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    Who We Are: GISCorps Core Committee

This is the story of a purely volunteer effort based only on passionate and intense long night hours and weekends outside of our daily domestic and work responsibilities. These efforts have been fun, challenging and stimulating. We would not trade them for the world. We believe this is the story of an idea that was acted upon to better the world.


Chair: Mark J. Salling, Ph.D., GISP,. Director, Northern Ohio Data & Information Service (NODIS) College Fellow, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University. URISA Board of Directors 2003-2005

Vice Chair: Dianne Haley, GISP, GIS Program Coordinator, Alberta Energy and Utilities Board, Calgary, Alberta. URISA President 2005.

Co-founder: Shoreh Elhami, GISP, GIS Director, Delaware County Auditor, Ohio - Adjunct Instructor, Ohio State University, City & Regional Planning Department, URISA Board Member 2004-2007.

Ingrid Bruce, GIS/Special Districts Manager, City of Rancho Cucamonga, CA, URISA Board of Directors 2005-2008.

Kevin G. Sato, GIS Administrator, Murray City Corporation, Utah. Utah Geographic Information Council Chair 1999-2002 2006-2008. URISA ESIG Chair 2007




Past Core Committee Members

Co-founder: Juna Papajorgji, GISP, GIS Manager, Alachua County, Florida and Adjunct Lecturer,Department of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Florida. URISA Board of Directors 2007-2009

Co-founder: Martha Lombard, URISA President 2003. Spatial Focus, Birmingham, Alabama.

Co-founder: Ed Wells, URISA President 2007. CTO, Washington DC.

Frank Chang, Las Vegas, Nevada; Tom Conry, Fairfax, Virginia; and Sanjiv Gandhi, Orlando, Florida.