USU's Geospatial Advisory Board

Utah Geospatial Collective

Industry Partners

Utah Geospatial Consortium
industry partner
Directory
Julianne Atencio

Julianne Atencio

GIS Programmer Analyst 

Utah Geospatial Consortium
industry partner
Directory
Laura Ault

Laura Ault

Director

Directory
Utah Geospatial Consortium
industry partner
Buck Ehler

Buck Ehler

GIS Manager

Directory
industry partner
Utah Geospatial Consortium
John Florio

John Florio

Senior Product Manager

industry partner
Directory
Utah Geospatial Consortium
Kasey Hansen

Kasey Hansen

General Manager

industry partner
Directory
Utah Geospatial Consortium
Jack Hinzman

Jack Hinzman

Senior GIS Analyst

industry partner
Utah Geospatial Consortium
Directory
Brent Mitchell

Brent Mitchell

Geospatial Program Manager - VP Business Development

Utah Geospatial Consortium
industry partner
Directory
Christian Perry

Christian Perry

Program Leader

Directory
Utah Geospatial Consortium
industry partner
Chuck Shaw

Chuck Shaw

GIS Manager

Utah Geospatial Consortium
industry partner
Directory
Tommy Thompson

Tommy Thompson

GIS/IT Manager

 

USU Faculty

Mathematics and Statistics
Geospatial
Faculty
Directory
Brennan Bean

Brennan Bean

Associate Professor | Statistics Group Coordinator

435-797-4130

brennan.bean@usu.edu

faculty and staff
Faculty
Heravi Peace Institute Affiliate
Director
Anthropology
Geospatial
Directory
Museum of Anthropology
Museum Studies
School of Social Sciences
Molly Boeka Cannon

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

Faculty
AGNR
Geospatial
Affiliated Faculty
LAEP
VIVID
Climate_Adaptation_Science
CAAS
Directory
Faculty
CAAS
ENVS
Geospatial_Director
AGNR
QCNR
Directory
Geospatial
Conservation Restoration Ecology
Directory
AGNR
Wild
Geospatial
CAAS
Faculty
QCNR
Mark Chynoweth

Mark Chynoweth

Associate Professor | Faculty Advisor 2026-27

(435) 722-1700

mark.chynoweth@usu.edu

Faculty
CAAS
Geospatial
QCNR
Affiliated Faculty
Directory
AGNR
ENVS
Climate_Adaptation_Science
Affiliated Faculty
Geospatial
ENVS
Climate_Adaptation_Science
AGNR
Faculty
CAAS
QCNR
Directory
Courtney Flint

Courtney Flint

Professor | Associate Director, Utah Water Research Laboratory

(435) 797-8635

courtney.flint@usu.edu

AGNR
Geospatial
Staff
CAAS
QCNR
Wild
Directory
QCNR
CAAS
Geospatial
Faculty
Directory
AGNR
WEES
CAAS
Geospatial
WEES
Directory
AGNR
Staff
QCNR
Directory
Course_Instructors
Geospatial
Faculty
AGNR
CAAS
LAEP
Climate_Adaptation_Science
Daniella Hirschfeld

Daniella Hirschfeld

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

(435) 797-5725

daniella.hirschfeld@usu.edu

Human and GIS Geography
Faculty
CAAS
Course_Instructors
ENVS
Johnson Lakes
Directory
Admin
QCNR
Associate Dean
Club_Contact
AGNR
NR
Geospatial
Climate_Adaptation_Science
Peter Howe

Peter Howe

Executive Associate Dean | Professor

(435) 797-9457

peter.howe@usu.edu

Geospatial
HSB: Faculty
HSB: Data Analytics and Information Systems Department
HSB: ASC Management
HSB: Directory
HSB: Analytics Solutions Center
Directory
Sharad Jones

Sharad Jones

Executive Director of Strategic Partnerships for the Analytics Solutions Center & Professional Practice Associate Professor

435.797.2456

sharad.jones@usu.edu

Directory
CAAS
AGNR
Geospatial
Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty
PSC
Biosystems
Special Appointments
Rakesh Kaundal

Rakesh Kaundal

Associate Professor, Bioinformatics; Director, Bioinformatics Facility

435-797-4117

rkaundal@usu.edu

Engineering
Directory
Faculty
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Geospatial
CAAS
Directory
ENVS
AGNR
QCNR
Faculty
Geospatial
QCNR
CAAS
AGNR
Faculty
Directory
WEES
Geospatial
CAAS
Staff
AGNR
Geospatial
Directory
QCNR
Wild
Anti-Oppression Committee
Directory
Geospatial
Faculty
Social Work
Cris Meier

Cris Meier

Associate Professor | Extension Community Resource and Economic Development Specialist

cris.meier@usu.edu

AGNR
Geospatial
CAAS
WEES
Affiliated Faculty
Climate_Adaptation_Science
Directory
Faculty
QCNR
ENVS
Geospatial
Directory
AGNR
Faculty
QCNR
CAAS
AVTE
AGNR
Geospatial
Faculty
CAAS
Directory
Geospatial
Wild
Faculty
QCNR
CAAS
Directory
AGNR
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Directory
Engineering
Geospatial
Faculty
School of Social Sciences
Faculty
faculty and staff
Directory
Geospatial
Anthropology
Directory
Geospatial
Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty
Engineering
Directory
Geospatial
Faculty
Climate_Adaptation_Science
Affiliated Faculty
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Climate_Adaptation_Science
Geospatial
Faculty
Affiliated Faculty
Alfonso Torres-Rua
Directory
Affiliated Faculty
Faculty
QCNR
WEES
CAAS
ecological restoration
Directory
Geospatial
Climate_Adaptation_Science
AGNR
ENVS
Faculty
Geospatial_Director
Geospatial
Directory
CAAS
AGNR
QCNR
Shannon Wing-Belmont

Shannon Wing-Belmont

Principal Lecturer | Director GIS Graduate Certificate Program

(435) 797-9480

shannon.belmont@usu.edu

Faculty
UFRI
Affiliated Faculty
Climate_Adaptation_Science
CAAS
TWDEF Faculty
Wild
AGNR
QCNR
Geospatial
Executive Director
Directory
Affiliated Faculty
Climate_Adaptation_Science
AGNR
Admin
Faculty
Directory
CAAS
Extension
Geospatial
Department Head
PSC
Matt Yost

Matt Yost

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

435-797-4210

matt.yost@usu.edu