About me
Katie Picchione is a socio-technical systems engineer working at the intersection of emergency management and geographic data. Katie has been a volunteer with URISA’s GISCorps since 2021, where she helps lead the PhotoMappers program. Currently serving as Response Coordination Lead for the NASA Disasters Program, she previously held positions with FEMA’s Response Geospatial Office and MIT Lincoln Laboratory’s Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Systems group. She holds an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a master’s in Technology and Policy from MIT.