WiGIS: Women in GIS
Christina Boggs
Engineering Geologist
California Department of Water Resources
In development.
Mission Statement
Shawna Dark, PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Department of Geography
California State University Northridge
Carol Ostergren
Geographer
US Geological Survey
National Geospatial Program
Regan Maas, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
California State University Northridge
Ruthanne Harbison
GISP, GIS Coordinator
City of Merced, CA
Governance
In 2012, at the annual Esri International User Conference, we invited women GIS professionals to attend a reception and meeting to spearhead the development of a advocacy group for women in GIS, aimed at to encouraging the exchange of ideas and solutions to overcoming job discrimination, lower pay, and professional isolation. The nearly 30 individuals who attended that initial and their interests became the spark for our founding of the WiGIS professional advocacy association.