UCGIS Officers, Board of Directors, and Committee

Officers and Staff

  • Executive Director

    Amy Rock

  • Treasurer

    Currently vacant

  • Senior Research Fellow

    Diana Sinton

Board of Directors

  • Past President (2023-2026)

    Jeffrey Hamerlinck

    University of Wyoming

  • President (2024-2027)

    Kathleen Stewart

    University of Maryland, College Park

  • President-Elect (2025-2028)

    Xiaobai Angela Yao

    University of Georgia

  • Director (2022 - 2025)

    Yongmei Lu

    Texas State University

  • Director (2023 - 2026)

    Eric Shook

    University of Minnesota

  • Director (2023 - 2026)

    Jennifer Swift

    University of Southern California

  • Director (2024-2027)

    Bo Zhao

    University of Washington

  • Director (2024-2027)

    Guofeng Cao

    University of Colorado Boulder

  • Director (2025-2028)

    Forrest Bowlick

    University of Massachusetts - Amherst

  • Director (2025-2028)

    Debs Ghosh

    University of Connecticut

Committee Chairs

  • Chair, External Relations Committee (2023 - 2026)

    Dudley Bonsal

    James Madison University

  • Chair, Research Committee (2022 - 2025)

    Wenwen Li

    Arizona State University

  • Chair, Education Committee (2023 - 2026)

    Forrest Bowlick

    University of Massachusetts - Amherst

  • Chair, Membership Committee (2025 - 2028)

    Devika Jain

    Harvard University

  • Vice-Chair, Membership Committee (2025 - 2028)

    Rui Li

    University at Albany

  • Chair, Communications Committee (2022 - 2025)

    Song Gao

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

Representatives to other Geospatial Organizations

  • Jochen Albrecht

    GIS Certification Institute (GISCI) Hunter College

  • Dudley Bonsal

    Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO) James Madison University

  • Robert Vos

    GIS Certification Institute (GISCI) University of Southern California