Salt Lake City Public Utilities

Board Members

David Davis USDA – FSA – APFO 2222 W 2300 S Salt Lake City, UT 84119 (801) 844-2933	UGIC Position: Director Representing: Federal Primary Sector: Federal UGIC Board Member Thru: 2013 Send Email

Kelly Green AGRC 1 State Office Building, Rm 5130 Salt Lake City, UT 84114 (801) 537-9079	UGIC Position: Representing: AGRC Primary Sector: State UGIC Board Member Thru: 2015 Send Email

David Henrie Utah County GIS 100 E Center St Provo, UT 84606 (801) 851-8327 (801) 851-8282	UGIC Position: Vice Chair Representing: County Primary Sector: County UGIC Board Member Thru:2015 Send Email	Dave Henrie has worked in the GIS field for Utah County Government for the last 18 years. He received a BS in Geography from BYU, after which, he also got his MPA from the same institution. He is currently working in the IT Department, where he develops applications for Internet Mapping. Dave has been involved with UGIC for several years and is currently serving as the UGIC Vice Chair.

Jessica Kirby SITLA 675 E 500 S, Suite 500 Salt Lake City, UT 84102 (801) 538-5141	UGIC Position: Director Representing: State Primary Sector: State UGIC Board Member Thru: 2015 Send Email	Jessica Kirby is the GIS Manager for the State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA); she has worked with the agency since 2005. Before joining SITLA she worked as a lead fieldwork technician and remote sensing analyst on the Southwest Regional GAP project at Utah State University. She’s also worked as a backcountry ranger for both the National Forest Service and the National Park Service. She graduated from Colorado State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Natural Resource Management and is a certified GIS professional, GISP. She has received numerous awards for her work in GIS, including being recognized as an outstanding employee by former Governor John Huntsman Jr. Her work has been featured in Volume 26 of the annual ESRI Map Book. Originally from Colorado, she moved to Utah in 2000 with her husband to pursue his education. Shortly after seeing the Wasatch Mountains the decision to stay in Utah was easy; 11 years later Utah is home. She is a mother of two (ages 1 & 4) and the rescuer of one (11 year old lab). She is passionate about the outdoors and spends most of her free time hiking, biking, skiing or discovering new “get away” places to escape with her family.

Nick Kryger SLC Public Utilities 1530 South West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115 (801) 483-6834	UGIC Position: Director Representing: At-large Primary Sector: City UGIC Board Member Thru: 2013 Send Email	Nick Kryger is the GIS & IT Manager for Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities. Nick has been working in GIS for over 20 years. He has a BS degree in Business Administration and in Industrial Relations and is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. Nick is also the past Chair of Utah Geographic Information Council.

Phoebe McNeally University of Utah DIGIT Lab 260 S Central Campus Dr, Rm #270 SLC, UT 84112 (801) 585-9133 (801) 581-8219	UGIC Position: Director Representing: Higher Education Primary Sector: Higher Education UGIC Board Member Thru: 2014 Send Email	Phoebe McNeally is the Director of the DIGIT (Digitally Integrated Geographic Information Technology) Lab at the University of Utah. She has a B.S. in Survey Engineering from the University of Maine at Orono and M.S and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Utah in Geography. Her research interests include geographic information science, geographic visualization, spatial decision support systems, and snow science. Phoebe has 14 years of GIS experience.

Ryan Pierce USDA-NRCS 125 S State Street Salt Lake City, UT 84138 (801) 524-4304	UGIC Position: Director Representing: Federal Primary Sector: Federal UGIC Board Member Thru: 2013 Send Email	Ryan Pierce is a Nebraska native. He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Kearney with a degree in Environmental Geography. Upon graduation, Ryan moved to Kansas to work for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The NRCS is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture with a congressional mandate to work with landowners through conservation planning and assistance to benefit the soil, water, air, plants, and animals for productive lands and healthy ecosystems. In 2006, Ryan transferred to the NRCS Utah State Office in Salt Lake City. He is currently responsible for cartography, Geographic Information System (GIS) analysis, deploying new GIS and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) technology, and troubleshooting technical problems.

Kendra Renyer ESRI 1 International Court Broomfield, CO 80021 (303) 449-7779	UGIC Position: Associate Director Representing: ESRI Primary Sector: Other/At Large UGIC Board Member Thru: 2013 Send Email	Kendra Reyner has worked with ESRI for over 25 years in both the Denver regional office as well as ESRI Headquarters in Redlands CA. During this time she has held a number of different positions, most of them focusing on helping ESRI customer better understand and profit from their investments in GIS. Kendra is currently working as an Account Manager supporting clients in Utah and would love to help you and your organization discover all the benefits of working with ESRI and their solutions.

Ahmad Salah Stanley Consultants 383 W Vine St, Suite 400 Salt Lake City, UT 84123 (801) 293-8880	UGIC Position: Director Representing: At Large Primary Sector: Industry UGIC Board Member Thru: 2014 Send Email	Ahmad is currently serving as the UGIC 2013 Conference Committee Chair. He has 16 years of professional experience. Dr. Salah has been working at Stanley Consultants for about 5 years. He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (GIS Applications) from BYU, M.Sc. in GIS from Holland and a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Cairo, Egypt. He was a member of the software development team of the Watershed Modeling System (WMS); i.e. a GIS interface for hydrologic and hydraulic models.

Kevin Sato Cottonwood Heights 1265 E Fort Union Blvd Cottonwood Heights, UT 84047 (801) 944-7070 (801) 944-7005	UGIC Position: Chair Representing: City Primary Sector: City UGIC Board Member Thru: 2014 Send Email	Kevin is currently serving as the UGIC Board Chair and also serves on the UGIC Standards, Education, and Conference committees. Kevin has over 21 years of experience in GIS working for municipalities in Utah. Kevin also has 13 years experience in Public Utilities as a culinary watermain designer specializing in large distibution watermains. In 2005, Kevin had the privledge of participating onstage in the ESRI UC Plenary.

Kate Smith United Fire Authority/Salt Lake County Emergency Management 3380 S 900 W Salt Lake City, UT 84119 (801) 381-3558	UGIC Position: Secretary Representing: At-Large Primary Sector: Public Safety UGIC Board Member Thru: 2015 Send Email	Kate has a BS in Geography from BYU and an MS in Geography from University of Utah. Her master’s research centered on use of geospatial technologies in emergency management, and measures of emergency preparedness. She has worked at Unified Fire Authority/Salt Lake County Emergency Management since 2005 with responsibility for network analysis of fire station response times, natural hazard risk assessment and hazard mitigation planning, and more recently server administration and web application configuration. She is a member of the UGIC Education Committee, has served as a GeoMentor, and participates in the Salt Lake County GIS Day events.