Andrew Bernish
Andrew Bernish (M.C.P., University of Maryland, AICP/GISP) is a Senior GIS Planner at the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) in the Transportation Secretary's Office (The Office of Planning, Programming,and Project Delivery).
Prior to working at MDOT, he worked in the private sector as an Associate Planner at Ayers Saint Gross. He also worked on the Planning Secretary's Executive Response team at the Maryland Department of Planning during the O'Malley administration. He served in the US Peace Corps as a Community Resource and Education Volunteer in South Africa.
Andrew teaches PSUS 6201, Principles of Urban Planning and both GWU SUP GIS courses (URSP 688L and URSP 688M - Desktop and Web GIS for Planners).
- B.A., The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill , Psychology & Information Systems
- M.C.P., University of Maryland College Park
- GISP, The GIS Certification Institute
- AICP, American Institute of Certified Planners
- GIS
- Data Visualization
- Cartography
- Planning Theory
- Planning History
- Planning Technology
- 2022: ESRI Map Book Inclusion – Commuting Times for Maryland Counties (3D)
- 2020: ESRI Cartography Award – Recipient of first annual ArcGIS for Adobe Creative Cloud map award
- 2019: ESRI Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award Recipient
- 2012: Outstanding MCP Award, University of Maryland – Recipient of Annual Master’s of Community Planning Award by faculty for “remarkable academic and leadership skills”