GITA announces 2011 officers and at-large directors

Robert Austin

The Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) has announced the results of its officer election for 2011. Those elected will constitute the executive committee, along with President Robert Austin and Past President Susan Ancel.

Ancel was appointed by the President upon the recommendation of the nominations committee to fill the open position of immediate past president that was created by a resignation. The nine at-large directors were appointed for one-year terms by the president upon the recommendations of the nominations committee.

All officers and at-large members will take office beginning January 1, 2011.

2011 Executive Committee

President: Robert Austin, Ph.D., City of Tampa, Florida

Past President: Susan Ancel, EPCOR, Edmonton, Alberta

President Elect: Dan Shannon, Telus, Edmonton, Alberta

Treasurer: Talbot Brooks, Delta State University, Cleveland, Mississippi

Secretary: Peter Batty, Ubisense Consulting, Denver, Colorado

2011 At-Large Director Appointments

John Eason, GE Energy, Jacksonville, Florida

Ian Fitzgerald, Truckee-Donner PUD, Truckee, California

Jerry King, Bentley Systems, Exton, Pennsylvania

Richard McKay, TerraGo Technologies, Atlanta, Georgia

Kecia Pierce, Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, Alabama

Carl Reed, Open Geospatial Consortium Inc., Ft. Collins, Colorado

Stephen Swazee, Minnesota Governor’s Council on Geospatial Information, Eagan, Minnesota

Leann Wheeler, URS Corporation, Dallas, Texas

Randy Frantz, Esri, Redlands, California