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Candidate for Board
Clare Brown, GISP

Professional Experience:

  • 2006 to present
    GIS Director, Department of Watershed Management, Atlanta, GA

  • 2001 to 2006
    GIS Department Manager, Khafra Engineering, Atlanta, GA

  • 2000 to 2001
    Product Manager, Mapping Applications, VisionAir Software Inc., Alpharetta, GA

  • 1995 to 2000
    Senior Research Scientist, Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA

  • 1992-1995
    Senior GIS Analyst, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS

  • 1982-1989
    Physical Scientist, U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS

Education:

Graduate Study, Biostatistics, Tulane University, 1998
Ms, Civil Engineering, University of Florida, 1992
BS, Geography, Salem State College, 1981

URISA Activities:

  • 2003: Attended first URISA Conference – Presented a paper

  • 2003: Attended first Georgia URISA (GAURISA) Conference/Workshop

  • 2004: Presenter for GAURISA Luncheon

  • 2004: GISP Certification

  • 2004: Presenter for GAURISA Conference

  • 2004: Author for IT/GIS in Public Works Conference Presentation

  • 2005 to 2006: GAURISA Board, Conference Chair

  • 2005: Served on URISA Workshop Development Committee

  • 2005: Served as GISCorps Team Leader, MMEX Project

  • 2006: Co-Instructor, URISA Enterprise GIS Architecture and Systems Integration Workshop, GAURISA Workshop

  • 2006: Presenter for URISA Conference: GISCorps- MMEX

  • 2007 to 2009: Served as GAURISA Vice President, President and Past President

  • 2007 to present: URISA Leadership Academy, Author and Presenter

  • 2008: Panel Member for GISP Presentation, GAURISA Luncheon

Other Professional Activities:

  • 1994: Seoul Oceanographic Institute; Transferring GIS Technology, Seoul, Korea

  • 1998: Mapping the Risk of Severe Malaria In Bancoumana, Mali: GIS Methods For Studying Malaria At The Village Level; GIS in Public Health: Third National Conference

  • 1999: Mapping the Risk of Severe Malaria in Bancoumana, Mali: Spatial Statistical Methods for Studying Malaria at the Village Level: ESRI International Users Conference

  • 2003: Internet Mapping for Watershed Management – The Atlanta Story; GWPCA 2003 Annual Conference

  • 2003: GIS in Public Works – Save Our Sewer Initiative; ESRI International Users Conference

  • 2003: GIS, Sewers & MOMS – The Atlanta Story; Proceedings for WEFTEC

  • 2004: Municipal Asset Management Using GIS and Internet Mapping - The Atlanta Story; Proceedings for Joint Management 2004 Conference

  • 2007: Enterprise GIS in Atlanta; Proceedings for ACSE for Pipeline Conference

  • 2007: Clean Water Atlanta Enterprise GIS and Its Applications in Asset Management, Underground Infrastructure Management Publication (UIM), November/December Issue

Awards & Recognition

2006 ESRI SAG Award

Statement to the Membership:

Like most of us, there is a point in time where we feel the need to give back to our communities. The irony is that in the years I have spent being involved in URISA and ‘giving back’ I have gained far more than I ever anticipated. This organization has given me a home, a community, a network and the truly incredible opportunity to work with some of the greatest people in my field.

My initial attraction to URISA was during the 2003 Conference where the first GISCorps meeting was ever held, I was so intrigued by the opportunity to contribute in my field. I’ve always been envious of my family and friends who have had careers that allowed them to serve others in the simplest ways (doctors, nurses, educators, architects, artists not to mention woodworkers, electricians, plumbers).

I’ve been involved in the mapping and GIS field for over 27 years but only in the last 7 years has my focus changed from International GIS activities to state and local government activities. It took me that long to ‘come home and find in my own back yard’ a community like URISA where we could all share our common ideas and goals.

In the latest phase of my career, making government processes efficient has been my passion. At the municipal level, both as a consultant and a city employee, I have been heavily involved in creating an enterprise where spatial data is just one component and GIS just one visualization technique. As a natural outgrowth of being involved in the creation of a municipal enterprise and witnessing how citizens benefit from its efficiencies I would like to help our industry by focusing on data transmission standards. In tandem with this I am also very aware of the growing disconnect between the surveying community and the GIS community. I believe brokering data transmission standards may be one bridge between these communities. Data comes in various shapes and sizes and we need a common ‘language’ through data to work together.

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