Jaymes Cloninger
Jaymes Cloninger is a visionary leader and the CEO of Motivf Corporation, where he has been at the helm since April 2016. With an impressive career spanning over two decades, Jaymes has cultivated a reputation for fostering innovation, empathy, and trust within dynamic, global teams. His leadership philosophy emphasizes lifelong learning and service, driving Motivf to achieve unparalleled outcomes in the information technology, multimedia, and geospatial industries.
Reed Van Beveren
Reed Van Beveren is Deputy Director of Technology at the Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC), a national nonprofit focused on speeding up environmental progress, where he leads a variety of projects to help government agencies, their partners, and the public better leverage environmental data. Prior to joining EPIC, Reed spent 8 years at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewing federal government programs as part of the Natural Resources and Environment team. His work at GAO included major reviews of EPA’s air quality monitoring program and technology transfer at multiple agencies, and building a community of practice focused on better use of data, tools and analytics. Reed holds a Masters of Public Administration from Cornell University, where he focused on science, technology, and infrastructure policy, and BA in International Political Economy from Georgetown University.
Vipin Arora
Dr. Arora oversees the production of closely watched economic statistics that provide an objective and timely picture of the U.S. economy. These include gross domestic product (GDP), personal income, and other national statistics, as well as data about states, counties, and industries, and U.S. international trade and investment.
Joel Gurin
Joel Gurin is the President and Founder of the Center for Open Data Enterprise (CODE) and author of the book Open Data Now. Before launching CODE in January 2015 he served as Chair of the White House Task Force on Smart Disclosure, which studied how open government data can improve consumer markets, and as Chief of the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. For more than a decade he was Editorial Director and then Executive Vice President of Consumer Reports, where he directed the launch and development of ConsumerReports.org, which was then the world’s largest paid-subscription information-based website. He is a graduate of Harvard University with an A.B. in Biochemical Sciences, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa.
Anya Stockburger
Anya Stockburger leads the team of economists responsible for revising the Consumer Price Index. In addition to keeping the market basket updated, her group plays a critical role managing revisions to the CPI’s underlying geographic structure. With over 20 years of experience, she has overseen improvements to CPI methodology like the incorporation of new data sources and innovations like creating new products that measure inflation faced by households across the income distribution. She recently served on an inter-agency committee to address data gaps in the US Territories and loves to talk about this issue.
Bethany Desalvo
Dr. Bethany DeSalvo serves as a Senior Demographic Statistician of the Small Area and Longitudinal Estimates at the United States Census Bureau. Her multidisciplinary team is responsible for the research, development and application of small area estimation techniques to population-level data. Bethany leads the Census Bureau’s program on community resilience.
Kyle Hood
Dr. Kyle Hood is Chief of the Research and Analysis Group in the Regional Economic Accounts at the US Bureau of Economic Analysis. This group is focused on research to improve and expand regional (for example, state, county or metro area) economic accounts statistics. During his tenure, the group contributed to the development of prototype or experimental statistics on research and development spending by state, the distribution of personal income by state, and quarterly personal consumption expenditures by state, as well as others, and its members have published many articles on various statistical topics. Dr. Hood’s research covers several fields including the measurement of banking services, applied econometric methods and nowcasting techniques for official statistics, machine learning and alternative data for official statistics, and modelling interregional economic flows. His work has appeared in various journals such as the Journal of Urban Economics and the Review of Income and Wealth.
Bill Wiatrowski
Bill Wiatrowski became Deputy Commissioner in 2015. He served as Acting Commissioner from January 2017 to March 2019, March 2023 to January 2024, and August 2025 to the present. He previously served as Associate Commissioner of the Office of Compensation and Working Conditions from 2005 to 2015. Before that he was Assistant Commissioner for the Occupational Safety and Health Statistics programs and held a number of staff and supervisory positions in the BLS pay and benefit programs.
Joshua Coutts
Josh has been a geographer with the U.S. Census Bureau since 2005 and served as a subject matter expert for tribal geographies, statistical areas, and Island Area geographic operations.
Nadine Alameh
Dr. Nadine Alameh is an award-winning globally recognized thought leader in geospatial technologies and their intersection with some of today's most pressing global challenges, including climate resilience, sustainability, intelligent infrastructure, and AI transformation. She is the founder & CEO of LunateAI, guiding enterprises and governments through rapid disruption driven by AI, explosion of geospatial/earth observation data, and emerging computing paradigms.
Mike Tischler
Dr. Michael Tischler is the acting Associate Director of the Core Science Systems Mission Area at the U.S. Geological Survey. The CSS Mission Area serves as the primary national civilian mapping agency, including topographic mapping for Federal and State requirements, national geospatial governance coordination, Landsat satellite operations, and providing research and high-performance compute resources. Dr. Tischler oversees the programs responsible for these capabilities including the National Geospatial Program, National Land Imaging Program, Federal Geospatial Data Committee, and the Science Analytics and Synthesis Program. Dr. Tischler also provides executive oversight of two world-class operational facilities – the Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS), and the National Geospatial Technical Operations Center (NGTOC). Dr. Tischler holds a B.S. in Soil Science from North Dakota State University, a M.S. in Soil and Water Science from the University of Florida, and a Ph.D in Earth Systems and and Geoinformation Science from George Mason University.
Katie Baynes
Katie Baynes is the Earth Data Officer and Senior Agency Official for Geospatial Information at NASA Headquarters, where she leads the Earth Science Data Systems program. She oversees NASA's Earth observation data strategy across a 150-petabyte archive -- including cloud migration, AI integration, and interoperability initiatives anchored to federal open science policy. Katie works at the intersection of data governance, technology, and public stewardship, translating complex systems challenges into policy-relevant decisions for science and society.
Sallie Keller
Dr. Sallie Ann Keller is chief scientist and associate director of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Research and Methodology Directorate, where she leads enterprise-wide collaborations to develop innovative scientific solutions that advance economic and social measurement. A nationally recognized research scientist, her expertise spans social and decision informatics, the statistical foundations of data science, and data access and confidentiality.
Carla Medalia
Carla Medalia is the Senior Technical Advisor to the Chief Scientist and Associate Director of Research and Methodology at the U.S. Census Bureau. She is a leading expert on cutting-edge statistical and data science research on leveraging administrative records and commercial data to create stakeholder-driven statistical products and improve the way the Census Bureau collects, produces, and disseminates data. She is co-chair of the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology and has a Ph.D. in Sociology and Demography from the University of Pennsylvania.
Chase Sawyer
Chase Sawyer is a Technical Lead for Data Product Development at the U.S. Census Bureau. He designs and delivers production-scale statistical and geospatial data products that translate Census microdata into actionable insights that support disaster analysis across all U.S. counties.
Dr. Lori Zehr
Lori Zehr serves as the Senior Technical Lead for the Frames Program at the U.S. Census Bureau, supporting the modernization of the Census Bureau’s Enterprise Frames data infrastructure to strengthen and advance its core programs. In this role, she provides technical leadership across four foundational units of measurement: addresses, businesses, jobs, and people. Her work is driven by deep expertise in administrative records and third-party data sources, with a strong focus on applying those data responsibly and meaningfully to support the agency’s mission. She has a Ph.D. in Sociology with a focus on family demography from the University of Maryland College Park.
Ryan Burley
Ryan serves as the Director of Business Development for GeoSolutions in North America, supporting all levels of government and several industry sectors in their operational use of open-source geospatial and hybrid deployments - specifically those involving GeoServer, GeoNode, and/or MapStore. Ryan holds a master's degree in Homeland Security - GEOINT from Penn State University and BA in Geography/GIS from University of Washington.
Erika Becker-Medina
Erika Becker-Medina is a Senior Leader for Statistical Information Product Development & Use at the U.S. Census Bureau, where she leads enterprise efforts to modernize statistical products and strengthen stakeholder engagement. Her work focuses on ensuring federal data is not only produced—but understood and used.
Jason Newmoyer
Jason Newmoyer is the Chief Executive Officer of NGS LLC, a geospatial software and services company focused on delivering flexible, open ecosystem solutions for federal government missions. He has extensive experience leading teams that design, integrate, and operate geospatial platforms supporting real-world federal use cases across defense and civilian agencies. His work emphasizes practical implementation, mission alignment, and long-term sustainability of geospatial systems in complex government environments.
Eddie Pickle
Eddie Pickle is a highly accomplished executive in the public sector, open-source software, and geospatial technology industries, with a career spanning over three decades. He currently serves as a Senior District Manager for Snowflake, a role he assumed following Snowflake's acquisition of Crunchy Data, where he was the Senior Vice President, Public Sector. At Crunchy Data, he led the company's engagement with US government organizations and agencies, bringing over 30 years of experience in geospatial and open-source software to the leading provider of open-source PostgreSQL technology. Mr. Pickle’s open-source career began with pioneering geospatial leader OpenGeo. He went on to serve as the founding CEO when OpenGeo became Boundless Spatial, a leading provider of open-source product support and training, which was later acquired by Planet. Throughout his career, he has worked with commercial, government, and NGO organizations worldwide, serving in roles such as site location specialist, market segmentation analyst, program manager, and critical infrastructure data expert. A dedicated community builder, Mr. Pickle co-founded the popular FedGeoDay and FOSS4G North America conferences. He also serves as the Secretary of the American Geographical Society (celebrating its 175th anniversary in 2026). Mr. Pickle holds an MA degree in Geography from UCLA, where he was a National Science Foundation Fellow, and a BA in Geography from the University of Tennessee.