USGIF Creates Academic Advisory Board

January 27, 2011

The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) announced today the inception of its Academic Advisory Board. The USGIF Academic Advisory Board exists to advance geospatial education and connect an expanding geospatial talent pool with professional opportunities in the GEOINT community.

Support for USGIF accreditation of university geospatial intelligence certificate programs is primary among board responsibilities, including service on evaluation panels and maintenance of accreditation guidelines. Additionally, the Academic Advisory Board serves a growing academic presence within the GEOINT community, shaping academic forums at USGIF events such as the annual GEOINT Symposium and GEOINT Community Week. The board also guides development of academic GEOINT publications, as well as internship and fellowship initiatives that promote workforce development. Geospatial intelligence professionals from government, industry and academia comprise the USGIF Academic Advisory Board.

The USGIF Academic Advisory Board is made up of the following GEOINT community members:
• Todd Bacastow, Penn State World Campus
• Stewart Bruce, Washington College
• Ted Cope, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
• Kitty Hancock, Virginia Tech
• Sue Kalweit, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Karen Kemp, University of Southern California
• Mike Krimmer, Northern Virginia Community College
• John Moeller, Northrop Grumman
• Darryl Murdock, ESRI
• Robert Slusar, TASC
• Tony Stefanidis, George Mason University
• May Yuan, University of Oklahoma

For more information on the USGIF Academic Advisory Board, please visit usgif.org/education/academic_advisory_board.

USGIF is a non-profit educational foundation dedicated to promoting the geospatial intelligence tradecraft and developing a stronger GEOINT Community with government, industry, academia, professional organizations and individuals whose mission is the development and application of geospatial intelligence to address national security challenges. For more information, please visit www.usgif.org.