Coming to GIS Managers Summit – Thriving Through Adversity
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Thriving Through Adversity
At the GIS Managers Summit, @MichaelGreen of Esri will host a panel on thriving through adversity, discussing with colleagues from various county government experience – Trisha Brush from Louisville Jefferson County Information Consortium, Louis Hill from Kenton County, and Jennifer Lana (@JLana) of Esri, formerly Cobb County.
What to expect:
The group will discuss the various ways they proactively plan for and manage adversity in their GIS programs.
Each member will be discussing some specific revealing considerations and approaches they have used with their teams:
- Trisha will talk about building a team mindset up front and leaning on this mindset in the face of adversity, as well as modeling desired behaviors as a leader.
- Louis will talk about minimizing resistant mindsets, the importance of building trust, and why consistency over intensity is his most powerful principle.
- Jennifer will talk about the importance of gaining executive support through stakeholder growth and taking advantage of challenges to include executives, and how to change the language of GIS to meet your stakeholders where they are.
Trisha Brush brings over 27 years of leadership in information technology and geospatial technologies, with deep expertise in GIS, geospatial analysis, business intelligence, permitting systems, utilities, cartography, and mobile workforce solutions. She has successfully led the development and implementation of numerous geospatial initiatives across the public sector, consistently delivering proven results through improved processes and insight-led decision-making.
Trisha is a Certified GIS Professional (GISP) and a Project Management Professional (PMP). She has served on state GIS boards in both Kansas and Kentucky, including founding and serving as President of the Kentucky Association of Mapping Professionals (KAMP), and as a Director on the Kansas Association of Mappers (KAM) board.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in Geography from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA from Baker University in Kansas.
Louis Hill, AICP, GISP, is the Director of GIS Administration at Planning and Development Services of Kenton County (KY) in the Cincinnati metro area. He leads a team of six full time employees that manage the LINK-GIS consortium’s 3-county mapping system. With over twenty years of experience in GIS and planning, Louis has worked within Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky local governments. He holds an undergraduate degree in Urban Planning & Development and a graduate degree in Information & Communication Sciences from Ball State University. Louis served as the President of the Kentucky Association of Mapping Professionals from 2017 to 2018 and was previously appointed by the governor for a term on Kentucky’s Geographic Information Advisory Council. Louis currently teaches GIS curriculum at Thomas More University as an adjunct faculty member.
