Steven Steinberg
Los Angeles County
Geospatial Information Officer
Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Steinberg is the Geospatial Information Officer for Los Angeles County California where he works across 40 county departments to develop and implement geospatial strategy with a team of highly skilled GIS professionals. Previously he was Professor of Geospatial Science at Cal Poly Humboldt where he introduced hundreds of students to the power of geospatial technologies. He has researched and presented extensively on the application of geospatial technologies for modeling and visualization of both human and natural environments. He co-authored two books with his wife, Dr. Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg: GIS Research Methods (2015) Esri Press and GIS for the Social Sciences: Investigating Space and Place (2005) Sage Publications. Most recently they co-edited, GIS Applications for Resilience: Across Spatial Geographies (2021) Esri Press. Dr. Steinberg continues to educate future professionals in the MS GIScience program at CSU, Long Beach and currently serves on the Board of Directors of URISA.
