CGIA Award Winners
2023
Presented by CGIA Chair Mark Greninger at CalGIS 2023 in Monterey.
- Student Award (4-year College/University): Chloe Raines, Cal Poly Humboldt.
- Exemplary Use of GIS: Andrew Sims, City of Pasadena, CA.
- Outstanding Geospatial Web Application: Srinivasa Jalaparti, Sempra Energy Utilities.
- Excellence in Teaching: Dr. Soheil Boroushaki, California State University, Northridge.
- Chair’s Award: Jacob Mark, Woolpert.
Presented at the Esri User Conference 2022 in San Diego.
- Student Award (Associate Degree/Certificate): Naomi Yates, Shasta College.
- Student Award (4-year College/University): Amanda Portier, University of California Davis.
- Student Award (Graduate, 1st Place): Andrew Pineda, California State University Long Beach.
- Student Award (Graduate, 2nd Place): Philip Thomas Hess, USC Spatial Sciences Institute.
- Exemplary Use of GIS: Devon Hedemark, City of Shasta Lake.
- Outstanding Geospatial Web Application: Shannon Julius and Robert Graham, Los Angeles County.
- Chair Award: An-Min Wu, USC Spatial Sciences Institute.
Presented at the joint CGIA and SoCal URISA Social at the Esri User Conference 2019 in San Diego.
- Exemplary Systems Award: Jennifer Dooley, Moulton Niguel Water District.
- Advancement of Collaboration Award: Douglas M. Morales, County of Los Angeles, Department of Public Health.
- Best Innovative Story Map Award: Lisa Louie Flores, City of Arcadia, Development Services Department.
- Best Student Project Award: Christina Brunsvold, University of Southern California.
- Outstanding Internet Application Award: Woolsey Fire Windshield Survey – Temporary Housing, County of Los Angeles Department of Regional Planning GIS Section.
- Chair’s Award: Norman Wong, County of Los Angeles, Internal Services Department – Enterprise GIS Group.
Presented at the joint CalGIS/GIS-Pro Conference 2018 in Palm Springs.
- Outstanding Internet Application Award: Devon Hedemark, City of Redding.
- Best Student Project: Yuko Yokozawa, University of Redlands.
- Excellence in Education Award: Professor Hugh Howard, Ph.D., Geography Department, American River College, Sacramento, CA.
- Exemplary Systems Award: Megan Campe, Truckee Donner PUD.
- Chair’s Award: Jayme Laber, NOAA.
- Advancement of Collaboration Award: Jane Schafer-Kramer, California Department of Water Resources.
Presented at the Esri User Conference 2017 in San Diego.
- Advancement of Collaboration Award: Santa Clara Collaborative GIS Group.
- Exemplary Systems Award: Lorri Peltz-Lewis, US Forest Service.
- Outstanding Internet Application Award (tie): Rebecca Ferkovich, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, for Fire Probability for Carbon Accounting.
- Outstanding Internet Application Award (tie): Alison Dalgity, Getty Conservation Institute, for Arches.
- Chair’s Award: Cristi Delgado, City of Berkeley, CA.
Presented at the CalGIS Conference in Anaheim.
- Advancement of Collaboration Award: Christina Boggs, California Department of Water Resources.
- Exemplary Systems Award: City of Rancho Cucamonga Executive Dashboard Mobile App.
- Outstanding Internet Application Award: Lewis Rowley, County of Napa, for Filed Map Search Tool.
- Excellence in Education Award:Ming-Hsiang Tsou, San Diego State University.
- Chair’s Award: Eric Kauffman, California Department of Technology.
Presented at the CalGIS Conference in Sacramento.
- Advancement of Collaboration Award: Dr. Steven Steinberg, SCCWRP.
- Exemplary Systems Award: Tim Jankowski and Robert Shanaberger, Caltrans – District 11.
- Outstanding Internet Application Award: Tom Weisenberger, Max Regis, and Christine Lam, for Pest Detection Viewer.
- Excellence in Education Award: Dan Scollon, Shasta College.
- Chair’s Award: David Peck, Pictometry.
Presented at the Esri User Conference 2014 in San Diego.
- Advancement of Collaboration Award: Public Safety Technology Modernization (PSTM) GIS Team (CHP, CA DPR, CA DFW, Vestra Resources).
- Exemplary Systems Award: Ari Isaak, Evari GIS for San Diego Street Light Project.
- Outstanding Internet Application Award: Robert Beckler, for City of Modesto GIS Site.
- Chair’s Award: Jeff Orton, Paramount Citrus.
Presented at the CalGIS Conference in Long Beach.
- Exemplary Systems Award: Rich Green, GISP, Transit Manager for the Transit Joint Powers Authority for Merced County.
- Excellence in Education Award: Jay Eliades, Liberty High School GIS Academic Program.
- Chair’s Award: RuthAnne Harbison, GISP, GIS Coordinator, City of Merced.
Presented at the CalGIS Conference in Sacramento.
- Advancement of Collaboration Award: Kris Lynn-Patterson, GIS Academic Coordinator, UC Div. Ag and Natural Resources.
- Exemplary Systems Award: Keith Russell for Enterprise Data Window.
- Outstanding Internet Application Award: Mark Greninger, GIO, LA County, Updated CGIA Website.
- Excellence in Education Award: Dan Scollon, Shasta College.
- Chair’s Award: Dave Hansen, GISP, Soils Scientist/GIS Specialist, USBR.
Presented at the CalGIS Conference in Fresno.
- Advancement of Collaboration Award: Mike Hamilton, Marine Corps Installations West, Western Regional Partnership Web Mapping Application.
- Exemplary Systems Award: Nicholas Franchino, Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning, for Z-NET Project.
- Outstanding Internet Presentation Award: Sebastian Roberts, County of Nevada, My Neighborhood Web Application.
- Excellence in Education Award: Cindy Nance, Mt. San Jacinto College.
- Chair’s Award: Mary Hurley.
Presented at the CalGIS Conference in Huntington Beach.
- Advancement of Collaboration Award: Terrence Newsome, US DHS HIFLD, California Homeland Security GIS Working Group & HIFLD to the Regions.
- Exemplary Systems Award: David Endelman, City of Oxnard, IT/GIS, Mobile GIS Field Asset Mapping.
- Outstanding Internet Presentation Award: Tom Spiekerman, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, The Regional 511 Transit Information System (RTIS).
- Excellence in Education Award: Tracey Hughes, University of California, San Diego Libraries.
- Chair’s Award: Mark Greninger, Los Angeles County Chief Information Officer, Los Angeles County Enterprise GIS & LAR IAC Project.
Presented at the CalGIS Conference in Sacramento.
- Advancement of Collaboration Award: Mike Cohen, San Bernardino County, Aerial Imagery Acquisition Project.
- Exemplary Systems Award: Janet Hansen, City of Los Angeles Office of Historic Resources, Historic Resources Field Survey Tool.
- Outstanding Internet Presentation Award: Matt Brown & Mayda Portillo, San Diego County Water Authority, WaterSmart Target Application.
- Excellence in Education Award: Chris Lewis, California State University, Chico & Ann Johnson, ESRI, for C3GIS (California Community Colleges Geospatial Information Support).
- Chair’s Award: John Ellison, California Resources Agency.
Presented at the CalGIS Conference in Modesto.
- Advancement of Collaboration Award: Robert Yoha, CA Department of Conservation (DOC) and CA Department of General Services (DGS).
- Exemplary Systems Award: California Department of Public Health IT/GIS Team.
- Outstanding Internet Presentation Award: Mike Behen, City of Palmdale.
- Excellence in Education Award: Maggie Kelly, UC Berkeley.
- Chair’s Award: Carol Ostergren & Michael Byrne, USGS and CA Health Planning and Development.
Presented at the CalGIS Conference in Santa Barbara.
- Advancement of Collaboration Award: Sacramento County Regional GIS Consortium, for Homeland Security Address Data Portal.
- Exemplary Systems Award: San Diego Association of Governments,
for Land Information Geodatabase System. - Outstanding Internet Presentation Award: bd Systems & the Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission, for the transit.511.org transit portal.
- Excellence in Education Award: San Diego State University Department of Geography.
- Chair’s Award: Tom McDowell, City of Chula Vista.