CGIA Award Winners

2024

Presented by CGIA Chair Jacob Mark at the CGIA 30th Anniversary Party, during the Esri User Conference in San Diego.
  • Excellence & Innovation Award: Community Health Profiles (County of Los Angeles).
    • Highly Commended: Baldwin Hills & Urban Watersheds Conservancy – Watershed Resilience & Improvement Blueprint (Arup).
    • Highly Commended: Trail Explorer (Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District).
    • Highly Commended: Santa Clarita Tag Tracker (City of Santa Clarita).
  • Coordination & Collaboration Award: California Road Sharing (CaRS) Initiative: A Collaborative Partnership Between the Federal Highway Administration, Caltrans, CalOES and California Counties.
    • Highly Commended: Ready Placer: Improving Emergency Communications (County of Placer).
  • Student Award: Angelina Joby, Clark Magnet High School.
  • Teaching Award: Naomi Yates, Yates GIS.
    • Highly Commended: Dr. Steve Steinberg, CSU Long Beach.
  • Mapping & Visualization Award: 30DayMapChallenge (Wanmei Liang).
    • Highly Commended: California Department of Water Resources Land Use Gallery (California Department of Water Resources).
  • Chair’s Award: Tia Morita, Christine Lam, Norman Wong.
20240715_184653
20240715_191751
20240715_191752
20240715_191901
20240715_191955
20240715_192257
20240715_192337
20240715_192341
20240715_192342
20240715_192350
20240715_192456
20240715_192701

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 CGIA Social 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 CGIA Social 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 CalGIS 2016, in Anaheim.

  • Advancement of Collaboration Award: Christina Boggs, California Department of Water Resources, for the California GIS Council and California State GIS User Group.
  • Excellence in Education Award: Ming-Hsiang Tsou, San Diego State University.
  • Exemplary Systems Award: City of Rancho Cucamonga Executive Dashboard Mobile App.
  • Outstanding Internet Application Award: Lewis Rowley, County of Napa, for Field Map Search Tool.
  • Chair’s Award: Eric Kauffman, California Department of Technology.

Winners of the 2015 CGIA Awards were:

  • Advancement of Collaboration Award: Dr. Steven Steinberg, SCCWRP, for the collaborative geospatial visualization project with the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve.
  • Chair’s Award: David Peck, Pictometry.
  • Excellence in Education Award: Dan Scollon, Shasta College.
  • Exemplary Systems Award: Tim Jankowski and Robert Shanaberger, Caltrans – District 11, for the Culvert Inspection Program.
  • Outstanding Internet Application Award: Tom Weisenberger, Max Regis, and Christine Lam, for the Pest Detection Viewer.

Presented by CGIA Chair Mark Greninger.

  • Exemplary Systems Award: Ari Isaak, Evari GIS, for the San Diego Street Light Project.
  • Outstanding Internet Application Award: Robert Beckler, City of Modesto, for the City of Modesto GIS Site.
  • Advancement of Collaboration Award: PSTM GIS Team (CHP, CA DPR, CA DFW, Vestra Resources), for California Public Safety Technology Modernization (PSTM).
  • Chairman’s Award: Jeff Orton, Paramount Citrus.

Presented by CGIA Chair David Peck at CalGIS 2013, in Long Beach.

  • Chairman’s Award: RuthAnne Harbison, GISP, GIS Coordinator for the City of Merced.
  • Exemplary Systems Award: Rich Green, GISP, Transit Manager for the Transit Joint Powers Authority for Merced County.
  • Excellence in Education: Jay Eliades, Liberty High School GIS Academic Program in Bakersfield, California.

Winners of the 2012 CGIA Awards were:

  • Chairman’s Award: Dave Hansen, GISP, Soils Scientist/GIS Specialist, USBR.
  • Advancement of Collaboration Award: Kris Lynn-Patterson, GIS Academic Coordinator, UC Div. Ag and Natural Resources.
  • Outstanding Internet Presentation: Mark Greninger, GIO, Chief Information Office, Los Angeles County, for Update CGIA Website.
  • Exemplary Systems: Keith Russell, for Enterprise Data Window.

Presented at CalGIS 2011, in Fresno.

  • Advancement of Collaboration Award: Mike Hamilton, Marine Corps Installations West, for the Western Regional Partnership Web Mapping Application.
  • Chairman’s Award: Mary Hurley, for Promoting GIS and Collaboration for GIS in California.
  • Excellence in Education Award: Cindy Nance, Mt. San Jacinto College.
  • Exemplary Systems Award: Nicholas Franchino, Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning, for the Z-NET Project.
  • Outstanding Internet Presentation Award: Sebastian Roberts, County of Nevada, for My Neighborhood Web Application.

Winners of the 2010 CGIA Awards were:

  • Chairman’s Award: Mark Greninger, Los Angeles County Chief Information Officer, for Los Angeles County Enterprise GIS & LAR IAC Project.
  • Excellence in Education Award: Tracey Hughes, University of California, San Diego Libraries, for On-Line GIS Resources Guide.
  • Exemplary Systems Award: David Endelman, City of Oxnard, IT/GIS, for Mobile GIS Field Asset Mapping.
  • Outstanding Internet Application Award: Tom Spiekerman, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, for The Regional 511 Transit Information System (RTIS).

Presented at CalGIS 2009 in Sacramento.

  • Chairman’s Award for exemplary service to the California GIS community: John Ellison, California Resources Agency.
  • Exemplary Systems Award for outstanding GIS implementation: Janet Hansen, City of Los Angeles Office of Historic Resources, for the Historic Resources Field Survey Tool.
  • Advancement of Collaboration Award: Mike Cohen, San Bernardino County Information Services Department, Application Development Division, for the Aerial Imagery Acquisition Project.
  • Outstanding Internet Presentation Award: Matt Brown & Mayda Portillo, San Diego County Water Authority, for the WaterSmart Target Application.
  • Excellence in Education Award: Chris Lewis, California State University, Chico and Ann Johnson, ESRI, for C3GIS (California Community Colleges Geospatial Information Support).

Presented at CalGIS 2008 in Modesto.

  • Chairman’s Award for exemplary service to the California GIS community: Carol Ostergren & Michael Byrne, USGS and CA Health Planning and Development.
  • Exemplary Systems Award for outstanding GIS implementation: California Department of Public Health IT/GIS Team, headed by Craig Wolff for the implementation of a standards-based national environmental public health tracking (surveillance) network.
  • Advancement of Collaboration Award: Robert Yoha, CA Department of Conservation (DOC) and CA Department of General Services (DGS) for a Master Service Agreement (MSA) for GIS software and related services.
  • Outstanding Internet Presentation Award: Mike Behen, City of Palmdale, for City of Palmdale’s online geographic information system.
  • Excellence in Education Award: Maggie Kelly, UC Berkeley.

Presented at CalGIS 2006 in Santa Barbara.

  • Chairman’s Award for exemplary service to the California GIS community: Tom McDowell, City of Chula Vista.
  • Exemplary Systems Award for outstanding GIS implementation: San Diego Association of Governments, for its Landcore Land Information Geodatabase System project.
  • Advancement of Collaboration Award: Sacramento County Regional GIS Consortium, for their Homeland Security Address Data Portal.
  • 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.

The CGIA Awards are believed to have taken place in 2005, however the results are not currently in our records. The following prizes were awarded:

  • Chairman’s Award
  • Exemplary Systems Award
  • Advancements in Data Sharing Award
  • Outstanding Web Presentation
  • Excellence in Education

The CGIA Awards are believed to have taken place in 2004, however the results are not currently in our records.

The winners of the CGIA Awards for 2002 were presented in 2003, and were:

  • Chairman’s Award – Outstanding Achievement in GIS: Dr. Richard D. Wright
  • Exemplary Systems Award – Outstanding Application of GIS: CA Project LEAN GIS
  • Advancement of Data Sharing Award – Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Data Sharing: ISIS Center
  • Award for Outstanding Internet Web Site – Outstanding GIS Related Internet Web Site: SFProspector.com, City and County of San Francisco
  • Excellence in Education Award – Large – Outstanding Contributions by a Large Institution in Advancing GIS Educational Opportunities: UC San Diego
  • Excellence in Education Award – Small – Outstanding Contributions by a Small College in Advancing GIS Educational Opportunities: Monterey Peninsula College

The winners of the CGIA Awards for 2001 were presented in 2002, and were:

  • Chairman’s Award – Outstanding Achievement in GIS: Gary Darling, State Geographic Information Officer.
  • Exemplary Systems Award – Outstanding Application of GIS: SANDAG: eStops.
  • Advancement of Data Sharing Award – Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Data Sharing: Kern COG: Kern GEONET.
  • Award for Outstanding Internet Web Site – Outstanding GIS Related Internet Web Site: South Bay Cities COG: TAS.
  • Excellence in Education Award – Small – Outstanding Contributions by a Small College in Advancing GIS Educational Opportunities: Columbia College.

The winners of the CGIA Awards for 2000 were presented in 2001, and were:

  • Chairman´s Award – Outstanding Achievement in GIS: Lee Johnston, ESRI.
  • Exemplary Systems Award – Outstanding Application of GIS: City of San Diego, Planning Dept.: Bandwidth Bay Fiber Network Map.
  • Advancement of Data Sharing Award – Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Data Sharing: San Diego State University, SANDAG, Instituto Municipal de Planeacion de Tijuana, and City of San Diego.
  • Award for Outstanding Internet Web Site – Outstanding GIS Related Internet Web Site: City of Rancho Cucamonga: Redevelopment Agency.
  • Excellence in Education Award – Large – Outstanding Contributions by a Large Institution in Advancing GIS Educational Opportunities: ESRI: Virtual Campus.
  • Excellence in Education Award – Small – Outstanding Contributions by a Small College in Advancing GIS Educational Opportunities: American River College, Sacramento.

The winners of the CGIA Awards for 1999 were presented in 2000, and were:

  • Chairman´s Award – Outstanding Achievement in GIS: Bob Parrott.
  • Excellence in Education Award – Outstanding Contribution to GIS Education: San Francisco State University.
  • Excellence in Education Award – Outstanding Contribution to GIS Education: University of California, Riverside Extension.
  • Exemplary Systems Award – Outstanding Application of GIS: San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) Habitat Tracking Committee.
  • Advancement of Data Sharing Award – Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Data Sharing: Calaveras Council of Governments.
  • Advancement of Data Sharing Award – Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Data Sharing: USGS National Mapping Program – Western Region.
  • Award for Outstanding Internet Web Site – Outstanding GIS Related Internet Web Site: San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG).

The winners of the CGIA Awards for 1998 were presented in 1999, and were:

  • Chairman´s Award – Outstanding Achievement in GIS: San Diego State University Departments of Geography and Computer Science
  • Exemplary Systems Award – Outstanding Application of GIS: City of Palo Alto, Ventura County Fire Protection Agency
  • Advancement of Data Sharing Award – Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Data Sharing: Fresno County
  • Award for Outstanding Internet Web Site – Outstanding GIS Related Internet Web Site: City of Sacramento
  • Award for Outstanding Internet Web Site – Outstanding GIS Related Internet Web Site: City of Vallejo

The CGIA Awards for 1997 were presented at CalGIS 1998 in Visalia.

  • Chairman´s Award – Outstanding Achievement in GIS: San Diego State University Department of Geography.
  • Exemplary Systems Award – Outstanding Application of GIS: City of Visalia.
  • Advancement of Data Sharing Award – Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Data Sharing: San Diego Association of Governments.
Scroll to Top