18 The Oregon Surveyor | Vol. 46, No. 1 2022 Surveyor of the Year The Surveyor of the Year award is the opportunity to recognize a member of the professional community that stood out among the crowd for their contribution to PLSO and the profession. Jered McGrath is a Senior Project Manager at S&F Land Services in Portland. He has a B.S. in land surveying and geomatics from Oregon Institute of Technology; is licensed in Oregon, Washington, and California; and has worked in each state during his 20-year career. His day-to-day work includes a variety of land surveying services that the private sector needs, including boundary and topo work, GPS control surveys, UAV and photogrammetry mapping, title surveys, complex boundary problems, legal descriptions, easements, and the division of property in a variety of jurisdictions. Jered is highly involved in the professional surveying community, such as volunteering time and efforts for educational outreach events and the Conference Committee. Many of these activities include classroom presentations to prospective surveying students and career counselors, as well as large career fairs catering to thousands of students in a short time frame. Over the past 15 years, Jered has participated in outreach events in the Portland Metro area such as the NW Career Youth Expo, Willamette Promise events, Engineers Week Career Fairs, Southwest Washington’s STEMWeek, and other outreach opportunities where possible. From these experiences, he hopes to discuss and provide some tips and tricks to help others provide outreach to prospective surveying students and future surveying technicians at outreach events around the state. Congratulations Jered for being Surveyor of the Year! Typically, I like to listen to the nomination being read aloud at the ceremony, and guess who is being talked about. As it was being read this year, I picked up on four or five words that sounded a lot like or exactly like my LinkedIn profile, and then it hit me what was going on. I am gratefully humbled by the award as I feel there are many in this organization who continually strive to better it and our profession. I enjoy giving back to PLSO when I can as I always feel one will truly get more out of volunteering than one puts into it. I know it can be difficult at times when trying to balance family activities, general household demands, and a work life balance. I really am lucky that my wife of 17 years, Kerri, has no issues with me going off to my society meetings and or having longwinded video conferencing sessions. Both Kerri and my daughter, Ashlyn, think I talk on the phone way too much, but I have no desire to slow down or change anytime soon. Onward and upward for the next year! Cheers! Jered with his wife, Kerri, and daughter, Ashlyn. OF THE YEAR 2022 Surveyor Jered McGrath
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