The 28 individuals to serve on the new National Geospatial Advisory Committee have been named today by Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne. The committee will provide advice and recommendations on federal geospatial policy and management issues. The group also provides a forum to convey the views of industry and vendor partners in the geospatial community.
Members representing Private Sector, Nonprofits, and Academia:
Sean Ahearn, Hunter College, City University of New York
Allen Carroll, National Geographic Society
David Cowen, University of South Carolina
Jack Dangermond, Environmental Systems Research Institute
Kass Green, The Alta Vista Company
David Maune, Dewberry
Anne Hale Miglarese, Fugro EarthData, Inc.
Charles Mondello, Pictometry International
Kim Nelson, Microsoft Corporation
Matthew O’Connell, GeoEye
John Palatiello, Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors (MAPPS)
G. Michael Ritchie, Photo Science
David Schell, Open Geospatial Consortium
Christopher Tucker, IONIC Enterprise
Members Representing Governmental Agencies:
Rizwan Ahmed, State of Louisiana
Timothy M. Bennett, NativeView
Michael Byrne, State of California
Donald Dittmar, Waukesha County, WI
Dennis Goreham, State of Utah
Randall L. Johnson, Metropolitan Council, St. Paul, MN
Randy Johnson, Hennepin County, MN
Jerry Johnston, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Barney Krucoff, District of Columbia
Timothy Loewenstein, Buffalo County, NE
Zsolt Nagy, State of North Carolina
Jay Parrish, State of Pennsylvania
Gene Schiller, Southwest Florida Water Management District
Steven Wallach, U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
I’m eager to follow the workings of this group as they proceed to provide direction on the National Map and other initiatives.
