{
  "members": [
    {
      "name": "Dr. Jon Comer",
      "role": "Professor and Department Head",
      "affiliation": "Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University",
      "bio": "Research interests include communications geography, spatial analysis, and urban, economic, and transportation geography. Has served on the AGX Board since 2014 and as Secretary from 2019 to 2023."
    },
    {
      "name": "Dr. Tony Hernandez",
      "role": "Professor",
      "affiliation": "School of Retail Management / Dept. of Real Estate Management, Ryerson University",
      "bio": "Director and Eaton Chair in Retailing at the Centre for the Study of Commercial Activity. Research and teaching include retail innovation, strategy, location analysis, and retail planning."
    },
    {
      "name": "Dr. Wei Song",
      "role": "Professor and Chair",
      "affiliation": "Department of Geographic and Environmental Sciences, University of Louisville",
      "bio": "Work centers on spatial heterogeneity in social, economic, and demographic processes at urban and regional scales, including location and transportation analysis, spatial statistics, and GIS applications."
    },
    {
      "name": "Dr. Brandon Vogt",
      "role": "Associate Professor",
      "affiliation": "Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Colorado Springs",
      "bio": "Research in physical geography, including land surface texture, mountain weather, and microclimate. Committed to undergraduate research and graduate mentoring."
    }
  ],
  "emeritus": [
    {
      "name": "Linda Peters",
      "role": "Business Development, Esri",
      "bio": "Over 25 years in the geospatial industry. Works with National Statistical Offices to integrate GIS into census and statistical workflows; member of UN GGIM Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information."
    },
    {
      "name": "Dr. Jay Lee",
      "role": "Professor, Department of Geography, Kent State University",
      "bio": "Led the Applied Geography Conference series from 2008 to 2019 and served as editor-in-chief of Papers in Applied Geography, helping transition conference proceedings into the journal."
    }
  ]
}