August 10, 2010 (Des Plaines, IL) - URISA is pleased to announce the results of its 2010 Board of Directors Election. Greg Babinski, GISP will become President-Elect of the association. Tom Conry, Nancy Obermeyer, GISP and Christopher Thomas will begin their terms as members of the Board of Directors, at the close of GIS-Pro 2010: URISA's 48th Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, September 28-October 1, 2010.

Greg Babinski is the Finance & Marketing Manager for the King County GIS Center in Seattle, Washington. He remarked, “URISA has been very important for my career and personal professional development. Our association faces challenges but it is also pursuing exciting new opportunities. I look forward to working with the Board, committees, and you the members as URISA prepares to enter its second 50 years of serving the needs of GIS professionals. Thank you…and feel free to send me an email….or better yet talk to me at GIS-Pro in Orlando….about your thoughts and ideas regarding the future of URISA – the Association for GIS Professionals.”

Three new directors were elected by the URISA membership to serve a three-year term on the URISA Board, also beginning in October. The three new Board members are:

• Tom Conry, Fairfax County, Fairfax, Virginia

• Nancy Obermeyer, GISP, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana

• Christopher Thomas, ESRI, Redlands, California

At the close of GIS-Pro 2010 in Orlando, the terms of service for these Board members will conclude:

• Hilary Perkins, GISP, AICP (Immediate Past President) - East-West Gateway Council of Governments, St Louis, Missouri

• Cindy Braddock - Boulder County Assessor's Office, Boulder, Colorado

• Sandi Majewski, GISP - Las Vegas Metro Police Dept, Las Vegas, Nevada

We thank them, in advance, for their dedication and service to URISA and anticipate many more years of continued involvement.