Mysti Downing is the GIS Administrator for the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) in beautiful central Texas. She has over 16 years of experience developing and promoting the use of innovative GIS and data science technologies in water resources for regional government, non-profit and consulting. In her current role at GBRA, she is responsible for creating the vision and managing all aspects of the agency’s Enterprise GIS program, which helps to ensure operational excellence, business continuity and successful communication and collaboration for water & wastewater utility operations, engineering, environmental science and water quality protection, and other agency initiatives including parks & recreation, education and a newly launched asset management program.