1. Develop regular three-year update cycle for aerial photography.
2. Develop improved statewide elevation data.
3. Standardize and improve the process for updating the statewide roads data.
4. Development of a statewide parcel data layer.
5. Develop a statewide address point data layer.
6. Aggressively pursue federal grant funds to support statewide critical infrastructure data development. (Since this report was prepared, EOPS has requested this type of funding in their Homeland Security funding application.)
7. Strengthen GIS technical support provided to local government via regional entities.
8. Explore the further evolution of MassGIS’s organization model and governance structure.

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The following individuals participated in interviews or meetings in which the strategic plan project was presented and their concerns, ideas, and comments were solicited.  Some of these individuals are no longer in the positions listed below.

Organization		Individuals
Metropolitan Area Planning Council		Marc Draisen, Executive Director
		Holly St. Clair, Data Center Manager
		Allan Bishop, GIS Manager
Massachusetts Board of Real Estate Appraisers		Sean Fitzgerald, President
		Bill Pastuszek, past MBREA President
UMASS-Amherst		Steve Mabee, State Geologist, Geology Department
		Jack Ahern, Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning
		Qian Yu - Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences
		Maxine Schmidt, Integrated Science and Engineering Library
State Police, Commonwealth Fusion Center		Major Dermot Quinn, Commanding Officer
		Sergeant Bob Sojka, Point of Contact for Critical Infrastructure in Massachusetts
		Brian Egnitz, GIS Program Coordinator
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency		John Tommaney, Response and Recovery Branch Chief
		Scott McCloud, Mitigation Grants Manager
		Rob Sousa, Planner
		Johanna Meyer, GIS Coordinator
Office of the Governor		David Simas, Deputy Chief of Staff
Registers of Deeds under Secretary of the Commonwealth		All Registers of Deeds reporting to the Secretary
Division of Capital Asset Management		H. Peter Norstrand, Deputy Commissioner, Real Estate
		Marc Nelson, Deputy Commissioner, Facilities Management
		Stephen Andrews, Deputy Directory, Real Estate
		Bill Tivnan, Director of the Office of Finance
		Michael Orcutt, System Administrator
		Linda Alexander, Program Coordinator
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority		Steve Estes-Smargiasi, Director of Planning
		Daniel Nvule, Sr. Program Manager
		Glenn Hazelton, GIS Database Administrator
		Pakyen Lim, Program Manager
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs		Jane Corr, Chief of Staff
		Phil Griffith, Deputy Secretary for Environment
		Bob Wilbur, Chief Information Officer
Information Technology Division		Bethann Pepoli, Acting CIO
		Stewart Lecky, Chief Operating Officer
Conservation Organizations		Jennifer Ryan, Assistant Director of Legislative Affairs, Mass. Audubon
		Jeff Collins, GIS Manager, Mass. Audubon
		Andrew Finton, Director of Conservation Science, The Nature Conservancy
		Katie Andrews, GIS Manager, The Nature Conservancy
		Vincent Antil, GIS Manager, Trustees of Reservations
		James DeNormandy, GIS Specialist, DFG-Department of Forestry
		Phil Trusdale, MassWildlife
		David Kimball, GIS Analyst, Department of Conservation and Recreation
MassPort		George Ditullio, GIS Specialist
US EPA - Region I		Mike McDougall, Chief, Information Management
		Alexandra Dichter, GIS Manager
		Tom Giffen, GIS Technical Coordinator
Massachusetts National Guard		Kevin Bartsch, GIS Manager
Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers		Ken Anderson, President, MALSCE
		Mike Haulon, President, ACEC
		Scott Cameron, Cameron and Associates
		Rich Gosselin, Northeast Engineers and Consultants
		David Humphrey, Schofield Brothers of New England
Massachusetts Licensed Site Professionals Association		David R. McDonald, President
Environmental Business Council - Technology Committee		Michael Hamilton, Harris Miller Miller and Hansen, Inc.
		Mark Maguire, Epsilon Associates
		Gregory Rowe, ESS Group, Inc.
Executive Office of Transportation and Public Works		Ken Miller, Director (at time of interview)
Bureau of Transportation Planning		Mark Berger, Data Resources Manager
USDA-Natural Resource Conservation Service		Christine Clarke, State Conservationist
		Barbara Miller, GIS Analyst
Executive Office of Environment and Energy		Brian Brodeur, GIS Manager, Department of Environmental Protection
		Steve McRae, Acting CIO and GIS Manager, Department of Fish and Game
		Nathanael Lloyd, GIS Manager, Department of Conservation and Recreation
		Daniel Sampson, GIS Coordinator, Office of Coastal Zone Management