Fall Conference

As president of Brooks & Brooks, Patricia Pauli Brooks, L.S., has been Licensed as a Land Surveyor since 1988 and is a second generation Surveyor. Mrs. Brooks’ expertise includes title surveys, large tract surveys, highway right of way surveying, site planning and subdivision design. She also enjoys an extensive background in land use planning, including preparation of site analysis, feasibility reports and environmental assessments. She has assisted many municipalities in the implementation and/or revision of zoning and subdivision regulations. Her knowledge of the New York State Environmental Quality Act has led her to serve as a consultant to many private and public agencies. She has presented educational programs to the New York State Bar Association, many Colleges and Land Trust organizations.

As vice-president of Brooks and Brooks, Richard C. Brooks, L.S. achieved his license as a land surveyor in 1984. He started his land surveying career in 1974 as a third generation Surveyor. As the special projects manager for Brooks and Brooks he has successfully managed many logistically complicated projects including, title surveys for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection Watershed Protection Program now in it’s twenty fifth year, as well as large tract surveys for land preservation organizations such as the Open Space Institute, Scenic Hudson, Wallkill Valley Land Trust and the Nature Conservancy. He oversees the firms Site Analysis Mapping program offering clients complete land asset feasibility studies. He regularly presents seminars for the New York State Association of Land Surveyors. He has been a guest lecturer for the New York State Bar Association, the Catskill Area Forestry Association, as well as many educational and historical organizations. In addition he has authored numerous articles on surveying related matters.

Cam Poole is a third generation professional liability insurance agent at Poole Professional, Ltd. Cam has worked with design firms of all sizes and disciplines throughout New England and New York to develop individualized risk management plans and insurance programs. Cam is a graduate of Colby College and a resident of Newburyport, MA.

Bob brings over 35 years of direct experience to the management, scheduling and preparation of all types of land surveying projects. He is a past president of the National Society of Professional Surveyors having previously served as Area 1 Director and Vice President for NSPS. He is a past president of the Connecticut Association of Land Surveyors and a member of the Connecticut Building Industry and Safety Council. Bob is a also member of his Town's Conservation Commission and the Joshua's Land Trust. He was named Surveyor of the Year by the Connecticut Association of Land Surveyors. He has co-authored (with Rita Lumos, NSPS Past President), an article outlining the activities, accomplishments, and on-going efforts and goals of the NSPS,published in the November 2006 edition of the Surveying and Land Information Science Journal.

Jim Nadeau is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and has been a professional surveyor in Maine since 1993. As the owner of Nadeau Land Surveys, Jim holds the three National Flood Insurance Program designations: Certified Floodplain Manager, Certified Floodplain Surveyor, and Associate in National Flood Insurance. He is Chair of the State of Maine Board of Licensure for Professional Land Surveyors, Co-chair to the FEMA Sub-committee of the NSPS External Affairs Committee, and a delegate on the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying. Jim also serves as the Land Surveyor Member on the Technical Mapping Advisory Council, a federal advisory committee that makes recommendations to FEMA, and in 2018, received the Francis Crowe Society Distinguished Engineer Award from the University of Maine, in recognition of outstanding professional service to the Field of Engineering. Jim has been a Realtor since 2004, and is an active Broker and owner of Jim Nadeau Realty.

As an instructor with The Real Estate Learning Group and Beyond the Boundary, Jim conveys the importance of land surveying and floodplain management to Realtors, lenders, appraisers, municipal officials, and other professional consultants to improve client representation and public safety. He successfully completed Kirkpatrick Bronze Level certification in training evaluation, is an internationally Certified Distance Education Instructor, and received a Basic Instructor Certificate from FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute. His formal education has passed through the doors of the University of Southern Maine, New England College of Business and Finance, and Colorado State University for Real Estate, Business Administration, and Organizational Leadership, respectively.

David comes to the Vermont Center for Geographic Information by way of Virginia, where he worked as a Planner for Albemarle County. David holds a Master's Degree in Geography from Virginia Tech. Previously, David worked for over a decade in Conservation, studying birds and plants, working on land conservation, and conducting prescribed fires across Virgina. David loves a good map, closely followed by a good graph--sometimes he even puts graphs on his maps.

Eliza Doncaster is the Vector Management Coordinator with the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, working to track disease-carrying arthropods throughout the state. Growing up in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, Eliza stayed in the state to pursue higher education at Northern Vermont University – Johnson with a degree in General Biology. After graduation in 2015, she began working with the Vermont Agency of Agriculture's mosquito and tick surveillance programs.