GICC Members

Name Title Organization Representing Phone
Members Appointed by the Governor
Steve Averett GIS Manager City of Greensboro Governor 336-373-2057
Paul Badr President, Geospatial Division GPI Governor 704-251-8402
Kathryn Clifton GIS Analyst Davidson County Governor 336-242-2266
Seth Dearmin Chief of Staff Department of Justice Governor 919-716-6400
Jason Hedley Senior Project Manager Stewart Engineering Governor 919-866-4770
Hope Morgan GICC Chair AECOM Governor 919-461-1369
Scott Lokken Mid-Atlantic Regional Advisor National Geodetic Survey Governor 919-571-4047
Allen Serkin Executive Director Cape Fear Council of Governments Governor 910-395-4553 x206
Linda Ann Thurman Director for Student Professional Development and Employer Relations University of North Carolina at Charlotte Governor 704-678-5024
Members Appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate
Bill Shankle   Tri South Commercial Realty Senate  
L.V. Pokey Harris Executive Director N.C. 911 Board Senate

919-754-6621

Matthew Helms Senior Business Analyst Charlotte Water Senate 704-564-9354
Members Appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives
Jason Dowdy GIS Software Engineer CACI, Inc. House  
Stan Duncan   Private Citizen House 828-606-4577
Amy Barron Manager - GIS, Centralized Design & Residential Development Duke Energy House 704-382-4196
Other Members by Statute
David Baker Director of Tax and Revenue Outreach N.C. Association of County Commissioners Executive Director Kevin Leonard 919-715-4365
VACANT   N.C. Community College System President  
Natalie Walton-Corbett GIS Coordinator City of Greenville Local Government Committee 252-230-0609
Bob Coats Governor's Census Liaison Office of State Budget & Management State Budget Director 984-236-0687
James Weaver Secretary and State Chief Risk Officer Department of Information Technology State CIO 919-754-6000
Haley Pfeiffer Haynes Deputy Secretary of Service Operations Department of Administration Secretary of Administration 984-236-0002
Dianne Enright Manager, Health & Spatial Analysis Unit Department of Health and Human Services Secretary of Health & Human Services 919-715-4473
Eric Wilson GIS Manager Department of Transportation Secretary of Transportation 410-302-1325
Dean Grantham IT Project Manager Department of Environmental Quality Secretary of Environmental Quality 919-707-8961
Vanessa Wrenn  Chief Information Officer  Department of Public Instruction State Superintendent 984-236-2945
Joanne Halls Director, Spatial Analysis Lab University of North Carolina System President William L. Roper 910-962-7614
Brooks Tate Pipeline Safety Inspector Public Utilities Commission Commission Chair Charlotte A. Mitchell 919-733-8818
Christian Vose ISS Director, Emergency Programs Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Commissioner Steve Troxler 919-707-3289
Elaine F. Marshall Secretary of State Department of the Secretary of State   919-814-5305
Christopher Nida Director of Research & Policy Analysis N.C. League of Municipalities Executive Director Paul Meyer 919-715-3945
Allan Sandoval GIS Specialist Department of Commerce Secretary of Commerce 919-715-1575
Tony Simpson Director, Local Government Division Department of Revenue Secretary of Revenue 919-814-1135
Gary Thompson NCGS Chief, NC Geodetic Survey Department of Public Safety Secretary of Public Safety 919-948-7844
Melanie Williams Division of Water Resources GIS Coordinator Department of Environmental Quality State Government GIS Users Committee 919-707-3703
Advisory Members (Appointed by the Council Chair)
Kristian Forslin GIS Coordinator N.C. Railroad Company   919-954-7601
Sarah Koonts Director of Archives and Records Department of Natural and Cultural Resources   919-807-7339
Staff
Tim Johnson Director Center for Geographic Information and Analysis Staff to the Council 919-754-6588