S2 EP11: From Athlete to Africa with Kat James from 400 Feet

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Geographers without Borders

Women in GIS

36 episodes

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Women in GIS presents "Geographers without Borders". This interview-style podcast brings you guests from around the world to share about their niche in geography. From GIS to Urban Planning to Marine Biology, scientists and professionals around the world use the science of geography to solve problems critical to humanity every day. With Host, Shannon Foxx-Day, and Producer, Caitlin Hagar-Kuhn.

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S2 EP11: From Athlete to Africa with Kat James from 400 Feet

Geographers without Borders

45 minutes 58 seconds

11 months ago

S2 EP11: From Athlete to Africa with Kat James from 400 Feet

Kat James is the founder of Four Hundred Feet, a social enterprise that helps individuals and organizations leverage drone technology to amplify impact in the global health, environmental, and humanitarian sectors through consulting, one-on-one coaching, and educational resources. As a consultant, she helps organizations navigate the local regulatory environment, identify technical solutions and partners, design & implement projects, and scale for impact.

Previously, Kat was a GIS specialist working on global health projects, which ranged from designing a maternal health data dashboard for the Ministry of Health in Ghana to mapping thousands of villages in Liberia and Zambia to see how far women must travel to access reproductive healthcare services.

Kat has a Bachelors of Art in Geography and Global Health from Middlebury College and a Masters in Public Health and Information Science from the University of Michigan. Kat is also a Kenya Civil Aviation Authority Certified Remote Pilot and Certified Part 107 Remote Pilot, and serves on the advisory boards of the Commercial UAV Expo’s Path the Leadership Scholarship Program and DroneDeploy’s Resilient Futures Grant Program.