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Anne Castle Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the
Interior
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. |
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Scott Bernard Federal Chief Enterprise Architect, Office of E-Government
and Information Technology
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. |
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Ivan DeLoatch Executive Director
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.
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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. |
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Jeff Bell Deputy Director, Geospatial Intelligence Standards and
Enterprise
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). |
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Jerry Johnston Geographic Information Officer
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. |
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Stephen Lowe Geospatial Information Officer
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. |
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Keith Keller, (Acting) Associate Director for Innovation/Chief Technology
Officer
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Harvey Simon Acting Geospatial Information Officer, Office of
Environmental Information Immediate Office
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. |
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Timothy Trainor Chief, Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau
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. |
Appendix A