Heather Weiner is a Coastal Geoscientist in the Coastal Monitoring & Analysis Program (CMAP) at the Washington State Department of Ecology, specializing in coastal hazards, geomorphology, and nearshore processes. CMAP conducts quarterly beach topography surveys throughout the southwest Washington coast to monitor erosion and changes in beach elevation. CMAP also performs surveys around the Puget Sound to map and monitor beaches and bluffs using boat-based topographic lidar and multibeam sonar aboard the R/V George Davidson. Heather is CMAP’s field crew leader and the lead survey equipment operator aboard the R/V George Davidson. She earned an MSc in Marine Resource Management at Oregon State University, specializing in Coastal Processes and Hazards, and has a BSc in both Geological and Biological Sciences from Virginia Tech.