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Executive Leadership FY-2027 


Scott Howell
President (term ends 6/30/27)
president@vamlis.org

Scott (GISP, PMP) has been working in the GIS field since 1997, where he started his career as a GIS Specialist making maps and collecting and aggregating demographic data for a large commercial firm. Scott moved into the engineering and planning sector as a Transportation GIS Planner for the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission shortly after and then moved to the private sector in 2000. Scott has been working in Virginia his entire career, and has focused primarily on utilities, transportation, and land management, while also working in other vertical markets.
Scott has been involved as an attendee, speaker, and sponsor to VAMLIS with various organizations for many years. He graduated from Old Dominion University in 1997 with a Geography degree (Concentration – Urban and Regional Planning) and Old Dominion University with a Master of Business Administration degree in 2004 (Concentration – Information Systems). 



Ray Crew
President Elect (term ends 6/30/27)
conference@vamlis.org

Ray works at Chesterfield County as the Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) for the Enterprise GIS Platform. This SRE role is new to Ray; prior to this, he served as Chesterfield County’s GIS Manager from 2018 to 2025. During his tenure, Ray oversaw a wide range of GIS work - from parcel editing to implementing cloud-hosted solutions and building enterprise-scale GIS platforms. In his current role as Lead SRE, he focuses on optimizing and maintaining these enterprise systems.

Before joining Chesterfield County, Ray worked in Golden, CO as a GIS Web Developer for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Prior to that, he held various GIS roles with the U.S. Census Bureau International Office, USAID GeoCenter, U.S. Army Installation Command, U.S. Army Environmental Command, the University of Maryland, and Penn State University.

Ray holds a Bachelor of Science in Earth Science and a Master of Science in Soil Science, both from Penn State University. Ray has been involved with VAMLIS since 2018 as both a regular attendee and presenter.

Jacob Thornton, GISP
Vice President (term ends 6/30/27)
vicepresident@vamlis.org

Jacob is the GIS Lead for Michael Baker International’s Richmond-based team. With over 20 years of experience in cartography, analysis, data management, and graphic design, Jacob serves as a project manager and leads GIS efforts as a consultant on transportation and urban planning projects across the country. Prior to his work at Michael Baker, Jacob held the position of GIS Coordinator at Vanderbilt University where he gave GIS instruction in classes and workshops, managed software and data, and created mapping products for the university and medical center. Jacob has also worked as an adjunct GIS professor at VCU and presented at VAMLIS and other conferences. He received his Bachelor of Science in Geographic Sciences from James Madison University (2004) and is a design-focused cartographer with experience using ESRI ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, Experience Builder, Dashboards, and StoryMaps, as well as global positioning systems, and Adobe Creative Suite.

Having won Cartography and Data Integration awards at state-wide conferences in Tennessee and participated in the ESRI International User Conference Map Gallery, Jacob brought those experiences to VAMLIS with a goal of growing and improving the GeoCon Map Gallery. He has served as the Map and Poster Gallery coordinator for VAMLIS conferences for the last three years (2023-2025) and has served as Vice President for the last two years.  



Kallie Wilkes
Secretary (term ends 6/30/27)
secretary@vamlis.org

Kallie is a Business Analyst with GFT Inc, responsible for validating GIS and other application requirements and identifying and documenting business rules and workflows. Knowledgeable using experience to work with state and local government clients to elicit client needs, define goals and objectives, interpret user requirements, and translate needs into clear project deliverables and effective GIS solutions. Also responsible for working with the development team to design solution mockups, perform testing, report creation, and system documentation.



Brian Kingery GISP, PMP
Treasurer (term ends 6/30/27)
treasurer@vamlis.org

Brian has continually served as the VAMLIS Treasurer since July 2019 at the start of FY 2020 Executive Board. Brian also previously served as the Vice President of the 2017 VAMLIS Executive Board. He has experience with the Virginia Department of Transportation and holds a GIS Professional (GISP) and Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. Currently, Brian is a GIS consultant and project manager with Timmons Group working on all types of GIS projects across various industries at universities, local governments, and state governments across the United States. Using his experience from his time at the Virginia Department of Transportation, one of the largest department of transportations in the country, he hopes to build on the creativity and passion for GIS that he promoted every day bringing that same passion to VAMLIS and the GIS user community.

Brian has attended and presented at multiple regional outreach events and VAMLIS conferences over the years. He recognizes the value these events offer to the GIS community in Virginia regarding networking and learning from GIS professionals from all over the Commonwealth. Brian is excited about this continued opportunity and looking forward to furthering GIS in Virginia over the next few years and beyond.



Bridget Wagner, GISP
Past President (term ends 6/30/27)
pastpresident@vamlis.org

Bridget is HDR’s East Region Geospatial Lead and GIS Manager for the Mid-Atlantic Region (MD/DC/VA). She has over a decade of experience in the development and management of GIS solutions for transportation projects, with an emphasis on spatial analytics and the development of dashboards and web applications for project tracking and transparency. Bridget has integrated cloud and web-based mapping solutions, as well as standardized database schemas, for project management, asset management, field work coordination, and equity and stakeholder engagement. In addition to her technical skills, Bridget is deeply involved with HDR’s leadership team from both an operations and business development standpoint; she knows how to coordinate the right team to deliver the best work, while maintaining a proactive and transparent relation with potential and existing clients.

Outside of work, Bridget is heavily engaged with her alma mater’s (University of Richmond) Geospatial program; she regularly meets with faculty and engages with undergraduate students to discuss GIS careers. Bridget has also been a member of VAMLIS since 2014, annually serving on the conference committee as well as serving on the Executive Board (all positions except for Treasurer!). She received her Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies and Geography from University of Richmond and Masters in GIS from Penn State University.