USU's Geospatial Advisory Board

Utah Geospatial Collective

Industry Partners

Julianne Atencio

GIS Programmer Analyst

Laura Ault

Director

Buck Ehler

GIS Manager

John Florio

Senior Product Manager

Kasey Hansen

General Manager

Jack Hinzman

Senior GIS Analyst

Brent Mitchell

Geospatial Program Manager - VP Business Development

Christian Perry

Program Leader

Chuck Shaw

GIS Manager

Tommy Thompson

GIS/IT Manager

USU Faculty

Brennan Bean

Associate Professor | Statistics Group Coordinator

435-797-4130

brennan.bean@usu.edu

Molly Boeka Cannon

Assistant Professor | Director and Curator USU Museum of Anthropology and Spatial Data Collection, Analysis, and Visualization Lab

+1 435 797 7545

molly.cannon@usu.edu

Brent Chamberlain

Professor

(435) 797-0213

brent.chamberlain@usu.edu

Aishwarya Chandrasekaran

Lecturer

(435)-797-2773

aish.chandrasekaran@usu.edu

Mark Chynoweth

Associate Professor | Faculty Advisor 2026-27

(435) 722-1700

mark.chynoweth@usu.edu

Stefani Crabtree

Associate Professor

(435) 797-0813

stefani.crabtree@usu.edu

Courtney Flint

Professor | Associate Director, Utah Water Research Laboratory

(435) 797-8635

courtney.flint@usu.edu

Christine M. Garrard

Programmer/Analyst II

(435) 797-2602

chris.garrard@usu.edu

Jordan Gilbert

Research Assistant Professor

801-389-5561

jordan.gilbert@usu.edu

Curtis Gray

Research Associate

curtis.gray@usu.edu

Daniella Hirschfeld

Associate Professor | Climate Adaptation Planning, Urban Ecology, Environmental Justice

(435) 797-5725

daniella.hirschfeld@usu.edu

Peter Howe

Executive Associate Dean | Professor

(435) 797-9457

peter.howe@usu.edu

Rakesh Kaundal

Associate Professor, Bioinformatics; Director, Bioinformatics Facility

435-797-4117

rkaundal@usu.edu

Belize Lane

435-797-4145

belize.lane@usu.edu

Elise Laugier

Assistant Professor

(435) 757-1856

elise.laugier@usu.edu

Wally Macfarlane

Research Assistant Professor

(435) 512-1839

wally.macfarlane@usu.edu

Chris McGinty

Assistant Director

(435) 797-0653

chris.mcginty@usu.edu

Cris Meier

Associate Professor | Extension Community Resource and Economic Development Specialist

cris.meier@usu.edu

Sarah Null

Professor

(435) 797-1338

sarah.null@usu.edu

Gustavo Ovando-Montejo

Associate Professor

(435) 678-8523

gustavo.ovando@usu.edu

Duke Papworth

Senior Lecturer

duke.papworth@usu.edu

R. Douglas Ramsey

Professor

(435) 797-3783

doug.ramsey@usu.edu

Patrick Singleton

435-797-7109

patrick.singleton@usu.edu

Grant Snitker

Assistant Professor

grant.snitker@usu.edu

Jürgen Symanzik

Professor

435-797-0696

Juergen.Symanzik@usu.edu

David Tarboton

435-797-3172

david.tarboton@usu.edu

Alfonso Torres-Rua

435-797-0397

alfonso.torres@usu.edu

Joseph Michael Wheaton

Professor

(435) 554-1247

joe.wheaton@usu.edu

Shannon Wing-Belmont

Principal Lecturer | Director GIS Graduate Certificate Program

(435) 797-9480

shannon.belmont@usu.edu

Larissa Yocom

Associate Professor

larissa.yocom@usu.edu

Matt Yost

Interim Department Head | Professor | Agroclimate Extension Specialist | Plants, Soils, & Climate (PSC)

435-797-4210

matt.yost@usu.edu

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