Phyllis Smith

Assistant Director of the AR Census State Data Center and Manager of the Geographic Information System (GIS) Applications Laboratory
Institute for Economic Advancement
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Ms. Smith, an Associate Research Specialist for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has worked with census data since 1971. In 1994 Phyllis was invited to Geneva, Switzerland for four months to analyze censuses for the United Nations' Economic Commission. She continued to serve as a consultant to the UN for two years after returning to Arkansas.

Phyllis began working with GIS technology in 1990 and manages the UALR GIS Applications Laboratory. She was a member of the Executive Committee that formed the AR GIS Users Forum and was an officer of the Forum for ten years, serving five of those as the Chair. In 1999 Governor Mike Huckabee appointed Ms. Smith to the AR State Land Information Board. She is currently serving her second term. This Board supports economic development and improved quality of life for Arkansas citizens by providing basic spatial data infrastructure, coordination geographic information activities, and creating short-and long-term strategies that will result in improved decision making, effective asset management, and reduced costs. In 2002 Phyllis was elected as a Director at Large of the Mid America GIS Consortium (MAGIC).

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