WASHINGTON, June 22: Radiant.Earth, a worldwide frontrunner
in delivering open Earth images about our varying planet, revealed that
Margaret Sullivan, CEO of Sullivan Strategy, has been chosen to its Board of
Directors. She was previously the foremost operating officer and principal of
staff at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
"Ms. Sullivan is an important addition to the Board.
Her insights into international development are critical to our efforts to
aggregate the world's open Earth imagery and provide education on its use to
the global development community," revealed Anne Hale Miglarese,
Radiant.Earth's CEO and board chair.
Acknowledged as a distinguished policymaker with public and
private sector understanding, Sullivan comprehends how to create public-private
collaborations to develop balanced expansion. Before joining the Obama
Administration, Sullivan functioned as director of political risk management at
Farallon Capital Management in San Francisco, California. She furthermore worked
as chief of staff for then Department of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary Andrew Cuomo, the exclusive associate to then Defense Secretary
William Perry, and chief of staff for the U.S. Trade Representative.
"I am excited to join the Board. Radiant.Earth is the
only non-profit focused on delivering open Earth imagery and tools at scale to
the global development community as a primary customer. We all know good
decisions rely on good data. Making satellite imagery and data more accessible
could truly transform our decision-making processes about the global challenges
we face," asserted Sullivan.
Sullivan presently works on the Jefferson Awards
Foundation's Board, and the USAID's Private Capital Partners Forum. She joins Miglarese, Peter Rabley, project associate
at Omidyar Network, and Sanjay Kumar, CEO, Geospatial Media and Communications,
on the Radiant.Earth Board.
Radiant.Earth is a non-profit group, dedicated to combining
the globe's open Earth images and giving admittance and teaching on its usage to
the worldwide enhancement community. At the focus of Radiant.Earth is an accessible
expertise platform that will aid people ascertain and examine the enormous assets
of Earth imagery, quickening enhanced policymaking and powering novel
solutions, findings and novelties. In sustenance of this user-driven platform,
Radiant.Earth presents an assimilated and vigorous community expansion program
to direct people in the usage of Earth images, geospatial facts sets and devices.
This comprises understandings into the business market and connected strategies.
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