About GeoTech 2008

2007	David Rumsey President of Cartography Associates Spencer Wells Ph.D. Project director of the groundbreaking multiyear Genographic Project, which uses DNA samples to trace human migration out of Africa over 60,000 years ago. Sister Helen Prejean 1993 Pulitzer Prize Nominee Author: Dead Man Walking

2006	Dr. Mae Jemison Space Shuttle Astronaut

2005	Dr. J. Michael Fay National Geographic Conservationist in Residence

2004	Jodi Cobb National Geographic Photographer

2003	Dr. John Kuglin Former Director of NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS) Education Project

2002	Dr. Wade Davis National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence

2001	Dr. Sally Ride Astronaut and Author Professor of Physics, University of California at San Diego

2000	Erik Larson Author: Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

1999	Dr. Jane Goodall Anthropologist and Scientist Founder of The Jane Goodall Institute Author: Reason for Hope

1998	Dayton Duncan Author and Co-Producer of Film Series: Lewis and Clark: Journey of the Corps of Discovery; The West; Lewis and Clark; The Missouri; Miles from Nowhere; People of the West.
	Ann Bancroft Explorer: First woman to travel to both the North Pole and the South Pole; first woman to cross the Antarctic continent.

1997	Dr. Robert Ballard Explorer and Discoverer of RMS Titanic Founder of the Institute for Exploration and the JASON Foundation Author: Lost Liners; Explorations
	Kenneth C. Davis Author: Don’t Know Much About Geography