Lynda Wayne is the Data for the Nation Project Manager for the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) and Principal of GeoMaxim, a consulting practice specializing in geospatial data management. She is a researcher and educator with a long history of facilitating geospatial policy and planning dialogs. She is the former Director of the Louisiana Geographic Information Center (LAGIC) and the founding Chair of the GIS Certification Institute (GISCI). Ms. Wayne developed her remote sensing, GIS, and project management skills as a coastal landscape ecologist in the Gulf of Mexico. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in Landscape Architecture.