Swati is a professor, consultant, founder, and leader driving change in the geospatial sciences. Swati has over 24 years experience Internationally using geospatial technologies to answer social, economic, and environmental problems. Swati is passionate about sharing the world of GIS with young people and is known for creative solutions and a positive outlook. Swati founded Anudras Geosolutions in 2016 and has a BS and MS in Geology from the University of Delhi, an MPhil in GIS and Remote Sensing from the University of Cambridge, UK.

Brandi is a Senior Product Engineer at ESRI, where she has worked for the last nearly 3 years on developing robust solutions for stormwater and other customers. Prior, Brandi spent over 2 decades as a public servant working in local government in the Denver Metro area helping the organizations improve service development and streamline processes with GIS. Brandi most recently worked on the GIS Request Management Solution with a group of end users to tackle the challenge of tracking GIS tasks and project management activities natively within the ESRI ecosystem. The solution was released at this year’s UC in July. Brandi lives in Colorado and has a Bachelor of Science in Earth and Geographic Sciences from University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Danielle is the Director at the Center for Geospatial Science and Technology at California State University- Northridge, and a founding member of Women in GIS. Daniells is GIS leader and professional with more than 25 years experience in the field. Early in her career Danielle noticed that there weren’t much resources for women in the field, and found herself at a conference with a group of women who were interested in joining forces for good, or just for coffee. Danielle has a Bachelors Degree in Nature and Culture form the University of California, Davis, and a Masters in Geography from California State University, Northridge.