Linda Foster oversees Esri’s worldwide strategic vision for land records, cadastre, surveying, and land administration. A leader in professional organizations, she is the President-Elect of the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS), has mentored in the URISA mentorship network, and facilitated the statewide design of low distortion projections in her state for the National Geodetic Survey’s (NGS) upcoming datum updates. Foster is a registered land surveyor and certified GIS professional. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geological Engineering and a Master’s degree in GIS from Penn State University.
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