Nominations are accepted through the online form listed below, or in person at the opening business meeting of the Kansas Association of Mappers, to be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday, October 7, 2026 at the Drury Plaza Hotel Broadview in Wichita, Kansas.

Open positions include:

• President-elect (serves 1 year, then serves 1 year as president and 1 year as past president)
• Secretary (serves 1 year)
• Treasurer (serves 1 year)
• Director (two open positions, each serving 2 years) 

The people listed below were nominated via our online form in 2025, which is now closed.

President Elect

Cody Erwin

Cody is the GIS Administrator for the City of Haysville, Kansas, where for nearly five years he has led the development of the city’s GIS program, building it from the ground up and integrating it across most departments. He holds a Master of Science in Geographic Information Science from Kent State University and a Bachelor of Science in Geoscience from Fort Hays State University. Cody currently serves as Executive Board Secretary and is an active contributor to the Kansas geospatial community, dedicated to collaboration, innovation, and advancing the role of GIS in public service.

Secretary

Teona Marko

Teona Marko is a transportation planner at HNTB in Overland Park, Kansas with five years of experience applying GIS to transportation, environmental and mobility projects. Teona is a young professional working on continuing expanding her technical skills and is looking to network with like-minded GIS professionals!

Lori Emerson

After working in the private industry a computer programmer, I earned a Master's in Geography with a GIS certificate from Kansas State University in 2005. As a student employee in the GISSAL lab, I learned Model Builder to automate site selection for the agricultural scenario. For the past twenty years, I've in worked as a GIS professional for tribal, county, and state agencies. My duties have ranged from COGOing roads, plats, and rights-of-way, automating processes using arcpy scripts and using ArcGIS API for JavaScript 3.0 and 4.0 to create stormwater management web apps, travel impact maps, and stormwater billing. Now I work with Esri Roads & Highways to create City Connecting Link maintenance agreements between KDOT and cities, and also with managing the KDOT mobile LiDAR data extraction portal. In 2010, I was on the Northwest GIS conference planning committee in Spokane, WA, and the KAM conference 2025 planning committee here in Manhattan, KS. In addition to being inspired by the presentations, I also take advantage of the Esri hands-on learning lab at these conferences. I hope you all have a great conference.

Treasurer

Marie Dawes

I am the Mapping Technician for the Department of Public Works in Pottawatomie County. My work involves managing and tracking asset data and integrating that with our asset management software. I started my professional life as a structural engineer, took a break to raise twins then fell into mapping as a second career in 2022. Last year I accepted a leadership role in KAM as Treasurer. This past year has been a learning curve; it makes sense to put that to use in another year - I'll do my best for the organization.

Director (Two-Year Term)

Travis Brister

My name is Travis Brister, and I have served the past two years as a Director with KAM. During this time, I’ve enjoyed working with other members to support GIS professionals across the state and to help keep our organization moving forward.

I work for the City of Winfield, where I use GIS tools like Field Maps Designer and dashboards to support a variety of projects, including a tree inventory that has helped streamline how our community manages and shares information. My focus is on making mapping and data tools practical and useful for both staff and residents.

I look forward to the potential opportunity to continue serving on the KAM Board, to share ideas, and to learn from others in the organization.

Chris Brown

Chris is the GIS Coordinator, Zoning Administrator and Address Coordinator for Russell County. He graduated from Fort Hays State University with A Batchelor’s of Science degree in Geography. He started his mapping career as the GIS Administrator in Phillips County before moving to Russell in 2014. He’s previously served as a KAM Board Member.

President-Elect (3-year term)

Katie Goff

Katie Goff is a GIS Coordinator within the Hydrology & Evaluation Unit at the Kansas Water Office (KWO). She graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in Environmental Studies. Katie has been with the KWO since 2015. At the KWO, Katie focuses on utilizing GIS in a variety of ways to help make water knowledge at the state level more understandable for the public. She has served as a Director on the Board for the last two years.

Secretary (1-year term)

Cody Erwin

Cody Erwin holds a Master of Science in Geographic Information Science from Kent State University and a Bachelor of Science in Geoscience from Fort Hays State University. As the very first GIS Administrator for the City of Haysville, Kansas, Cody has spent nearly four years building the GIS and successfully implementing it across most of the city's departments. Cody is proud to be part of the collaborative and supportive Kansas GIS community and is dedicated to helping it grow and thrive.

Treasurer

Marie Dawes

I am the Mapping Technician for the Department of Public Works in Pottawatomie County. I’ve been doing this work, which involves managing and tracking asset data and integrating that with our asset management software, for the past two years. I took a circuitous path to this career, having started my professional life as a structural engineer. (I have a degree in Architectural Engineering from Kansas State). After doing that for nearly twenty years I took a break to raise twins. A series of happy accidents led me to this new career, which I’ve been learning from the ground up. I could not be happier that I stumbled upon a field that satisfies my desire for order but tendency towards chaos! In my free time I enjoy motorcycling and camping with my partner, spending time with my adult kids & family, bird watching, and sewing.

Director (1-year term)

Mitch Braget

Mitch Braget is the GIS Coordinator for the City of Leavenworth, where he has worked since 2020. Previously, Mitch worked for the International Water Institute in Fargo, ND as a GIS Technician hydroconditioning DEMs. He received his Masters of Geography from Kansas State, which focused on Remote Sensing of flooded wetlands. In Leavenworth, Mitch is increasing web capabilities and just maybe recruiting field crews to update some key fields for their data. Experience Builder is the next project, then Python, then Arcade, then API for Javascript, then a time machine. An avid Twins and Vikings fan, surely this is the year…

Sherri Chaturvedi

Sherri Chaturvedi has worked in GIS for over 10 years. She is currently a GIS Analyst at the Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL), beginning in May 2022. As KDOL’s first ever dedicated GIS Analyst, she is establishing their GIS program and assisting multiple divisions and programs within the agency to update their systems using GIS based technology. Previously, she worked almost 7 years at the Kansas Historical Society managing the GIS for the Cultural Resources Division. She lives in Topeka with her husband and orange kitty, Moonriver and likes spending her free time birding, reading, or listening to as many podcasts as humanly possible. Sherri has been a member of KAM for several years and served on both the Education and Program committees. She has been on the Board of Directors since May of this year and hopes to be able to continue as a director to help fellow mappers continue to learn and advance within the industry.