Using data for meaningful environmental impact is at the heart of Nelson Institute alumna Lea Shanley’s work. As the executive director of International Computer Science Institute (ICSI), a non-profit research center based in Berkeley, CA, Shanley not only fosters important research in computer science, data science, artificial intelligence and more, but also makes it a priority to communicate this research to policymakers, like she did in her keynote speech at the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science on June 8. She also shines a light on the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration, something she learned during her time at the Nelson Institute.