For immediate release:

UCGIS announces the appointment of Jack Sanders as the Executive Director of the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS).

Jack Sanders was selected as the new Executive Director for UCGIS in August 2004. A former sociology professor, Jack has taught at Salem College and Wake Forest University, and was Director of Institutional Research at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. He was a Ford Foundation Fellow at the University of Massachusetts, later becoming Vice President of the National Association of Independent Schools, the association of private boarding and day schools. Jack then became Executive Director of Independent Educational Services, a nonprofit organization providing consulting and recruitment services to schools. As a consultant, he has managed numerous projects – for the Water Environment Research Foundation, developing partnerships with state environmental agencies; for the Home Builders Institute, establishing a workforce development program for residential building; for the Electronic Data Initiative for Nonprofits, an enterprise funded by the Ford, Carnegie, Kellogg, Rockefeller Brothers and Packard Foundations. He also worked in the Internet world as National Director for Partner Services at Epylon Corporation, an e-commerce company financed by Accenture and Deloitte consulting firms and other venture capitalists. Jack’s undergraduate and graduate degrees are from the University of Georgia.
 

UCGIS Press Release
August 11, 2004

The University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) is a non-profit organization of universities and other research institutions dedicated to advancing our understanding of geographic processes and spatial relationships through improved theory, methods, technology and data. UCGIS members include the nation’s best GI Science research and educational universities, professional societies, and private affiliates.