People

The GISS-SG board.

Officers are elected by the specialty group members and serve the community through leadership, programming, and scholarship.

Current officers

Past Chair

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin

Chair

Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University at Buffalo

Vice Chair

Professor, Department of Geography, University of California Santa Barbara

Academic Director

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Environment, and Society, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Communications Director

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography & Geographic Information Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Commercial Director

Founder of District First

Government Director

Geospatial Analyst, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Student Representative

Ph.D. Student, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University

The GISS Specialty Group has been led by 36 chairs since its founding in 1986. The record below preserves their service.