The GEMS Board of Directors is composed of 16 members (15 person plus immediate past president). In 1994, the founding GEMS Board of Directors was appointed by the dean to provide leadership and programming opportunities for the GEMS Alumni Society. Board members are nominated and elected by the general GEMS membership and the active Board of Directors. Board members serve a three-year term with a maximum of two consecutive terms, commit to attending two board meetings each year at University Park, and actively serve on at least one subcommittee. Officers are selected by the current Board of Directors for a two-year term.
GEMS Board Members
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Dave Archacki Past President darchacki@shrieve.com Product Manager, Oilfield Chemicals, Shrieve Chemical Products, Inc. Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering '91 Woodlands, Texas |
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Andrew Armpriester Andrew.Armpriester@Chevron.com Subsurface Manager, Chevron Corporation Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering '98 Houston, Texas |
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E. Scott Billingsley President escottbillingsley@gmail.com Retired VP of Geology and GIS, Pennsylvania General Energy Company Geosciences '81 Centre Hall, Pennsylvania |
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Kevin Cei kevincei@gmail.com Head of Solutions Architecture, Jupiter Intelligence ‘07 Meteorology New York, New York |
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Emily Constantine Mercurio Emily.mercurio@civicmapper.com President and CEO, CivicMapper, LLC Geosciences '96 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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Greg DeVoir GEMS Communications Specialist greg.devoir@noaa.gov Senior Forecaster, NOAA/National Weather Service Meteorology '92 State College, Pennsylvania |
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Joseph Frantz, Jr. jfrantz0220@gmail.com Senior Executive Adviser , ResFrac Corporation Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering '81 Sewickley, Pennsylvania |
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Michael Hopkins mlhop192@gmail.com Executive Officer, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Meteorology, 1991 Silver Springs, Maryland |
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John Lease Secretary lease.john@gmail.com Director, EHS (retired), Alcoa '76 Earth Science Export, Pennsylvania |
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Susan Lechtanski President-Elect sal142@psu.edu Project Manager, Auxiliary and Business Services, Penn State Geography '97 University Park, Pennsylvania |
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Jennifer L. Rygel rygeljl@corning.com Senior Research Scientist , Corning Materials Science and Engineering '07 '12g Painted Post, New York |
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Laura Schell laurarschell@gmail.com Research Engineer, NSF International Materials Science and Engineering '11 Ann Arbor, Michigan |
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Emily Starin Connor esconnor@gmail.com Project Manager, Yale Carbon Containment Lab Geography '12 New York, New York |
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Jeffrey Swab jeffreyswab@aol.com Senior Ceramic Research Engineer, U. S. Army Research Laboratory Ceramic Science and Engineering '83 Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland |
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Richard Wagner rwagner201@gmail.com Director, Bureau of Mine Safety, PA Department of Environmental Protection Mining Engineering '03 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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Wendy L. Zeller Zigaitis wendy.zeller@gmail.com Senior Analyst, Department of Defense Geography '99 St Louis, Missouri |