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Niels la Cour, President
Email: lacourn@amherstma.gov
Phone: 413.256.4040
Bio: Niels la Cour is a Senior Planner with the Amherst, MA Planning Department. Niels has been involved with GIS for over 15 years and has been instrumental in the effort to create an enterprise GIS for the Town of Amherst, MA based on 1”=40’ scale mapping and digital orthophotography with 0.25’ pixel resolution. Niels is one of two local government representatives on the Massachusetts Statewide Geographic Information Advisory Committee. Prior to his position in Amherst, Niels was the director of the GIS department for The LA Group, a Landscape Architecture, Planning, Engineering and Environmental Sciences consulting firm in Saratoga Springs, NY. Mr. la Cour has a BA in Environmental History from Northland College, a Masters of Landscape Architecture, and a Masters of Regional Planning from the University of Massachusetts. Niels has been a regular attendee at the NEARC conferences since 1988. |
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Erika Lloyd
Email: elloyd@woodardcurran.com
Phone: 207.774.2112 ext. 3315
 Bio: Erika Lloyd is a GIS Specialist for Woodard & Curran in Portland, Maine. Erika blends her background in geology with her GIS expertise to visually represent environmental subsurface conditions and collect data for municipal and government asset management systems. She specializes in implementing ESRI GIS tools, and 3D visualization, and asset management systems that include field data collection programs. She has developed site basemaps from GPS, and used GPS technology coupled with hand-held collection devices for the location and inspection of infrastructure assets. Prior to joining Woodard & Curran, she was a member of the GIS group at the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, where she was an active member of the beta test group for ESRI’s GIS software and subsequently developed training courses for other department personnel. Erika has a BA in Geology from Bowdoin College and a MS in Geology from the University of New Hampshire. |
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Gina Torres
Email: GTorres@town.groton.ct.us
Phone: 860.448.4070
Bio: Gina Torres has been the CAD/GIS Technician for the Town of Groton Department of Public Works since 1992. She is responsible for maintaining all Public Works related GIS data including sanitary sewer, storm sewer and the street light database. Gina is currently entering all Town owned easements into the GIS, as well as assisting in the startup of new projects including a guard/guide rail inventory. Gina received her A.S. in Mechanical and Civil Engineering from Thames Valley State Technical College. She has been a regular attendee at the NEARC conferences since 1997, and chaired the host committee in 2006 (Groton). |
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William DiLibero, Esq.
Email: wdilibero@cox.net
Phone:401.884.9994
Bio: Bill DiLibero has provided legal counsel to NEARC since the time of incorporation in 1994. He maintains a general law practice in North Kingstown, Rhode Island and is licensed with the Rhode Island and Massachusetts bars. He works with small public and private corporations and provides land-use, real estate and estate planning legal services. Bill was the initial manager for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection's GIS program and served on the 1994 Massachusetts NEARC conference committee. Bill received his BS from Worcester State College. He holds masters degrees in Environmental Policy and Urban and Regional Planning from Clark University and the University of Miami respectively and receiced his J.D. From New England School of Law. |
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| Caroline Alves (More information coming soon) |
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| Sam Wear (More information coming soon) |
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| Scott Roberts (More information coming soon) |
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| Greg Bonynge (More information coming soon) |
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