Greg Brivic, U.S. Census Bureau
Greg Brivic joined the geography program of the U.S. Census Bureau in the Philadelphia Region in 1998. Through various programs, he has served as a local government liaison for a majority of his time while with the Census Bureau. He was involved with the cooperative PA GIS survey conducted through DCNR. During Census 2000, Mr. Brivic worked with local governments on the Address List Review Program (LUCA) and Count Question Resolution Program (CQR). Recently, Mr. Brivic served as the Census Bureau liaison to state and local governments on the TIGER Modernization program. Mr. Brivic received his B.A. in Geography and Urban Studies from Temple University. He currently resides in Philadelphia.

Raymond Cartwright, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission
Raymond W. Cartwright is the Director of the Housing and Commercial Property Division of the Human Relations Commission, Harrisburg , Pennsylvania (PHRC). In this capacity he directs the statewide enforcement of state laws, which prohibit discrimination in housing and commercial property. In addition he is responsible for the development and implementation of educational programs to promote good will among groups as well as insure voluntary compliance with the law. Mr. Cartwright has authored more than 120 articles, reports or research papers including those on civil rights, real estate, banking, security and homeland security and is the lead EPLO for the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission to Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and both State and Federal Homeland Security Agencies. He holds a BA from Otterbein College and a Bachelor of Theology and Masters of Divinity from United Theological Seminary.

Sue Copella, Pennsylvania State Data Center, Penn State Harrisburg
Sue Copella was appointed Director of the Pennsylvania State Data Center in January 2001. Prior to that she held various positions with the Pa State Data Center since joining the staff in 1990. Her most recent position was as Manager of Sponsored Research. In that position, Sue served as project director on a number of sponsored research projects and continues to serve as the Commonwealth's representative to the Federal State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates and the Federal State Cooperative Program for Population Projections. She has extensive experience in both the 1980 and 1990 Census and is Pennsylvania's representative to the Bureau on issues related to the 2000 census.

Sue worked in a variety of urban and regional planning related agencies before coming to Penn State and holds a B.A. in Urban Studies and Geography from the University of Pittsburgh.

Bill Crawford, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Bill Crawford is a Highway Safety Engineer in PENNDOT's Bureau of Highway Safety and Traffic Engineering. He has been developing highway safety countermeasures, policies, and tools for safety analysis in the Highway Safety Management Division since 1997. Bill graduated from the University of Pittsburgh for Civil Engineering.

Dr. Alice Hausman, Temple University
Alice Hausman, Professor and Chair of the Department of Public Health at Temple University, has over 25 years of experience conducting behavioral research on health topics including adolescent violence, the study of community capacity, social capital, and community health collaboratives in urban settings, and the individual, organizational and community-level factors that influence the delivery of primary prevention activities. Currently, she directs Temple University’s Center for Preparedness Research, Education and Practice and is principal investigator on a number of grants and contracts that assist state and local agencies to promote mental health disaster planning and effective risk communication strategies. She was principal investigator for a statewide survey conducted in 2004 that assessed Pennsylvanian’s concerns about disasters (both terrorist and natural), attitudes and concerns about personal and governmental preparedness, actual preparedness activities, and preferred communication channels during times of emergency Her expertise includes community participatory research, analysis of population based surveys, analysis of focus group data, and program evaluation. She has been Principal Investigator on a series of federally and privately funded projects and has sustained a solid record of publishing and presenting her work in national scholarly journals and professional meetings.

Doug Hoffman, Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency
Douglas Hoffman is the Director of the Center for Research, Evaluation, and Statistical Analysis within the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD). He has over 25 years experience in conducting and managing justice related research and evaluation projects. Mr. Hoffman has directed or managed research in delinquency prevention, victim services, and information technology in addition to traditional justice programs. He has served on advisory boards for the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Evaluation website and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s Juvenile Justice Evaluation Center. As lead staff to PCCD’s Evaluation Advisory Committee, he has led the Committee’s effort to develop an evaluation plan to incorporate research and evaluation into program development and management. Mr. Hoffman chairs a multi-agency committee responsible for correctional population projections and legislative impact analyses. He has also worked on several major justice information technology projects including Pennsylvania’s integrated justice network, the PA Justice Network (JNET); Computerized Criminal History Upgrade; and Web based UCR reporting and access. He currently chairs the JNET Agency Advisory Subcommittee that resolves inter-agency business process issues related to JNET.

Dr. Leif Jensen, The Pennsylvania State University
is currently Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography at The Pennsylvania State University where he has been on the faculty since 1989. He also is Director of the Population Research Institute at Penn State. His research interests are found within three broad areas. The first is social stratification with emphasis on issues of poverty, employment, and household economic strategies in rural and urban areas. The second is demography with special attention to migration and immigration. The third is the sociology of economic development with a focus on Latin America. His recent and ongoing research projects include studies of underemployment in the United States, the movement of immigrant groups to new destination communities in the U.S., the circumstances of youth in migrant farm worker families in Pennsylvania, and patterns of spatial inequality in Latin America. He teaches courses on poverty the United States, the sociology of economic development, and problems of children and youth in developing countries. Past teaching responsibilities have included social research methods, and population and development.

Pamela Klein, U.S. Census Bureau
Pamela Klein joined the American Community Survey Office (ACSO) in September 2005 to serve as a statistician with the Communication, Information, and Education Staff. Prior to joining ACSO, she was a statistician in the Customer Liaison Office working with the Census Information Center program and assisting with external relations with national nongovernmental organizations. Before coming to the Census Bureau, Pamela worked at WESTAT as a Survey Operations and Methodology Specialist on the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey. Pamela attended Penn State University for both her undergraduate and graduate studies in sociology and demography. She was a Research Fellow in the Personnel Survey and Program Evaluation Branch of the Department of Defense's Defense Manpower Data Center.

Jim Knudson, Governor's Office, Office of Information Technology
Jim Knudson is the Deputy Chief Information Officer for the Environmental Community of Practice (EnviroCoP) and serves as the State Geospatial Technologies Coordinator for the Commonwealth. Mr. Knudson was appointed as the first Director of Geospatial Technologies in 2003 and led the administration's Geographic Information Systems and Geospatial Technologies-related activities for the Commonwealth. Prior to taking a position with the Commonwealth, Mr. Knudson worked for several Pennsylvania IT/GIS consulting companies in his eighteen year career, including HRB-Singer, Keystone Management Systems, Advanced Technology Solutions, GeoSystems/MapQuest.com, and GeoDecisions/Gannett Fleming. Mr. Knudson is a graduate of West Virginia University with a B.S. degree in Geology and an M.S. degree in Computer Science.  A native of West Virginia , he has adopted Pennsylvania as his home state since graduation.  He is an Oracle Certified Professional, and is certified as a database administrator for Oracle 8i and Oracle 9i database systems.

Michael Kozup, Department of Education
Michael J. Kozup has been with the Department of Education for 12 years. He was formally the Bureau Director for Curriculum and Academic Services within the Department. He joined the department shortly after his retirement for the US Army. He is currently the Safe School Supervisor in charge of the state's Safe School Report which provides school level violence-related data to the legislature and the public. Mr. Kozup has a Master of Education Management from the University of Dayton , Dayton Ohio and an undergraduate degree in History from Widener University , Chester PA.

Philip Lutz, U.S. Census Bureau
Philip Lutz currently serves as a program coordinator in the Philadelphia Regional Office. His areas of responsibilities include Census 2000 evaluation, 2010 Census planning, managing the Partnership and Data Services Program, current surveys, and Special Censuses. Since joining the Census Bureau in the 1970s, he has worked as a field representative, worked in three decennial censuses, supervised numerous surveys, and directed the geographic operations of the Philadelphia region. During Census 2000, Mr Lutz was the assistant regional census manager overseeing regional data collection operations. Mr Lutz has a B.A. in geography from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.

Gerald Mcateer, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA)
Gerald McAteer was appointed the Pennsylvania Emergency Incident Reporting System (PEIRS) Program Manager in 2004 and reports directly to Mr. Richard Flinn, Deputy Director of Operations, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. Gerald is responsible for the coordinating of emergency incident reporting and enhancing partnerships with the 67 counties of Pennsylvania, 40 state agencies under the Governor's jurisdiction, 38 federal agencies, and various private organizations, while continuously supporting Homeland Security, Emergency Management Response and Recovery, and Incident Management across the Commonwealth. Gerald has over 15 years of experience in working within state and federal government agencies. He served nine 9 years active duty in the United States Army and in 1999 adopted Pennsylvania as his home and transferred to the Pennsylvania National Guard.  During this time period Gerald attended Excelsior College to further his career in Emergency Management Planning and Security Administration and is currently perusing a Master's degree in Administration, from Excelsior College and is a graduate of numerous professional state, regional, and federal emergency management schools.

Bobby McLean, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Bobby McLean is with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Food Safety & Laboratory Services, and is currently the Program Manager for the Digital Health Department inspection and reporting system and the State Food Safety Coordinator for the State’s Local Health Departments, which covers over 200 local jurisdictions. He has been with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture for 18 years, working as a Food Inspector/Sanitarian, Food Safety Supervisor, and Bureau Director. Prior to coming to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, he worked with the United States Department of Agriculture as a Quality Assurance Specialist/Collateral Duty Safety and Health Official and assistant Field Office manager. Bobby earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture Science from North Carolina A&T State University.

Maria Olmedo, U.S. Census Bureau
Maria Olmedo joined the Customer Liaison Office (CLO) in May 2005 to serve as a Governmental Programs Liaison to the State Data Center program and assist with external relations with national governmental partners. Prior to join CLO, she was a survey statistician at the Demographic Statistical Methods Division working as an assistant project manager for the American Housing Survey, the special census of Maricopa County, AZ, and the National Survey of Private Schools.

Before coming to the Census Bureau, she worked at Northrop Grumman Information Technology as a project coordinator for several grant programs from the Department of Health and Human Services such as the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Center for Excellence, the Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment and the Practice Improvement Collaborative Program.

Maria has a master degree in Public Opinion and Survey Research from the University of Connecticut. While in graduate school she conducted various survey projects for the Center for Survey Research and Analysis. She has a bachelor in political science from the University of Puerto Rico.

Dennis Pickeral, Pennsylvania State Data Center, Penn State Harrisburg
Dennis joined the Pennsylvania State Data Center in January 2005, splitting his time between between the PaSDC and the Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center. He began working full time in the State Capital Office of the Data Center in August 2005. In his current capacity, Dennis provides data services to the Pennsylvania's Congressional Delegation, state legislators, executive agencies, and the media. Previously, Dennis was Site Administrator for the Flowerdew Hundred Foundation in Prince George County, Virginia. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in History from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Dr. Jeremy Plant, Penn State Harrisburg
Jeremy F. Plant is Professor of Public Policy and Administration and Coordinator of the Ph. D in Public Administration at the School of Public Affairs at Penn State Harrisburg, where he has taught since 1988. Prior to joining Penn State , Plant taught at George Mason University and the University at Albany . Professor Plant's research focuses on public policy issues in transportation, with special attention to the role of freight and passenger railroads in the nation's transportation system and issues of homeland security. He has written extensively about railroads, the relationship of transportation to environmental and land use issues, transportation financing, and administrative ethics, and is the editor of the Handbook of Transportation Policy and Administration, to be published this fall. He is a founding member of the Section on Transportation Policy and Administration of the American Society for Public Administration, and served as Chair from 2000 to 2002. He is a graduate of Colgate University , magna cum laude with high honors, and received the M. A. and Ph. D degrees in Government from the University of Virginia . He lives in Hershey , Pennsylvania with his wife Susan Brown Plant, and is the father of two adult children.

Diane Shoop, Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency
Diane Shoop is currently a Senior Research Associate with The Pennsylvania State University holding a joint appointment to the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing and the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. In this position since 2001, she primarily undertakes research projects and analyzes data. She is chairing JNET’s Master Charge Code/Data Conflict Committee and overseeing the current project enhancement. She works with the correctional population projections. Diane is a Ph.D. candidate in Public Administration at Penn State and holds a Master’s degree in this field. She is the former Director of the Pa State Data Center, working in a variety of positions in her 11 years there. She is a former board member of the national Association of Public Data Users and the State Data Center Steering Committee and served on the Governor’s Advisory Committee on Census 2000.

Dr. Sam Stebbins, University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Stebbins is the principal investigator and director of the University of Pittsburgh Center for Public Health Preparedness.  The Center trains public health professionals, including professionals in related organizations, to respond to bioterrorism, infectious disease outbreaks, and other public health threats and emergencies.  Areas of special focus include pandemic and avian influenza, leadership development, legal preparedness and response, strengthening of local and state public health systems, education and training of graduate students, rural settings and populations, the needs of underserved populations, and K-12 school readiness. Dr. Stebbins joined the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) faculty on September 1 st , 2005 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology.  Dr. Stebbins graduated from Yale University , and completed his medical and public health degrees at Tufts University Medical School .  He is committed to development of a public health approach to a wide variety of issues affecting populations, believes strongly that primary prevention is the best medicine, and works to strengthen the capacity of local public health and the connection between academic institutions and the communities around them.

Doug Tomlinson, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Doug Tomlinson began working for PennDOT in 1994. He has worked on zone traffic control, traffic signals, congestion management and traffic calming. Currently, Doug manages the Incident Management Section where he is developing a Statewide Strategy for Traffic Management Centers. He graduated from University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering Technology.

Meghan Treber, Pennsylvania Department of Health
Ms. Treber has over 15 years of experience in Emergency Public Health and Medical Preparedness and Response. She has served as a departmental Emergency Medical Services Chief, Station Commander, Line Officer and practicing paramedic. As an emergency medical services provider, Ms. Treber has responded to thousands of calls for emergency service, including the attack on the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, the Amtrak Train Derailment in Kensington, Maryland in July 2002 and Hurricane Isabel in September 2003. Ms. Treber served as a collaborative member on the Montgomery County, Maryland Bio-Chemical Terrorism Task Force providing Federal, State and local perspective on bioterrorism and WMD response to local jurisdictions. Ms. Treber has worked in Federal Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response as a contractor and federal employee, developing and supporting the Metropolitan Medical Response System program, the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Practicum Program, and the Department of Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program for State and local jurisdictions. Prior to her current appointment in Pennsylvania, Ms. Treber was assigned to the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness, where she was the Operations Chief, responsible for planning and coordinating the Federal response to the public health and medical consequences of disasters or emergencies, including the catastrophic 2005 hurricane season, with the impact of Katrina, Rita, Wilma and other storms. Ms. Treber currently serves as the Director of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Office of Public Health Preparedness.

Ann Van Dyke, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission

Stacey White, Governor's Office, Office of Information Technology
As director of the PA Geospatial Technologies Office, Stacey White is responsible for the project management of Geospatial Technology projects, coordinating geospatial initiatives and fostering partnerships in more than 40 agencies under the Governor's jurisdiction, supporting Homeland Security Incident Reporting systems, managing the Geospatial Enterprise Server Architecture, and assisting Mr. Knudson with all Commonwealth GIS-related activities. Ms. White has over 14 years of experience in working with Pennsylvania state government agencies. Born in Schuylkill County , PA , Ms. White graduated from Tri-Valley High School in 1991 at which time she began her employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at the Public Utility Commission (PUC). While working in Management Information Systems at the PUC, she attended Harrisburg Area Community College to further her career in the Information Technology field.

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