Kevin Mickey

Director, Professional Development and Geospatial Technology Education

Kevin directs and supports the professional education programs of The Polis Center including its Data Literacy series.  He also teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on social science data and methods for modeling crisis for the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering.

Kevin is a recognized expert in the application of geospatial technologies and methods for assessing the social, economic, physical, and environmental impacts of natural hazards.. He has over three decades of consulting and professional education experience for multiple U.S. federal agencies as well as many state and local government, private sector, academic, and nonprofit organizations.

Kevin is a Past President of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA), an internationally recognized leader in the geospatial profession with multiple state, provincial, and regional chapters. In addition to his role as Past President, Kevin has chaired URISA’s Professional Education, Community Resilience, and Core Docs committees and is a recipient of the URISA Leadership Award.  Kevin is also the former chair of the Multihazard Mitigation Council (MMC) of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) and a former member of the Indiana Geographic Information Council Board of Directors. He currently serves on the National Visiting Committee of the National GeoTech Center of Excellence.

Kevin earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography and a Master of Planning degree from Indiana University.  He is also a Certified GISP Professional (GISP), a CompTia CTT+ Certified Classroom Trainer and an Esri Certified Desktop Associate.