Who We Are
Dedicated. Passionate. Dependable.
The Polco team has expertise in all aspects of community engagement. Team members have strong backgrounds in fields including city management, public policy, software engineering, communications, technology, data science and research analysis. We are proud to have worked with hundreds of jurisdictions nationwide for more than two decades.
Supportive, highly-skilled and knowledgeable – our team is resolute in helping the public sector, using our wealth of knowledge to help move communities forward.

Nick Mastronardi, PhD
Board Chair, Co-Founder, CEO

Alex Pedersen
Board Member, Co-Founder, CSO

Sonya Wytinck
COO

Cole Jacobs
Director of Operations

Robert Kane
Investor Relations Manager

Ja'Lon Eason
Operations Manager; Project Management Subject Matter Expert

Ann Michelle Hill
Accounts Receivable Manager

Amber Scott
People Operations Specialist

Amelia Pingatore
Executive Assistant

Tobin McKearin, PhD
VP of Data Science

Michelle Kobayashi
Principal Research Strategist
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Erin Caldwell
Survey Research Principal

Parker Quinn
Data Science Manager

Ian Irizarry
Business Intelligence Lead

Jinwoo Oh
Data Engineer

Jack Wilson
Associate Data Scientist

Jonathan Wiersma
VP of Marketing

Angelica Wedell, OMCP
Director of Marketing and Communications

Jen Aceto
Senior Product Marketing Manager

Dustin Bishop
Marketing Graphic Designer

Jessie O' Brien
Digital Content Marketer/Copywriter

Cheryl Stang
Director of Demand Generation

Chanté Martin
Strategic Partnerships Director

Erik Dunkin
Marketing Operations Lead

Katherine Bernacchi-Sass
Campaign Manager

Paige George
Marketing Assistant

Lisa Dowling
Senior VP of Sales

James Windisch
Senior Account Executive

Andy Jindoyan
Senior Business Development Representative

Warren Schatzle
Account Executive

Laurence Matthews
Account Executive

Riley Thomson
Sales Enablement Manager

Samantha Fingold
Sales Enablement Specialist

Jordan Dejno
Account Executive

Amy Kavanagh Flynn
Senior Account Executive

Sam Mathias
Account Executive

Meghan Ruble
VP of Customer Experience

Suleima Garcia
Senior Customer Success Manager

Emily Cook
Senior Customer Success Manager

Pam Austria
Product Owner

Alyssa Brunner
CX Content Manager

Alec Vice
Account Manager

Anna Walsh
Customer Experience Enablement Manager

Jade Arocha
Director of Survey Research

Joe Dell'Olio
Senior Survey Associate

Nicolas Solari
Survey Research Associate

Kim Daane
Survey Research Associate

Brandon Barnett
Senior Survey Associate

Grace Arneson
Survey Associate

Alissa Punwar
Senior Survey Associate

Steven Vickers
Survey Associate

Jason Neumeyer
Survey Specialist

Logan Kirk
Survey Specialist

Lily Vasquez
Survey Assistant

Garrett Hernandez Rimer
Balancing Act, Director of Customer Success

Tracie Anderson
VP of Technology

Michael Doliner
Software Development Manager

Alex Goedken
Staff Engineer

Brian Qian
Senior Software Engineer

Sophia Ottleben
Senior Software Engineer

Jason Benjoya
Mid-Level Software Engineer

Nathan Diedrick
Senior Software Engineer

Rimina Patolot
Product Manager

Nick Tobat
Senior Product Designer

Nick van Dyke
Senior Software Engineer

Ian Johnson
Product Owner

Jason Myatt
Engineering Manager

Jim Schuett
Director of Product

Shreyas Jukanti
Engineering Manager

Collin Driscoll
Staff Engineer

Dan Ferguson
Senior Software Engineer

Chris Adams
President of Balancing Act
Board of Directors

Michael Thiel
Board Member

Tom Miller, PhD
Board Member

Andrew White
Board Member

Nick Mastronardi, PhD
Board Chair, Co-Founder, CEO

Alex Pedersen
Board Member, Co-Founder, CTO