Practitioners Who Have
Solved These Problems
Every SPC26 instructor works directly with K-12 districts on enrollment forecasting, facility planning, GIS analysis, and school safety. They are not presenting theory. They are sharing what worked.
Lead Instructors
The three track leads each own a full curriculum strand at SPC26. They design the sessions, lead the workshops, and stay available throughout the conference.
Georgia Leonard
MBA, GISP
GIS Director, MGT
Track A LeadGeorgia Leonard is MGT’s GIS Director and holds both an MBA and the Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP) certification. She specializes in leveraging ArcGIS Pro and SchoolSite Pro for district-wide planning, enrollment forecasting, and school boundary analysis. Her Track A sessions are hands-on from the first hour — attendees work through real district data, building the spatial workflows they will take home and deploy immediately.
The problem she solves
Districts hold rich spatial data but lack the GIS skills to analyze it. Enrollment projections live in spreadsheets with no map, and boards challenge proposals because the numbers have no visual backing.
How she solves it
Georgia teaches planners to build ArcGIS Pro and SchoolSite Pro workflows from scratch — turning raw parcel and enrollment data into defensible, board-ready spatial analysis that districts own in-house.
Sessions at SPC26
Chris Griego
Senior Vice President, K-12 Facilities, MGT · Tampa, FL
Keynote Speaker Track B FacilitatorChris Griego is Senior Vice President of K-12 Facilities at MGT. Based in Tampa, he brings a local perspective to SPC26’s first East Coast edition. Chris specializes in facility aging cycles, capital improvement planning, and the demographic analysis that drives long-range facilities decisions. As both keynote speaker and Track B facilitator, he sets the strategic context for the entire conference before leading attendees through the forecasting methodology they need to do this work themselves.
The problem he solves
Districts make capital investment decisions based on facility condition alone — without connecting building lifespan to enrollment trajectories. Schools get renovated just as enrollment declines.
How he solves it
Chris teaches planners to layer capital improvement cycle data with enrollment forecasts, producing Master Plans that sequence facility investment to match where students will actually be.
Sessions at SPC26
Marci Horner
School Planner, GIS Analyst, and Demographer, MGT
Track C SpecialistMarci Horner combines school planning, GIS analysis, and demographic expertise to tackle the most politically sensitive work in K-12: boundary adjustments, school consolidations, and safety mapping. Her focus is the human element — helping districts understand that the data is only part of the challenge. How it is communicated to parents, boards, and communities often determines whether a sound plan succeeds or collapses in a public meeting.
The problem she solves
Boundary adjustments and consolidations are technically supported by data but politically explosive. Safety plans are PDFs that first responders have never seen and cannot act on during an incident.
How she solves it
Marci teaches planners to build GIS-backed safety maps and community-ready consolidation analyses that lead with the human questions first — so the technical rigor is presented in a form people can engage with.
Sessions at SPC26
Supporting Instructors and Guest Presenters
Five additional practitioners join the SPC26 team across the GIS lab, guest presentations, and workshop facilitation.
David Kaitz
Vice President and Senior Project Manager, MGT
David specializes in translating large, complex datasets into actionable K-12 Master Plans. As mentor for the Bring Your Own District GIS Lab, he works one-on-one with attendees applying SPC26 methodology to their own district’s real data during the conference.
Scott Torlucci
K-12 Demographer and Facilities Planner
Scott returns for SPC26 with perspective from extensive school planning practice across the Los Angeles metropolitan area — one of the country’s most complex K-12 planning environments.
Morgan Runion
GIS Project Manager, MGT · Tallahassee, FL
Morgan is SPC26’s presentation content manager, covering Track A: GIS, Spatial Data, and SRP Coordination. She ensures deliverables from subject matter experts are polished and ready for primetime — giving SMEs room to develop their content while making sure the final product lands.
Rob Tanner
Vice President, Education Solutions, MGT · Louisville, KY
Rob connects enrollment forecasting directly to the facility planning and investment decisions that districts must make in response — grounding the demographic methodology in operational and financial reality.
Lance Richards, Ed.D.
Educational Leader and Planner · New Albany, IN
Dr. Richards brings the superintendent and district leadership viewpoint to SPC26’s long-range planning conversations — grounding the conference methodology in the real decisions that school boards must ultimately make and defend.
Learn Directly from the People Doing This Work
Register for SPC26 and spend three days working through real K-12 planning challenges alongside eight of the most experienced school planners, GIS analysts, and demographers in the country.