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Katherine Matutes, Director of Health & Wellness,
Jewish Community Center
Lexie McGillis, Research Associate, United
Way of Central Indiana
Kevin Mickey, Director, Professional
Development & Geospatial Education,
Polis Center at IUPUI
Karissa Morris, Administrative Program
Specialist, Second Helpings
Darcey Palmer-Shultz, CEO, Big Brothers
Big Sisters
Anna Price, Director of Development, Jewish
Community Center
Donita Roberts, Grants & Administration
Coordinator, Sheltering Wings
Sven Schumacher, CEO, Lutheran Child &
Family Services
Nora Spitznogle, Director of Programs,
Second Helpings
Jennifer Vigran, CEO, Second Helpings
Barbara Walters, Staff Accountant, Lutheran
Child & Family Services
Amanda Zimmerman, Information Analyst,
Early Learning Indiana
Geoinformatics
Key Accomplishments
Regional Projects
• City of Carmel Story Map: Developed a story
map of the City of Carmel that illustrates the
recent history and development of the city.
With this story map, the people of Carmel
will be able to visualize the growth and
development of their community through the
compelling medium of maps, encouraging them
to appreciate their heritage and cultural assets
and to envision further progress heading into the
future.
State Projects
• Indiana Department of Homeland Security
(IDHS): Partnering with the IDHS and FEMA
Region 5, we created hazard mitigation plans for
the following counties: Clay, Greene, Jennings,
Knox, Morgan, Posey, Putnam, Randolph, Rush,
Shelby, Switzerland, Union, Warrick, Marshall,
Ripley, and St. Joseph.
• Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR)
>Risk MAP: Continuing our partnership with
IDNR for the eighth year, our work has focused
on FEMA’s Risk MAP program, which is aimed
at assisting local communities with their
mitigation efforts.
>Indiana Floodplain Information Web Portal
(INFIP): The Polis Center assists in maintaining
and improving the IDNR GIS data used in the
Indiana Floodplain Information Web Portal
(INFIP).
>South Carolina Emergency Management
Division: Polis is designing a multi-hazards
mitigation planning platform for the South
Carolina Emergency Management Division
to support the state in the development of their
hazards mitigation planning efforts and to
monitor their progress.
• Building Inventory Toolkits
>Georgia: We developed a building
inventory toolkit for the Georgia Emergency
Management Agency, which estimated losses
for floods and hurricanes and also included
Hazus and risk assessment reports. Hazus is a
nationally applicable standardized
methodology that estimates potential losses
from earthquakes, hurricane winds, floods,
and tsunamis.
>Maryland: The Polis Center created a
building inventory toolkit for the Maryland
Emergency Management Agency that
equipped them with the tools necessary for
estimating flood and hurricane losses.
>South Carolina: Following the Maryland
and Georgia projects, we formulated a toolkit
for estimating building losses for the South
Carolina Emergency Management Division.
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