Geographic Information Systems Staff

Idaho Department of Water Resources GIS staff is integrated into the Department. The core of the GIS staff is in the Geospatial Technology Section (GTS), with the  Adjudication Bureau (Adj), and the Hydrology Section (HS) having embedded GIS personnel.

Genna Ashley — GIS Specialist (GTS)
Genna is a GIS Specialist for the Geospatial Technology Section. She worked for IDWR from 1992 – 1997, left to work for private industry, then returned in April 2001. She has worked on numerous projects ranging from Land Classification to Watersheds and brings 12 years of GIS experience to the department.

Ben Britton — Systems Analyst (GTS)
Ben has a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Idaho. He supports our geospatial-data processing on Windows and Unix systems. He develops internet mapping applications using ArcIMS and ArcGIS Server technologies.

Danielle Bruno-Favreau - GIS Analyst
Danielle has a BS in Zoology from the University of California at Davis and has been working in GIS since 1996. She helps support GIS and GPS applications throughout the Department, occasionally dabbling in VBA programming. Danielle has worked at IDWR first as a contractor, then as an employee since 2005.

Michael Ciscell — Senior GIS Analyst (Adj)
Michael manages the GIS support for the Snake River Basin Adjudication. He has BS degrees in Geography and Cartography from the University of Idaho. He began his GIS career at Boise Cascade. He is another returnee having worked at IDWR from 1985 to 1989, and again starting in 1997. In between, he was the GIS Supervisor at the Oregon Water Resources Department.

Linda Davis — Senior GIS Analyst (GTS)
Linda has a BA in Geological Sciences from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She did graduate work in Geography, specifically in GIS, at San Diego State University. She has worked at IDWR since 1989.

Sandy Egbert — GIS Analyst (GTS)

Sudhir Goyal — Hydrologist (HS)
Sudhir has a BS in Civil Engineering from AM University in India, an MS in Civil Engineering from UOR in India, and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering with a specialty in Remote Sensing and GIS from the University of Idaho. He bridges the gap between hydrologic modeling and GIS, both of which are his specialties. He came to IDWR in 1996 as a GIS Analyst before transferring to the Hydrology Section to concentrate on hydrologic modeling.

Bill Kramber — Senior Remote Sensing Analyst (GTS)
Bill has been developing remote sensing and GIS solutions to water resources projects for over 20 years. His current work involves remote sensing of evapotranspiration. Bill earned a BA in Geography from Carroll College in Wisconsin, and a MA in Physical Geography from Indiana State University.

Zach Maillard — Senior GIS Analyst (GTS)

Sandra Thiel — Planner (Planning)
Sandra has BS degrees in Geography and Psychology and an MS in Geography from the University of Idaho. She works full time for the planning bureau now, having worked part-time in GIS from 1991 to 2007. Her specialties are hydrography and 19th-century English literature.

Bruce Tuttle — Senior Programmer Analyst (GTS)
Bruce has a BS in Chemistry from Boise State University and is certified as a Senior Nuclear Reactor Operator. He worked in the nuclear power industry designing control room simulators, and as an independent consultant designing database applications. His primary duties are developing relational database applications and assisting in data analysis. He has worked with IDWR since 1995.

Mike Verdun — GIS Analyst (GTS)
Mike has a BA and an MS in Botany from Southern Illinois University. He came to IDWR in 1990. Since then, he has served in a variety of capacities, and most recently has been doing web support for GIS applications.

Margie Wilkins — GIS Analyst (GTS)
Margie recevied her BS from Texas A&M University in Wildlife & Fisheries Science / Natural Resource Conservation. She currently oversees the remote sensing/imagery library at IDWR and is actively involved in the State GIS Framework Imagery Technical Working Group.  Her projects include land classification and image interpretation.