GIS in Action 2024

Carly Holzschuh is a current PCC Student in the GIS/sUAS Certificate programs, with a BS in Geography and Conservation Biology and an MS in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She has a decade of experience in planning and policy in the private... Read More →

A skilled and seasoned geospatial information designer with over 25 years of progressive experience in research, analysis and production. Particularly interested in exploring and integrating new solutions to existing problems. Specialties: Matthew specializes in taking complex information... Read More →

Current Corporate GIS Manager for the City of Portland. Member of ORURISA and the GIA Organization Comittee

Carl Swanson is a GIS Specialist with the Oregon Department of Forestry in Salem, Oregon, where he has worked since 2018. Carl developed a love for cartography through studying field geology in graduate school and has been in the GIS world ever since. In summers Carl works on ODF’s... Read More →

Jennifer is a GIS and UAS specialist for South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve in Charleston, Oregon since 2002. She works on research that contributes to climate change and coastal management. In summer she contributes to wildland fire support as a GISS. Before her role... Read More →

Travis Peterson is a Supervisor of Geospatial Solutions at Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) with over 20 years of GIS experience in defense, route navigation, solar development, and public utilities. Holding a bachelor's degree in environmental science and a master's degree in GIS... Read More →

The PCC GIS Club is a student operated group of budding professionals who tackle projects beyond the classroom, create learning and development opportunities for all students, and have fun.Ben enjoys using programming, analysis, and visualization to help answer questions and solve... Read More →

Max is an undergraduate student in the Department of Geomatics at Oregon Institute of Technology

Griffin Haas is an undergraduate student in the Department of Geomatics at Oregon Institute of Technology

Scott Fortman is a GIS Analyst at Tualatin Valley Water District (TVWD) where he works full time on the Willamette Water Supply Program, a partnership that is building a new water supply system to TVWD customers, The City of Hillsboro, and the City of Beaverton.  Scott's role is... Read More →

Natalie Ramsland is an aspiring GIS professional with an academic background in social change through community organizing and a professional background in designing and building custom bicycles. She's a sucker for a fun fact and delights in a new perspective on familiar territor... Read More →

My name is Quadri Taiwo, a first-generation black African student pursuing a master’s degree in geography at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. As an urban climate thinker, I have a keen interest in equitable urban forest distribution, urban forestry stakeholders' mapping... Read More →