women who contribute to crisis mapping efforts

So very honored that my colleague Patrick Meier included me in this list of women who work on crisis mapping efforts around the world.  Thank you, Patrick! It’s true, there are many of us and we love what we do. My volunteer efforts with the Standby Task Force are more gratifying than much of my regular work.  We’re preparing now to contribute the behind-the-scenes maps for Harvard’s upcoming Humanitarian Studies Initiative simulation weekend in April.  I’d like to be on the ground for it sometime, but will instead be organizing volunteers to generate situation reports every few hours.