FullName

Seth Litchney


Organization

Senior Planner, City of San Diego


Role
Subject Matter Expert

Since joining the Planning Department in 2014, he has overseen the adoption of the Grantville Focused Plan Amendment and is currently completing the City's Climate Action Plan.  Previously, Mr. Litchney was appointed by Governors Jerry Brown and Arnold Schwarzenegger to the Governor's Office of Planning and Research to oversee the update of the General Plan Guidelines, write and implement technical advisories on land use, climate change, and complete streets, and create the State of California's Urban Greening and Sustainable Communities grant programs.




FullName

Mark Kersey


Organization

City of San Diego


Role
Subject Matter Expert

Councilmember Mark Kersey represents City of San Diego's 5th District.  He is currently the Chair of the Council's standing Committee on Infrastructure and Vice Chair of the Economic Development and Intergovernmental Relations Committee.  He is also a member of the Charger Review Committee, and the Budget & Government Efficiency Committee.




FullName

Eric Busboom


Organization

San Diego Regional Data Library


Role
Subject Matter Expert

The San Diego Regional Data Library helps civic and social organizations get the data they need to tell their stories to the public, policymakers and their funders. We acquire data, clean and publish it, and run public data analysis projects to teach citizens how to use data to better understand their communities.




FullName

Jeffrey Johnson


Organization

City of San Diego


Role
Subject Matter Expert

Jeff is an OpenGeo developer extraordinaire and Code For America San Diego Brigade Captain.  He is a talented entrepreneur who has his hands in a bit of everything at OpenGeo, but is largely focused on Geonode.




FullName

Jamaal Knight


Organization

OneRoof Energy, Inc.


Role
Subject Matter Expert

Jamaal Knight is a San Diego native, currently working as a Legal Analyst on an IP litigation project with a local wireless technology company.  Renewable energy, specifically solar energy, became a field of interest to Mr. Knight while researching the state and local energy regulatory structure in law school.  After learning that ‘land requirements’ and ‘access to transmission’ were two of the major impediments to California meeting its renewable energy goals, Mr.




FullName

Falk Fedderson


Organization

Integrative Oceanography Division - Scripps Institution of Oceanography


Role
Subject Matter Expert

Falk Fedderson is an Associate Research Oceanographer with the Integrated Oceanography Division of SIO. His area of interest is surf-zone and near-shore physical Oceanography.  He has also co-hosted with the Ocean Institute the Surf Science Teen Conferences at SIO for high school students.




FullName

Cristiano Giovando


Organization

Terrapan Labs


Role
Subject Matter Expert

Cristiano Giovando is a cofounder of Terrapan Labs in San Diego, and prior to that a research Scientist at the Institute for Environment and Sustainability of the EC Joint Research Centre.  Education: Geographic Information System degree at the Politecnico di Torino, Italy. Professional experience: (2007) GIS specialist at Helix Environmental Planning, San Diego; (2004-2006) Masters Degree Geography, SDSU, San Diego; (2004) Web mapping developer at the Department of Geomatic Engineering, University College of London; (2003) GIS specialist at GIS International Group, Genova.




FullName

Nilmini Silva-Send


Organization

Energy Policy Initiatives Center, USD


Role
Subject Matter Expert

Nilmini Silva-Send is the senior policy analyst at USD's Energy Policy Initiatives Center, where she contributes research and analysis to EPIC's ongoing energy and climate change projects. Currently she is researching energy use and costs and benefits of measures to develop greater efficiency in road transportation in the San Diego region. Silva-Send has conducted legal and technical analysis of environmental laws in Europe and the U.S. throughout her career. She has also taught upper level and graduate level international law courses in Germany.




FullName

Rachel Kornak


Organization

EmergingGISLeaders.org


Role
Subject Matter Expert

I'm currently the Lead Instructor of Environmental Applications of GIS, an elective in Penn State's Online Master of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) program, a Technical Consultant for a collaborative research initiative at the University of Michigan, and the Founder & Director of Emerging GIS Leaders.  I'm also a Certified GIS Professional (GISP)




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