University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, with Citation, and Government at Dartmouth College. Mr. Byerly is a securities arbitrator, as well as a registered securities professional, with FINRA. He holds the Series 63, 79, and 82 securities registrations.
He also provides oversight of research implementation and operations and has executed research pertaining to resident attitudes toward a range of policy issues—including services activities, and educational opportunities for youth and young adults, climate justice, racial equity, mental health, housing and development, marketing and public awareness, homelessness, civic engagement, volunteerism, health, community safety, and education.
Previously, Mr. Byerly was a faculty member of the College of Business and Economics at California State University (CSU) Los Angeles, as well as the College of Business at CSU Long Beach. He also served on the University’s Strategic Planning Committee, the Committee for Student Instruction, and as a Board Advisor at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Mr. Byerly previously served as Policy Fellow to former New York City Mayor David Dinkins, and was a Researcher at the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) and The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. In prior roles, he co-founded Blue Beacon Capital, a boutique Los Angeles investment bank, served as Vice President at SG Capital, and was a Researcher at UBS.
Mr. Byerly is a member of AAPOR and the Western Academy of Management (WAM). He is a Board member of the California Volunteers Commission, having been appointed twice by Governor Newsom. The Commission is the state office tasked with engaging Californians in service, volunteering, and civic action to tackle our State’s most pressing challenges.
Mr. Byerly earned a Master’s degree in Public Administration at Columbia University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, with Citation, and Government at Dartmouth College. Mr. Byerly is a securities arbitrator, as well as a registered securities professional, with FINRA. He holds the Series 63, 79, and 82 securities registrations.
He also provides oversight of research implementation, and has executed research in support of a range of policy initiatives—including services and economic opportunities for youth and young adults, mental health, healthcare, racial equity, senior services, housing, homelessness, development, climate justice, marketing and public awareness, community safety, civic engagement, transportation, and education.
Previously, Mr. Byerly was a faculty member of the College of Business and Economics at California State University (CSU) Los Angeles, as well as the College of Business at CSU Long Beach. He also served on the University’s Strategic Planning Committee, the Committee for Student Instruction, and as a Board Advisor at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Mr. Byerly previously served as Policy Fellow to former New York City Mayor David Dinkins, and was a Researcher at the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) and The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. In prior roles, he co-founded Blue Beacon Capital, a boutique Los Angeles investment bank, served as Vice President at SG Capital, and was a Researcher at UBS.
Her research has encompassed multi-lingual and mixed-methods studies related to health care, policy, and equity, mental health, homelessness, and housing, resident attitudes, perceptions, and preferences, conservation and climate, community safety, criminal justice reform, marketing, outreach and education, ballot measure campaigns, transportation, and voter mobilization and turnout.
Dr. Byerly is an active member of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) and Founding Chair of BAAPOR, an AAPOR affinity group that serves as a network of public opinion researchers, scholars, and professionals focused on research, and best practices for conducting research, among Black, African American, and African diaspora populations. She also serves on AAPOR’s Strategic Planning Committee and the Inclusion & Equity Committee.
Dr. Byerly regularly presents academic research and leads polling industry dialogue about the importance of methodologically rigorous sampling of diverse populations and community participatory research. She is also a member of the American Political Science Association (APSA) and the National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS).
Prior to EVITARUS, Dr. Byerly was a Senior Vice President at FM3 Research, Manager of the California Governance Project at the Center for Governmental Studies (CGS), and a Policy Consultant to members of the California State Legislature, among other roles in policy, education, and campaigns.
Dr. Byerly earned a Ph.D. in Political Science, along with a Master’s degree, from UCLA’s Political Science Department, a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, and a Bachelor’s degree in Government from Dartmouth College.
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