Company: TRC Companies 
Current position: GIS Change Management Consultant
Age: 31             
Education: MS Geography, University of Western Ontario; BA Geography, the State University of New York at Geneseo; Certificate, Microcredential, AAS GIS Technology from Monroe Community College

DuBreck is a dedicated geospatial professional working full-time as a GIS change management consultant. In this role, she guides clients in the utility space through the changes that come with GIS upgrade and implementation projects.

DuBreck also works part-time at Monroe Community College where she has hosted Ask Me Anything sessions with current students and GIS technology program graduates, tutored and mentored current intro GIST students, and promoted MCC’s new GIST programs through online messaging and high school visits. Through this work at MCC, she was selected for several competitive opportunities, including collaborating on a Spanish water quality data mapping app and testing it in Colombia, two professional development travel awards to India and Bangladesh, and a research fellowship in Northern India to empower communities with geospatial technology.

At night, DuBreck is an intro GIS instructor at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Through this work, she was invited to participate in a GIS teacher training workshop in Kigali, Rwanda, in 2023. She was invited to give the keynote speech on collaborative mapping at the 2024 GIS/SIG Conference and now serves as president-elect of the New York State GIS Association after volunteering with the organization since 2019.

DuBreck has also helped update trail maps for the non-profit “Friends of Webster Trails,” and teach board members QGIS. She received two awards for her contributions to the GIS profession in 2024. Her passion is educating others on the impact geospatial technology has on the world.