Tim Trainor

Principal Consultant – Geospatial Governance and Policy

Tim Trainor is a part-time consultant to the United Nations (UN) and is the former Chief Geospatial Scientist for the US Census Bureau. He currently serves as president of the International Cartographic Association.

Tim has extensive experience in cartographic and geospatial topics that include exploring methodological, technical, and substantive issues relating to cartography and the collection, management, and integration of geospatial information.

Tim served as cochair for the UN Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management and as head of the US delegation to that committee. He was the senior agency official for geospatial information for the US Department of Commerce and was an executive member of the US Federal Geographic Data Committee. He is involved with several professional associations, including the Cartography and Geographic Information Society.

Tim holds a postgraduate diploma in cartography from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, within the Faculty of Science; a master’s certificate in project management from the George Washington University School of Business and Public Management; and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University.