Carley Fitzgerald
In March 2020, ESRI released a study that suggested Highlands County one of the most vulnerable counties in the United States to COVID-19 based on our social vulnerability index, population, and density of those aged 60+ years. I was shortly thereafter ac
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*Acronym definitions to know: GIS (Geographic Information Science), ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute), WGIS (Women in GIS)
Carley Fitzgerald is a geographer and GIS expert from Highlands County, Florida, who's dedicated, innovative and bold leadership in Florida changed how experts approached issues of geospatial epidemiology across the country.
In March 2020, Carley began working in the COVID-19 Information & Planning Section of the Highlands County Emergency Operations Center. A study released by ESRI around that time warned that Highlands was one of the most vulnerable in the nation, so Carley quickly got to work.
She worked on everything from sourcing, managing and analyzing data, to epidemiological modeling, to application development and public outreach.
"It is my hope that by providing the data, analysis, applications, and more to the County we were able to better prepare and respond to COVID-19 in our Count…
