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Meet the Deer Management Committee and its Chair Ryan Fitzpatrick.
Your Name: Ryan Fitzpatrick
Board or Commission: Deer Management
Your role: Chair
MyRye.com: What is the charter for your Committee?
Fitzpatrick:
- Assess the potential overabundance of deer and impact to the community.
- Direct scientific based research to assess forest health and the surrounding community.
- Promote stewardship of our natural areas.
Looking at 2026, what will be your top initiatives?
Fitzpatrick:
- Study the forest understory and health.
- Dimension deer density.
- Assess results of any studies done.
Would you be supportive of your meetings being broadcast and recorded by the City for public viewing?
Fitzpatrick: Yes.
Are written agendas and written meeting minutes available?
Fitzpatrick: Yes.
Are your meetings currently recorded?
Fitzpatrick: No.
[Publisher note: MyRye.com has been recording these meetings and making them available to the public for viewing on our website. See our DMC reporting and our DMC meeting playlist.]
Who is the City Council liaison to your Committee for 2026?
Fitzpatrick: None appointed.
Tell us about the residents or others you interact with at your Committee.
Fitzpatrick: Very sparse attendance from the public.
When was your Committee chartered by the City of Rye?
Fitzpatrick: August 2025
Looking back across 2025, what were your committee’s top achievements?
Fitzpatrick:
- Really just getting going and ingesting information.
- Had two guest speakers give their perspective.
Tell us about you:
How long have you been in your current role?
Fitzpatrick: Since August
Who appointed you to this position, and what year were you appointed?
Fitzpatrick: The committee voted
Besides yourself, who is the longest serving person on your committee?
Fitzpatrick: All Equal
When does your current appointed term expire?
Fitzpatrick: Not to my knowledge.
What is your day job?
Fitzpatrick: Chief Operating Officer for an investment bank. No cross over.
How much time does your role require in a typical month?
Fitzpatrick: I would say it takes 3-6 hours per month. Lot’s of discussion on how we are moving forward.
If I took you to Jerry’s or Oakland Beach Deli for lunch this week, what would you order?
Fitzpatrick: Grilled ham and cheese.
Where do you live in Rye and how many years have you lived in the City?
Fitzpatrick: I have lived in Rye since 2008. I live in Glenn Oaks. I have lived in the same house the entire time.
Thanks Ryan!
Learn More:
Main Committee page on the City website
LinkedIn
Members of the Deer Management Committee:
Elinore Neeves
Chris Cohan
Ryan Fitzpatrick, Chair
Jasmine Zhu
Bryan Murtagh
Stephanie Gomez
