2022 URISA Board Election Results Announced

Des Plaines, IL (August 15, 2022) URISA is pleased to announce the results of its 2022 URISA Board of Directors’ election.  Tom Fisher will serve in the position of President-Elect and  Josiah Burkett, Bernadette deLeon, and Matt Gerike will serve as Directors. They will all begin their three-year terms at the conclusion of  GIS-Pro 2022  in Boise.

Thomas Fisher, GISP, AICP, GIS Administrator, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ohio

Tom will serve as President-Elect for one year and his term as President will begin at the conclusion of GIS-Pro 2023.

"This is a great honor to lead the URISA organization and to represent the members for three more years through the Presidential track. URISA has accomplished a lot over the past sixty years with steady leadership and member volunteerism.  I plan to continue the tradition of excellence set by the trailblazers before me and leave a legacy of servant leadership for upcoming geospatial professionals to aspire to.  Thank you again for your confidence and trust to lead URISA.  I look forward to seeing everyone in Boise, Idaho this fall and, in the chapters, and committees of this amazing URISA organization."   

Newly-elected URISA Directors: 

 

 

 

Josiah Burkett
Geographic Information Systems Analyst /Geospatial Team Lead
GeoTechVision
Kingston, Jamaica

Bernadette de Leon, GISP
 
Director of School of Public Health Bloomington IT Services
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana

Matthew J. Gerike, PhD, GISP
Geospatial Program Manager
Virginia Geographic Information Network (VGIN), Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM), Richmond, Virginia

Ashley Hitt was elected by the membership as President-Elect last year and will begin her term as President of URISA at the conclusion of GIS-Pro 2022. Brent Jones will become Immediate Past-President at that time. 

Ashley Hitt, GISP
Vice President, GeoAnalytics Connected Nation
Louisville, Kentucky

Brent Jones, PE, PLS
Global Manager, Land Records/Cadastre
Esri - Vienna Virginia

At the close of GIS-Pro 2022, the terms of service for these URISA Board members will conclude and we thank them all, in advance, for their amazing dedication and service to URISA: 

       

Immediate Past President

Kevin Mickey, GISP
The Polis Center-IUPUI
Indianapolis, Indiana

Board Secretary

Susan Kamei
USC Spatial Sciences Institute - Los Angeles, California

Tom Fisher, GISP, AICP
Cuyahoga County - Cleveland, Ohio

John Nolte, GISP
Denver Water - Denver, Colorado

  

Contact:

Wendy Nelson
Executive Director – URISA
Email Contact

 




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