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Speaker Biographies
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Laura E. Ayers, Esq. Richard C. Brooks, LS Joseph Gaffney
New York Attorney Laura E. Ayers Richard Brooks, LS is the Vice Joseph Gaffney is a Corporate CADD
focuses her law practice on real President of Brooks and Brooks, P.C., Manager, with 15+ years of experience,
property. Actively at the helm of her Land Surveyors and Land Planners. and is in charge of providing key
own law firm since 2010, Laura has Licensed as a Land Surveyor in 1984, assistance, administration, training and
over fifteen years of experience dealing he started his land surveying career in support to the production teams at
with the special issues that arise in 1974 and is a third generation surveyor. Colliers Engineering & Design (formerly
complex real property disputes and is His firm routinely represents residential known as Maser Consulting). Joseph
often retained as special counsel or as and commercial clients in front of possesses an A.A.S. degree in Civil
an expert witness. Laura is a frequent municipal boards in a five county region Engineering Technology. In his twenty
lecturer on various real property topics in the Mid-Hudson Valley and Catskill years of industry experience, he has
including Highway Law, Easement Law, Mountain Region. Mr. Brooks is a past successfully implemented countless
and Boundary Line Disputes for the president and current member of the software programs, processes, and
New York State Bar Association, Mid-Hudson Valley Land Surveyors standards to increase efficiency/
among others. Laura received her Association. In addition, he is a current productivity of staff. Joseph was
Bachelors of Science in Biochemistry member of: NYSAPLS, VSLS, NSPS, recently promoted to Principle
and Biophysics from Rensselaer NYS GIS Association and the Associate, due to his impactful
Polytechnic Institute and her Juris Surveyors Historical Society. Mr. contributions to the firm. He is
Doctor from Albany Law School of Brooks is also an adjunct professor at responsible for everything CADD/BIM
Union University. SUNY Ulster College, teaching Legal related and his team supports 45
Aspects of Land Surveying and Land offices throughout the US. He leads a
William E. Beardslee, Use Management. group who is in charge of providing
LS, PE, PP management, standardization,
Bill Beardslee is a licensed professional Terence G. Carle consulting, programming, training,
support, and technical services to
land surveyor, engineer and planner Terence G. Carle started in the title approximately 600 production users.
with over 50 years’ experience in the industry in 1972 and retired from Joseph has acquired his expertise in
field of land development. He is known full-time work in 2017. During his 45 CADD management via real-world
for his excellent presentation and years he rendered more than twenty- experience everywhere he has worked.
writing capabilities, along with being five thousand opinions of title in He has personally taught hundreds of
one of the leading technical experts on connection with sales and mortgaging training classes during his career. Over
land development in the engineering of real estate and relative to disputes time, Joseph has come to enjoy the
and surveying arena. Bill has made between owners and property. From technological and training challenges
over 2,000 presentations on 1979 until his retirement, he was an associated with CADD/BIM
engineering and surveying projects to agent for several of the largest title management while providing solutions
local and state agencies. Prior to his insurance underwrites in the State of that are efficient, productive, and
retirement, he was the owner and New York and was licensed by the ultimately save his company money.
Director of Engineering for Beardslee State of New York. He continues as a
Engineering Associates in Sparta, NJ. title reader for his formal company, The Donna S. Haley
Bill holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Title Service Company. Established in Donna S. Haley has been working with
Engineering from New Jersey Institute 1979, The Title Service Company is a the NYSDOL for 17 years. She is
of Technology and a Master of Arts full-service title agency operating from currently the Associated Safety &
Degree in Corporate & Organizational its office in Kingston, NY. Health Consultant/Trainer at the
Communications from Fairleigh NYSDOL On-site Consultation
Dickinson University. Now retired in Nicholas B. Ford, LS Program. Before working with the
North Carolina, he stays active in Nicholas Ford is a licensed surveyor in NYSDOL, she had 16 years of
business development for Davis- New York State, as well as a full-time experience in the private sector
Martin-Powell in High Point, NC, as instructor at Alfred State College, where working with various construction,
well as providing continuing education he teaches a variety of courses including manufacturing, and mining companies
seminars around the country. courses specific to GNSS and geodesy. in different safety and health positions.

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