Mr. Samborski became the first full-time employee of AM/FM International in August 1988, when he was selected by the association’s Board of Directors as the association’s Executive Director. In April 1998, the association's name was changed to GITA.
GITA-North America includes over 140 of the industry’s leading providers of GIS and geospatial information technology products and services as corporate sponsors and contributors. In addition, GITA counts 130 utilities, government agencies, and other user organizations as user affiliate members. GITA has also become an internationally recognized and respected professional educational organization with worldwide membership and affiliates in several foreign countries, including Australia/New Zealand, Peru, the Netherlands, Hungary, Japan, and Korea.
Mr. Samborski has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Colorado and a Master’s degree in Public and International Affairs from Texas Christian University. From 1979 to 1984, Mr. Samborski served in various management capacities for the American Public Works Association in Chicago. He served in the U.S. Army as a NATO security officer assigned to the Royal Netherlands Air Force in Europe from 1973 to 1975.