Teresa Townsend has over 20 years of experience and has extensive knowledge and multidisciplinary background in community, environmental and transportation planning, GIS and socio-economic and demographic analysis. She has used GIS as an analytical tool, built GIS layers/systems at local agencies, and has provided strategic and systems planning for implementation of GIS systems, with experience working in the Agile development environment. She is an active leader in the integration of GIS tools in planning applications, educating policy makers and leaders and promoting the role of GIS across various industries.