Appendix A. FGDC Leadership Profiles

Anne Castle

Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior
Chair, FGDC Steering Committee

Ms. Anne Castle, confirmed as Assistant Secretary for Water and Science in June 2009, is responsible for overseeing water and science policy for the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), specifically through oversight of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Geological Survey. In addition to her leadership on water issues, Ms. Castle has been a champion of the National Land Imaging Program. Prior to joining the DOI, Ms. Castle practiced law for 28 years in Denver, Colorado, focusing on water issues. She received a bachelor of science degree in applied mathematics, with honors, from the University of Colorado and earned a juris doctorate from the University of Colorado.

Scott Bernard

Federal Chief Enterprise Architect, Office of E-Government and Information Technology
Office of Management and Budget
Vice Chair, FGDC Steering Committee

Prior to his 2010 appointment to OMB, Dr. Scott Bernard was the Deputy Chief Information Officer and Chief Enterprise Architect for the Federal Railroad Administration. He received a doctorate in Public Administration and Policy from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a master of science degree from Syracuse University.

Ivan DeLoatch

Executive Director
Federal Geographic Data Committee

Mr. Ivan DeLoatch has served as the Executive Director of the FGDC for the past 11 years. Previously he served as Chief of the Data Acquisition Branch in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Information. He earned a bachelor of science degree in biology from Bowie State University.

David Alexander

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Mr. Alexander’s career in the geospatial information field spans more than three decades. He assumed responsibility for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Geospatial Management Office in 2012 after having spent 4 years in senior leadership roles with the DHS Office of the Chief Information Officer. Mr. Alexander has led several national initiatives, including the Homeland Security Geospatial Concept of Operations (GeoCONOPS), the DHS Geospatial Information Infrastructure (GII), the Homeland Infrastructure Foundation Level Data (HIFLD) Working Group, and technical lead for response coordination in the Department of Health and Human Services, the Secretary’s Operations Center. Mr. Alexander holds several advanced degrees encompassing history, geography, and business management.

Jeff Bell

Deputy Director, Geospatial Intelligence Standards and Enterprise
Architecture, Office of the Chief Information Officer, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Mr. Jeffrey Bell directly supports the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Chief Information Officer in fulfilling his functional management responsibilities for geospatial intelligence standards and architecture for the National Systems for Geospatial-Intelligence community. Mr. Bell has been active in geospatial standards development, governance, and implementation for the last 9 years, coordinating and harmonizing military requirements and standards development activities with civil, industry, and international standards organizations. He serves as the Chair of the Geospatial Intelligence Standards Working Group (GWG).

Jerry Johnston

Geographic Information Officer
U.S. Department of the Interior

Dr Jerry Johnson has been with the U.S. Department of the Interior for the past 3 years. Prior to this he served as the Geographic Information Officer for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for several years. Before his time with EPA, Dr. Johnston conducted research on complex environmental systems modeling and served as the project manager for numerous geospatial projects in the private sector. He holds a master’s degree and doctorate in environmental science from Indiana University, Bloomington, as well as a bachelor of science degree in environmental science from Michigan State University. Dr. Johnston currently serves as Vice Chair for the National Geospatial Advisory Committee.

Stephen Lowe

Geospatial Information Officer
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Mr. Stephen Lowe has over 24 years of Federal Government business and technology transformation experience. He has also completed two term appointments supporting the White House Executive Office of the President and served as Senior Solutions Architect for Enterprise Innovation and Strategy with SRA International. Mr. Lowe holds graduate degrees in management of information technology from the University of Virginia and in public administration from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He also holds a bachelor of arts degree in political science from James Madison University.

Keith Keller, (Acting)

Associate Director for Innovation/Chief Technology Officer
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Harvey Simon

Acting Geospatial Information Officer, Office of Environmental Information Immediate Office
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Mr. Harvey Simon has been EPA’s Geospatial Information Officer since July 2012 and is responsible for coordinating EPA’s geospatial program. Prior to that he was Chief of the Information Services Branch in the Office of Information Analysis and Access, which is responsible for the Envirofacts database, a number of national geospatial applications and services, and operational management of the EPA GeoPlatform. Previously, Mr. Simon held the role of Geographic Information System (GIS) Coordinator for Region 2 and Chair of the EPA GIS Workgroup, including its Emergency Response GIS subgroup. Mr. Simon brings 28 years of GIS and risk analysis experience to his current position. He has an undergraduate and a master’s degree from the State University of New York.

Timothy Trainor

Chief, Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Department of Commerce

Mr. Timothy Trainor is Chief of the Geography Division at the U.S. Census Bureau and is responsible for managing the MAF/TIGER System, a national resource of addresses and geospatial information to support data collection, tabulation, and dissemination for censuses and surveys. As a Rotary Fellow, he holds a post-graduate diploma in cartography from Glasgow University, Scotland. He has a master’s certificate in project management from George Washington University School of Business and Public Management and a bachelor of arts degree in history from Rutgers University. He leads the U.S. Delegation to the UN-Global Geospatial Information Management Committee. He serves as a vice president to the International Cartographic Association.