2025/2026 SAPOR Officers
Mailing Address:
Southern Association for Public Opinion Research
PO Box 90122
Raleigh NC 27675
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Angelique Uglow President 
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Angelique Uglow, IPC is Executive Vice President of ReconMR and has more than twenty-five years of experience in the research industry. Angel also serves as Senior Vice President of Client Services for CRI and is responsible for building new business relationships while acting as a strong resource in the management of research projects. Angel develops sales presentations, research proposals, and action plans for existing and new clients. Previously Angel was VP of Operations at Scientific Telephone Samples (STS). At STS Angel consulted with clients on a variety of sampling options. Angel attends industry-based continuing education seminars and conferences such as Insights Association, American Association of Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), and American Public Health Association (APHA) to keep up with research dynamics and identify future trends. Angel has also maintained a Professional Researcher Certification (PRC) now Insights Professional Certification (IPC) – Expert Level since 2006. Ms. Uglow served on the SAPOR board of directors as Conference Chair in 2015 and President in 2018. In 2020, Angel was elected to serve on AAPOR’s Executive Council for two-years as Associate Chair 2020-2021 and Membership/Chapter Relations (MCR) Chair 2021-2022. |
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Adam Kaderabek Vice President 
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Adam Kaderabek is a survey methodologist with ICF with more than 10 years of experience working in survey research. Mr. Kaderabek has been a contributing member of SAPOR since 2015 as both a presenter and volunteer. In addition to his support of SAPOR, he is a regular volunteer and contributor to both AAPOR and the ASA. His primary research interests include questionnaire design, survey incentives, and the use of administrative data and other non-survey data sources in survey research. |
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Peter Francia Past President 
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Peter L. Francia (PhD, University of Maryland) is the Director of the ECU Center for Survey Research and holds the rank of Professor in the Department of Political Science at East Carolina University. He is the author of numerous books and academic articles on various topics related to American elections and public opinion. |
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Emily McLaughlin Treasurer 
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Emily McLaughlin is the Enterprise Sales Manager at Noor Staffing Group, bringing over five years of experience supporting the survey research industry with data collection staffing solutions. She collaborates closely with project managers and research teams to ensure they have the skilled talent needed to successfully execute data collection efforts. Prior to Headway, Emily studied Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a concentration in Social Behavior. |
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Matthew Anderson Conference Chair/Past Conference Chair 
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Matthew Anderson has over 10 years of experience in survey research. He started his career at Mathematica Policy Research in 2009 and was awarded the Burns Bud Roper Award at the AAPOR national conference in 2012. He specializes in the management, direction, and quality control of complex surveys involving phone, mail, and web data collection. He currently works at Abt Associates where he is the Principal Investigator of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Systems (BRFSS) portfolio, that includes 8 states. Matthew has extensive experience with Behavioral Health and Environmental research projects including the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services and the National Mental Health Services Survey. He has also led several projects for the EPA and NOAA. In his spare time, Matt enjoys golf, travel and learning about wine. As the new Conference Chair, Matthew is poised to leverage his vast experience in survey research to ensure the success of SAPOR’s conferences. |
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Ilia Richey Plunkett Vice Conference Chair 
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Ilia Richey Plunkett is the Director of Research Projects & Mailing Services and Sales Executive at DocuSource, bringing over 20 years of experience supporting the Life Sciences, Research, Technology, and Manufacturing industries. She specializes in strategy and planning for large-scale studies, mailings, and fulfillment projects, with a strong focus on data accuracy, brand integrity, compliance, and efficiency. She is also known for cultivating strong client relationships and building trust through thoughtful collaboration, clear communication, and a solutions-oriented approach. She holds a degree in Nutrition from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is a Registered Yoga Teacher with a specialization in children’s yoga. She is an active member of SAPOR and AAPOR and recently joined the Raleigh Chapter of Women in Tech. Outside of work, Ilia is a proud mom to two boys and can often be found on the sidelines cheering them on at soccer games. She also enjoys staying active and volunteers in wildlife rescue and transport. |
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Martha Ryals Associate Secretary/Treasurer 
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Martha Ryals, is a Research Survey Scientist at RTI International, has 25 years of experience with collecting data for survey research. She has experience with conducting personal telephone interviews and in-person interviews. She routinely performed subject recruitment, quality control (QC), and data preparation activities. Ms. Ryals has independently developed training manuals and standard operating procedures, trained interviewers on computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATIs), and assisted in training field data technicians on data collection techniques. As a survey scientist, she assists project managers with creating work plans, tracking costs to stay within budgets, writing Institutional Review Board (IRB) submissions, and creating client deliverables in a timely manner. |
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Edward Paul Johnson Communications Chair 
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Paul graduated from BYU with a M.S. in Statistics. He spent 15 years working in market research with a wide variety of experience including phone surveys, online surveys, and passively collected data. He loves finding innovative ways to combine behavioral and survey data with a specialty in discrete choice models. He has volunteered and served on committees in AAPOR at both the local and regional level. His research efforts have been featured at AAPOR, ESOMAR, ARF, Insights Association, and Sawtooth conferences. He is most proud of his wife and two sons and loves playing games with them. |
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Shane Trahan Website and Communications Committee Chair 
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Shane has worked with web-based systems for over 15 years and currently designs, maintains, and develops data management systems for the National Survey of Drug Use and Health. Mr. Trahan has experience with database management systems, survey control systems, and is experienced with Visual Basic, PHP, Cold Fusion (CFML), Java, and various web-based scripting languages/technologies such as Javascript and AJAX. He holds a BS in Computer Information Systems and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Thomas College, as well as a Masters in Economics from North Carolina State University. As the Website and Communications Committee Chair, Shane brings his extensive expertise in web technology and communications to enhance SAPOR’s online presence and digital communications strategy. |
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Jessica Grant Prothro Student Paper Competition Chair 
UNC – Chapel Hill
Odum Institute for Research in Social Science prothro@sapor.us https://www.unc.edu |
Jessica Grant is the Associate Director of Research at the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is also the Director for Odum’s graduate level Certificate in Survey Science. Jessica has 20 years of experience overseeing social science research projects for federal and state government agencies, universities, private organizations, and foundations. She offers expertise in survey research project design, questionnaire development, and data collection for the social, behavioral, and health sciences. Prior to joining the Odum Institute in 2021, Ms. Grant was a Research Survey Scientist and Administrative Manager in the Public Health and Clinical Research program within RTI International’s Survey Research Division for over 13 years. She received her M.A. in Sociology at Fayetteville State University while working as the Survey Research Center Coordinator at Fayetteville State’s Research Center for Health Disparities. She received her B.A. in Sociology and Women’s Studies from UNC Chapel Hill. She is currently pursuing a graduate certificate at UNC Chapel Hill in Field Epidemiology. |