Officers and Staff

Aaron Addison

Executive Director

 [email protected] 

Edwin Chow

Treasurer

Texas State University

 Diana Sinton

Senior Research Fellow

Board of Directors

Jane Read

President (2021-22)

Syracuse University

Shih-Lung Shaw

President-Elect (2021-22) 

University of Tennessee

 Jeremy Mennis

Past-President (2021-22)

Temple University

 Patricia Carbajales-Dale

Director (July 2021 - June 2024)

Clemson University

 Somayeh Dodge

Director (July 2021 - June 2024)

University of California, Santa Barbara

 Paddington Hodza

Director (July 2019-June 2022)

University of Wyoming

 Miriam Olivares

Director (July 2020 - June 2023)

Yale University

 Suzanne Wechsler

Director (July 2019 - June 2022)

Cal State University, Long Beach

Angela Yao

Director (July 2020 - June 2023)

University of Georgia 

Committee Chairs

Jennifer Bernstein

Co-Chair, Communications Committee (Jan 2020 - Dec 2022)

University of Southern California

Stephen Hirtle

Chair, External Relations Committee (Jan 2020 - Dec 2022)

University of Pittsburgh

 Forrest Bowlick

Chair, Education Committee (July 2020 - June 2023)

University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Yongmei Lu

Chair, Research Committee (July 2020 - June 2023)

Texas State University

Jennifer Swift

Chair, Membership Committee (Nov 2018 - Oct 2021)

University of Southern California

 Kate Vavra-Musser

Co-Chair, Communications Committee (Jan 2021 - Dec 2022)

University of Southern California

UCGIS Representatives to other Geospatial Organizations

Jochen Albrecht

GIS Certification Institute (GISCI)

Hunter College

Linna Li

Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO)

Cal State University, Long Beach

Robert Vos

GIS Certification Institute (GISCI)

University of Southern California