At BAE Systems, Mr. Mark Safran is responsible for producing and maintaining geospatial data and cartographic products for use by government agencies.  Under Mr. Safran’s guidance, BAE Systems has grown to be an important center of mapping programs that provide customers with accurate location data and cartography catered to customers’ needs. Mr. Safran first joined AGS as an AGS Fellow to bridge his interests in geography, mapping, and remote sensing with broader communities that focus on efforts such as renewable energy, climate change and sustainable development.  As a Councilor at AGS, he hopes to weave these initiatives together by pursuing an interdisciplinary dialogue between science, business, education and government and placing geography at the center of it.