Nadine Alameh is the Executive Director of the Taylor Geospatial Institute, a position she assumed in September 2023.  A world-renowned geospatial expert, Nadine was previously the CEO and president of the Open Geospatial Consortium. She is also an appointed member of the U.S. Department of Interior’s National Geospatial Advisory Committee and a board member of the United Nations Geospatial Global Information Management Private Sector Network. Before taking the helm at OGC, Nadine held various roles in industry, from the chief architect for innovation in Northrop Grumman’s Civil Solutions Unit, to CEO of an aviation data exchange startup, to senior technical advisor to NASA’s Applied Science Program. In the early 2000s, she launched and led several successful startups. Nadine has received numerous honors during her career, including the 2019 Geomatics Canada Leadership in Diversity Award, the 2022 Geospatial World Diversity Champion of the Year Award, and the 2023 Women in Technology Leadership Award in the nonprofit and academia category. Nadine earned a doctorate in computer and information systems engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she also earned master’s degrees in civil and environmental engineering and city planning. She earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the American University of Beirut. 

Howard Crothers is the Utilities Solution Lead with Esri.  Howard leads the Esri team developing ArcGIS Solutions for electric, gas, water, sewer, stormwater, communications, renewables, and district heating and cooling.

Alex Kabak is a Product Engineer on the Utilities Solution team at Esri. He focuses on the Water and Wastewater Utilities and developed Esri’s Lead Service Line Inventory solution.

Bryan Peckinpaugh has been with the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) seven years and currently serves as the Public Affairs Director. He is responsible for customer education, integrated advertising, community outreach, government relations, and media relations with a team of talented professionals. Peckinpaugh previously had public relations roles with several city and county elected officials and was in a similar role at the American Red Cross – Southeastern Michigan Chapter. At DWSD, he is one of the original team members when the department launched the Lead Service Line Replacement Program and crafted an extensive outreach strategy that has led to 100% compliance with residents of lead service line replacements. Detroit uses local, state and federal funds for the program and does not charge the residents for the direct cost of replacement.

Dave Grafton is a Geospatial Lead with Bad Elf and recent graduate of the Geographic Information Sciences masters program at Arizona State University. David has four years of experience in the field of GIS and enjoys applying and sharing his knowledge of GNSS technology day in and day out to allow customers to maximize their geospatial potential.  Previously, he has worked as an intern for the state of Arizona in the Arizona Game and Fish Department and the Center for the Future of Arizona to provide useful and reliable spatial information for the public’s benefit.

Dunrie Greiling is BlueConduit’s VP of Marketing. She combines her training in science (biology Ph.D., University of Michigan) with her two decades of experience in tech startups. Prior to joining BlueConduit, she worked in science-based software and device companies in many roles, as an employee, as a consultant, and as an advisor and entrepreneur-in-residence.