Shawna Ernst has worked at Spokane County for the past nine years. GIS at the County is primarily centralized, so she has had the opportunity to work with a wide variety of departments- from Public Safety to Planning. Shawna's GIS interests are focused around the use of GIS in local government, web application design, and python scripting. Shawna holds a Bachelor's in Geology and a Master's in Urban and Regional Planning, both from Eastern Washington University. Her Master's thesis was a study of annexation law and its effect on local government revenue.