USU's Geospatial Advisory Board

Utah Geospatial Collective

Industry Partners

Utah Geospatial Consortium
industry partner
Directory
Julianne Atencio

Julianne Atencio

GIS Programmer Analyst 

industry partner
Directory
Utah Geospatial Consortium
Laura Ault

Laura Ault

Director

industry partner
Utah Geospatial Consortium
Directory
Buck Ehler

Buck Ehler

GIS Manager

Utah Geospatial Consortium
industry partner
Directory
John Florio

John Florio

Senior Product Manager

Utah Geospatial Consortium
Directory
industry partner
Kasey Hansen

Kasey Hansen

General Manager

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Utah Geospatial Consortium
industry partner
Jack Hinzman

Jack Hinzman

Senior GIS Analyst

industry partner
Directory
Utah Geospatial Consortium
Brent Mitchell

Brent Mitchell

Geospatial Program Manager - VP Business Development

Directory
Utah Geospatial Consortium
industry partner
Christian Perry

Christian Perry

Program Leader

Utah Geospatial Consortium
Directory
industry partner
Chuck Shaw

Chuck Shaw

GIS Manager

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Utah Geospatial Consortium
industry partner
Tommy Thompson

Tommy Thompson

GIS/IT Manager

 

USU Faculty

Faculty
Mathematics and Statistics
Directory
Geospatial
Brennan Bean

Brennan Bean

Associate Professor | Statistics Group Coordinator

435-797-4130

brennan.bean@usu.edu

Heravi Peace Institute Affiliate
Anthropology
Director
Directory
Geospatial
Faculty
Museum Studies
Museum of Anthropology
faculty and staff
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

Directory
QCNR
CAAS
Geospatial
Geospatial_Director
AGNR
Faculty
ENVS
Aishwarya Chandrasekaran

Aishwarya Chandrasekaran

Lecturer

(435)-797-2773

aish.chandrasekaran@usu.edu

Conservation Restoration Ecology
CAAS
QCNR
Wildlife Ecology Management
Geospatial
AGNR
Directory
Faculty
Wild
Mark Chynoweth

Mark Chynoweth

Associate Professor | Faculty Advisor 2026-27

(435) 722-1700

mark.chynoweth@usu.edu

QCNR
Geospatial
Staff
Wild
AGNR
CAAS
Directory
Christine M. Garrard

Christine M. Garrard

Programmer/Analyst II

(435) 797-2602

chris.garrard@usu.edu

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

Peter Howe

Associate Dean for Strategic Academic Initiatives | Professor

(435) 797-9457

peter.howe@usu.edu

Geospatial
Faculty
Directory
Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Belize Lane

Belize Lane

435-797-4145

belize.lane@usu.edu

QCNR
ENVS
Faculty
CAAS
Geospatial
AGNR
Directory
Elise Laugier

Elise Laugier

Assistant Professor

(435) 757-1856

elise.laugier@usu.edu

AGNR
QCNR
Geospatial
CAAS
Directory
Wild
Staff
Chris McGinty

Chris McGinty

Assistant Director

(435) 797-0653

chris.mcginty@usu.edu

Directory
Geospatial
Social Work
Faculty
Anti-Oppression Committee
Cris Meier

Cris Meier

Associate Professor | Extension Community Resource and Economic Development Specialist

cris.meier@usu.edu

Climate_Adaptation_Science
Affiliated Faculty
WEES
Geospatial
AGNR
CAAS
Faculty
Directory
QCNR
Sarah Null

Sarah Null

Professor

(435) 797-1338

sarah.null@usu.edu

ENVS
Faculty
CAAS
Directory
QCNR
Geospatial
AGNR
Gustavo Ovando-Montejo

Gustavo Ovando-Montejo

Associate Professor

(435) 678-8523

gustavo.ovando@usu.edu

Faculty
AGNR
Directory
CAAS
AVTE
Geospatial
Duke Papworth

Duke Papworth

Senior Lecturer

duke.papworth@usu.edu

AGNR
CAAS
QCNR
Faculty
Geospatial
Wild
Directory
R. Douglas Ramsey

R. Douglas Ramsey

Professor

(435) 797-3783

doug.ramsey@usu.edu

Geospatial
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Faculty
Directory
Engineering
Patrick Singleton

Patrick Singleton

435-797-7109

patrick.singleton@usu.edu

Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty
Geospatial
Directory
Jürgen Symanzik

Jürgen Symanzik

Professor

435-797-0696

Juergen.Symanzik@usu.edu

Civil and Environmental Engineering
Alfonso Torres-Rua
Affiliated Faculty
Faculty
Geospatial
Climate_Adaptation_Science
Engineering
Directory
Alfonso Torres-Rua

Alfonso Torres-Rua

435-797-0397

alfonso.torres@usu.edu

AGNR
QCNR
WEES
CAAS
Climate_Adaptation_Science
Directory
Faculty
ecological restoration
Geospatial
Affiliated Faculty
Joseph Michael Wheaton

Joseph Michael Wheaton

Professor

(435) 554-1247

joe.wheaton@usu.edu

ENVS
Faculty
Geospatial
QCNR
Geospatial_Director
Directory
CAAS
AGNR
Shannon Wing-Belmont

Shannon Wing-Belmont

Principal Lecturer | Director GIS Graduate Certificate Program

(435) 797-9480

shannon.belmont@usu.edu

Faculty
QCNR
Affiliated Faculty
TWDEF Faculty
AGNR
Executive Director
Climate_Adaptation_Science
UFRI
Wild
CAAS
Geospatial
Directory
Larissa Yocom

Larissa Yocom

Associate Professor

larissa.yocom@usu.edu

Affiliated Faculty
Department Head
Faculty
PSC
Directory
Admin
AGNR
Geospatial
Extension
Climate_Adaptation_Science
CAAS
Matt Yost

Matt Yost

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

435-797-4210

matt.yost@usu.edu

 

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