2025 MAC URISA Board of Trustees Election

President (Vote for one)

John Reiser (incumbent)

John Reiser is an experienced software developer and engineering team leader. Currently, he is a full-stack developer and database administrator at Areaplot. John previously was employed by Rowan University in a variety of data and IT related roles, including management of the enterprise application and software development teams. John runs multiple websites related to data processing and visualization and also maintains open source GIS tools. Trustee since 2010.

Secretary (Vote for one)

Chris Salvatico, GISP (incumbent)

Chris Salvatico, GISP is a Senior GIS Analyst and Environmental Planner with AECOM. His project experience includes a wide range of large-scale transportation and infrastructure projects as well as a multitude of comprehensive plans. His role at AECOM also includes geographic information systems strategic planning, cartography, data collection, database development and maintenance, and application support services including mapping and thematic analyses. He is experienced in working with DOT GIS-based databases such as BMS, RMS, crash analysis and pavement management systems.

Mr. Salvatico also is the current serving Chairman of MAGTUG (Mid-Atlantic Geospatial Transportation Users Group). In this role he helps transportation professionals stay abreast of advances in geospatial technology and assists GIS professionals navigate transportation-specific issues by promoting events where MAGTUG may share knowledge, news and successful practices.

Mr. Salvatico also serves on the Sustainable Moorestown Green Team Committee and is a Board Member of STEM (Save the Environment of Moorestown). Trustee since 2021.

Trustees (Vote for two)

Meghan Leavey (incumbent)

Meghan Leavey is the Lead Planner for the Resilient NJ program in the Bureau of Climate Resilience Planning in the NJ Department of Environmental Protection. She is a licensed planner in the State of NJ, a certified planner through the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and a certified GIS Professional (GISP). Prior to joining NJDEP in February of 2022, she worked at Monmouth County in the roles of Long Range and Strategic Planner in the Department of Planning and Economic Development and managed the countywide Geographic Information Systems program. She received her Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and Management from the University of Rhode Island and her Master of City and Regional Planning from the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University.

Nick DiPaolo, GISP (incumbent)

Mr. DiPaolo is the Director of Geospatial Solutions for the JMT Technology Group. He has more than 21 years of experience working with internal and external clients on Technology and Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) solutions. He has managed GIS application development and data projects including Next Generation 911 (NG911), integration of asset management systems with GIS, and managing large GIS inventory/prioritization projects. He has led GIS projects for NJDOT, NJTA, DelDOT, Montgomery County PA, Berks County PA, Chester Count PA, DuPont, American Water and BP during the Gulf Oil Spill.

Affiliations/Awards:

• MACURISA member (since 2019)

• GISP (#161367)

• GIS Certificate, Penn State World Campus (2016)

• NJ Geospatial Forum Utilities/Public Works Task Force (since 2022)

• NENA member (since 2018)

• NENA NG911 GIS Data Model Working Group (since 2019)

• 2022 Outstanding Public Safety Professional by the NG911 Institute

• Philadelphia Arts and Education Partnership Executive Board, Secretary (since 2020)

• Mount Ephraim Fire Department, Vice President and Board of Trustees (since 2020)

• American ResQ non-profit organization, Vice President (since 2018)

Additionally, he is a volunteer firefighter of over 20 years and currently serves as the vice president and trustee of his department. He also serves on the Camden County, NJ Land Search, and Rescue Team. He has advanced emergency operations training and has aided his departments in developing GIS-related applications for locating hydrants, routing emergency vehicles, and preplanning. Mr. DiPaolo was named Firefighter of the Year in 2014 and received the Mount Ephraim President’s Award in 2018 and Pennsauken Police Chief’s Award in 2017.

Brian Embley

Brian Embley is the State of NJ Geographic Information Officer (GIO) and oversees the capable team at the NJ Office of GIS. He directs the Office in coordinating efforts and empowering folks across State agencies and the larger NJ GIS community. With his 30 years of GIS experience Brian has spent years working in local government, a tiny non-profit, an enormous global non-profit, a few different GIS consulting companies and several years at Esri helping large customers craft their GIS Strategic Plans. Brian also brings volunteer experience in guiding the NJ Geospatial Forum organization as a member of the Executive Committee and early in his career, operating a citizens’ environmental quality monitoring program for The Watershed Institute. With an interest to share his decades of experience, Brian has taught college students and mid-career professionals as a faculty adjunct at both Rowan and Rutgers Universities. Recently, he also completed his third term as a volunteer Mentor in URISA(GPN)’s Mentoring Network supporting early career GIS professionals.

MAC URISA provides a valuable service to our profession fostering growth through learning, sharing and networking and the biennial Conference is a cornerstone event for the community of our region. Brian would like to bring his energy, relationships and pragmatic approach to the role of trustee to help the Chapter remain sustainable and grow into the future. If you really want to get him talking, ask Brian to help you set up a distributed data network or about fat biking in the Pinelands.

Scott Costello, GISP

Scott is the Manager at the NJ Office of GIS where he works with a great team of GIS professionals to constantly improve the GIS data, services and support that NJOGIS provides to New Jersey. He started his GIS career with MassGIS, the state GIS office for Massachusetts, and over the last 30 years has worked in various aspects of the industry ranging from municipal government, state government, consulting work and GIS education. In New Jersey, he was the GIS coordinator at NJ Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness for nearly 12 years before moving to NJDOT and, most recently, to NJOGIS.

Scott is oddly overeducated (will gladly chat with anyone about earthquake nucleation!), enthusiastic about cartography and GIS technology, and, in general, a huge map nerd (Gall-Peters? Ugly, but at least Greenland is the right size!).