Terry Clower, Ph.D.
Northern Virginia Chair and University Professor
Director, Center for Regional Analysis, Schar School of Policy and Government
George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia
tclower@gmu.edu
Areas of Research: Economic Development, Economic Policy, Quantitative Methods, Regional Development, Transportation Policy, Regional Economic Performance, Economic Forecasting, Economic and Fiscal Impacts
Laurie A. Schintler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director of Data and Technology Research Initiatives, Center for Regional Analysis, Schar School of Policy and Government
George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia
lschintl@gmu.edu
Dr. Laurie A. Schintler is an Associate Professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, where she also serves as Director of the Transportation, Policy, Operations, and Logistics (TPOL) master’s degree program. Dr. Schintler received her Ph.D. degree in Regional and Urban Planning in 1996 from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Her primary areas of expertise and research focus include big data, emerging technologies, transportation, critical infrastructure, and quantitative methods. In these areas she has numerous peer-reviewed publications, reports, and conference proceedings, and co-edited volumes, including Big Data for Regional Science (Routledge) and the Encyclopedia of Big Data (Springer-Nature, forthcoming 2017-19). Dr. Schintler has been a Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator on various grants and contracts (US Department of Transportation, US National Park Service, US Department of Homeland Security, National Institutes of Health, among others). She is Area Editor for Journal of Networks and Spatial Economics, Associate Editor for Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, and a Councilor-at-Large for the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) (2017-19). Dr. Schintler is a founding member of the Regional Science Academy (tRSA), co-founder of the geospatial intelligence company FortiusOne (GeoIQ) (acquired by ESRI), and a holder of a US Patent.
Areas of Research: Gender; Quantitative Methods; Regional Development; Science and Technology Policy; Transportation Policy; Social Media; “Big Data”; Information Technology
Frank 
H. Shafroth
Director of Fiscal Analysis and Public Finance Initiatives, Center for Regional Analysis, Schar School of Policy and Government
George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia
fshafrot@gmu.edu
Areas of Research: State Fiscal Health, with a special focus on the Commonwealth of Virginia; Municipal Finance and Severe Fiscal Distress & Municipal Bankruptcy; Individual, in-depth analyses of municipalities in severe distress; Ethics for State & Local Leaders; Intergovernmental Relations; The Emerging Sharing/Disruptive Economy: Options, Risks, and Opportunities for State & Local Leaders; State & Local Governance; Demographics & the Challenges for State & Local Leaders
