Data Inventory WG Lead 2020-2023
Tod Dabolt was named the United States Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Chief Data Officer (CDO) in August 2019. As CDO, he’s helping the department transparently answer tomorrow’s questions today while opening up DOI’s data to the next generation. For the past five years, Tod has been a senior leader in the department’s Chief Information Officer organization.
Tod started his career working for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), initially bringing geospatial expertise to the nation’s water quality monitoring and assessment program and later the entire EPA water program. In these roles, he partnered with state and federal agencies to enhance information-based public policy decision making. Prior to EPA, he contributed to the Nature Conservancy’s conservation design efforts in Colorado.
Tod earned his master’s degree in environmental management from Duke University and his bachelor’s degree in environmental science from SUNY Plattsburgh.
