Tim Gregg is Manager of Resource Mapping Section, Engineering Division for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR).  He oversees the photogrammetry, cartography, aerial photolab and state base mapping functions of DNR.  This involves providing geographic products and services to support:  the statewide regulatory responsibilities of DNR;  the proprietary, land management functions of managing five million acres of state trust land; and the citizens of the state of Washington.

He is also the Executive Secretary for the Washington State Board on Geographic Names which has the statutory responsibility for officially designating geographic names in the state of Washington.  He is currently a member of the Executive Committee for the Council of Geographic Names Authorities (COGNA), an organization of state naming authorities that promotes standardization, coordination, education and information exchange.  He has a bachelors and masters degree in forestry from the University of Michigan, and MBA from University of Puget Sound.

His interest in the DGIE workshop is twofold;
(1) to serve the public interest in the state of Washington by establishing naming policies and procedures; coordinating these activities with local, state and federal agencies; and promoting and using official geographic names that retain the significance and color of the early history of Washington.

(2) the development and application of digital data bases to provide geographic products and services that support DNR proprietary and regulatory functions.  DNR currently manages more than a dozen statewide georeferenced data layers that support this work.