Alumni Profiles

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Gabrielle is a Business Development Representative for VertiGIS. Studying geography showed Gabrielle how spatial thinking can solve real-world problems and connect data, people and place. Courses such as Geopolitics and a seminar on conservation movements - as well as hands-on labs and projects - sparked her appreciation for conservation, provided technical expertise, and gave her communication skills she uses to bridge the gaps between technology and people. At VertiGIS, Gabrielle builds relationships with utility organizations and helps them see how mapping, spatial analysis and real-time data make their work more efficient and impactful.
Gabrielle Domina, 2023
Summers is a GIS Analyst with Blue Raster. After graduating in 2016, Summers completed her MSGA degree and then worked for the Virginia Outdoors Foundation. At Blue Raster, she provides geospatial solutions for the National Park Service’s Inventory & Monitoring Division. Mary Wash geography and GIS courses provided Summers with research and technical writing capabilities as well as professional cartographic design and GIS analysis skills. After earning her bachelors, she worked as a GIS technician at Crow’s Nest Natural Area Preserve while pursuing her masters in geospatial analysis.
Summers Cleary, 2016 & 2018
Anders works as a Swedish Toponymist with Leidos where he supports the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) by updating and maintaining the Geography Names Database. During his time at Mary Wash, Anders held internships with the NGA's Human Geography team. He majored in both Geography and Political Science.
Anders Barretta, 2025
As a cartographer for the US Marine Corps, Kelsey makes everything from large scale utility maps to simple directional maps for a wide variety of divisions and offices at Quantico. Kelsey's passion for mapmaking started in high school, and she expanded her interests by majoring in geography and earning UMW's GIS Certificate. During her last year at Mary Wash, Kelsey interned with Apex Clean Energy, which allowed her to apply her GIS skills to solving problems related to renewable energy generation in Virginia.
Kelsey Chavers, 2020

Click on the photo to learn more about each alumnus:

Taylor Ford
Taylor Ford ’16
Jonathan Steenberg
Jonathan Steenberg ’14
Amanda Waggoner BA '17, MSGA '20
Amanda Waggoner BA ’17, MSGA ’20
Jacqueline Nova '13
Jacqueline Nova ’13

Kait Brogan
Kait Brogan ’18
Meagan Kishman '13
Meagan Kishman ’13
Christina Rodriguez '19
Christina Rodriguez ’19
Sarah Bond '17
Sarah Bond ’17
Phil Devine
Phil Devine ’18
Adam Hager '14
Adam Hager ’14
John Bentley BA '17, MSGA '18
John Bentley BA ’17, MSGA ’18
Sequoi Phipps '18
Sequoi Phipps ’18