Board Members

Emily H. Wilson, Chair
Board of Directors: 2014-2022
Secretary: 2016-2018
Phone: 860.345.5226

​Emily Wilson is a Geospatial Educator at the University of Connecticut, Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR). She has been with UConn since 2000 where she started as a remote sensing researcher. As an educator, she does a variety of tasks focused on making geospatial information available through websites and web mapping, short courses in geospatial technology, and presentations, blogs and webinars. She also writes and manages grants, conducts research and serves as a technical resource to many outreach programs. She holds a BA from Connecticut College and an MS in Forestry and Remote Sensing from the University of Maine.

​Esther Olson-Murphy, Treasurer
Board of Directors: 2016-2022
Treasurer: 2018-2020
​Phone: ​​603.294.5013

Esther Olson-Murphy, GISP is the Sr. Integrity Management and Pipeline Safety Analyst at Unitil, a Gas and Electric Utility serving Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. She has been with Unitil for over 16 years where she has spent the bulk of her career working in the Engineering Department with GIS. In her role in integrity management she, with the help of GIS, performs all activities require to develop and implement comprehensive Integrity management programs, assists with the development of regulatory compliance and pipeline safety programs for construction, operation, maintenance, service and emergency response for the gas side of the company and provides oversite for the company’s leak survey programs. Esther holds a BA from The University of New Hampshire in Geography and a Masters of Professional Studies in Geographic Information Technology from Northeastern University.

Mike Doyle, Secretary
Board of Directors: 2017-2020
Secretary: 2018-2020
​Phone: ​508.434.1200

Mike Doyle is the President of Hilltop Northeast Enterprises, a company he started in 2013.  Mike’s position makes him responsible for all aspects of the small company, from marketing and payroll to job execution and contract negotiations.  Previous to this, he had started two other GIS companies and has worked at other Consulting Organizations, two Municipalities, and for the State of Maine.  He is very familiar with the NEARC region, as he has worked in a majority of the states, including being a past Chairman of the Rhode Island GIS Executive Committee and a member of the now defunct MassGIS Steering Committee.  Mike holds a BA in Environmental Science (with a Minor in Skiing) from the University of Maine at Farmington.

Pam Brangan, Past Chair
​Board of Directors: 2013-2020
President: 2016-2018
Phone: 802.846.4490

Pam Brangan has been working for Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission in the Burlington Vermont area since 1999. Over the years she has been responsible for data development, GPS data collection projects, cartographic maps for town plans, regional maps and more recently, interactive online maps. She also maintains the computer network for the organization. Prior to joining CCRPC, Pam spent seven years developing her GIS skills with the US Forest Service in Idaho (Clearwater NF) and West Virginia (Monongahela NF). Pam has a BS in Business Administration from Marist College and has obtained her GISP certification.

​Katie Grillo
Board of Directors: 2018-2021
​Phone: ​617.349.9368

Katie Grillo has a BS in GIS and Environmental Studies from Central CT State University. After graduating, she moved towards a career in environmental conservation and community development at a volunteer travel organization. Her role lead her to participate in numerous projects in Costa Rica, Mexico, Thailand, and South Africa. After a couple years of working in outreach and recruitment, Katie decided she missed her life as a MapGirl and wanted to turn her focus back to GIS. She moved to the Boston area and has been with the City of Cambridge GIS for over five years. As a GIS Web Technology Specialist she is involved in a variety of different projects, primarily focusing on Story Maps, Interactive Maps, and 3D data and visualizations.  She has been attending NEARC conferences since 2011, where she has done multiple presentations on Story Maps and her 3D work in Cambridge. She also served on the Host Committee when the Fall conference came to Falmouth, MA in 2016.

Brittany Hoffnagle
Board of Directors: 2018-2021
​Phone: ​508.495.6227

Brittany Hoffnagle has a M.S. in Coastal Marine and Wetland Studies from Coastal Carolina University. To complete her graduate degree, she utilized GIS and advanced analyses to assess geomorphological changes along the coastal shoreline and knew she wanted to incorporate GIS and advanced spatial data analyses in her career.  In 2015, Brittany joined Woods Hole Group in Bourne, MA as an Environmental Scientist. At Woods Hole Group she supports ecological risk assessments, creates cartographic visualizations & graphics and manages the GIS processing and QA/QC procedures for Woods Hole Groups’ climate change model and vulnerability assessments. She has been attending NEARC conferences since 2016, where she has moderated ArcUser sessions and presented on her climate change work. As a relatively new member of NEARC, Brittany is excited to continue to meet more people in the GIS field and learn how different GIS technologies and analyses can be useful in her career.

Jessica Gooch
Board of Directors: 2019-2022
​Phone: 603.369.7260

Jessica Gooch is the Water Resources Asset Manager for the City of Portland’s DPW.  She has been with the City since March 2014.  As the Asset Manager, she is responsible for maintaining the City’s sewer and stormwater GIS network, ArcGIS Online web maps, apps and dashboards, managing and maintaining the Water Resources use of Cityworks CMMS as well as training staff on how to use Cityworks both in the office and in the field.  Her team was a recipient of the ESRI Special Achievement Award for Excellence in GIS in 2018.
She has been attending NEARC since 2013, where she has given multiple presentations on ArcGIS Online, Collector, Asset Management and Operations Dashboard.  Jess served on the Host Committee in 2019 as the Program Chair for the conference held in Newry, ME.
Jess has a BS in Geography and GIS from Plymouth State University.  Prior to Joining the City of Portland, she worked in the AM/FM/GIS field digitizing natural gas pipelines, cartographic work creating printed charts for the boating industry and compliance/GIS in the wastewater industry.

William A. DiLibero, Esq., C.M.
Legal Counsel
Phone: 401.474.2904

William “Bill” DiLibero is the Legal Secretary and Legal Counsel for NEARC. He presently serves as the City Manager in Beeville Texas. He has previously served as the City Manager in South Padre Island,Texas, the Town Administrator and Town Manager in Charlestown and Hopkinton, Rhode Island, respectively. He has worked as a municipal planning director, a program planner and Administrator for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. He has also worked as a County Extension Agent in Massachusetts and a water resources circuit rider in New England and New York. Bill was trained in GIS in 1987using ArcView Version 3.0. He became the first GIS Administrator for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. He created the 501 (c ) (3) for NEARC in 1995 and established the organization as a non-profit in the State of Rhode Island during that same time period. He has served as Legal Counsel for NEARC since the organization became a non-profit organization.
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Bill is a Credentialed Manager with the International City/County Manager’s Association and previously a Certified Planner through the American Planning Association. He holds a JD from New England School of Law and is admitted to the Texas, Massachusetts and Rhode Island Bars. He has a Masters in Geography from Clark University and Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Miami. He received a Bachelors of Science from Worcester State College.