Scott County, Iowa
Kristen McCutcheon is an experienced professional with a diverse background in Geographic Information Systems and coaching. Currently serving as a Geographic Information Systems Technician for Scott County, Iowa since July 2023, Kristen also holds the position of Learn To Skate Coordinator for the City of Davenport and has been an Ice Skating Coach for The Rivers Edge since June 2017. Additionally, Kristen has contributed to Davenport Parks and Rec as a Learn to Skate Instructor since February 2013, teaching young students the fundamentals of figure skating and hockey skills. Previous roles include co-owning Exl Products, managing Pawn Central, and interning with the US Army Corps of Engineers, where responsibilities included GIS data entry and map layer editing. Kristen's academic qualifications include studies at the University of Iowa and Cochise College, complemented by a diploma from Pleasant Valley High School.
Scott County, Iowa
Cradled by the mighty Mississippi River on the east and south, and the meandering Wapsipinicon River on the north, Scott County, Iowa offers an extraordinary combination of quality living styles. Scott County is part of the Quad Cities Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), located in eastern Iowa and western Illinois on the Mississippi River, 165 miles west of Chicago. The Quad Cities MSA consists of Scott County in Iowa and Rock Island and Henry Counties in Illinois. Combined with the nearly 165,000 Scott County residents, it measures over 350,000 people in population. The Quad Cities is midway between Minneapolis on the north and St. Louis on the south; Chicago on the east and Des Moines on the west. The area's 300-mile market of nearly 36.5 million people comprises nearly 15% of the nation's population. This makes it the largest 300-mile market west of Chicago.