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
| Headshot | Name & Email | Officer Title | Employer | Degree |
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Andrew Armpriester Andrew.Armpriester@Chevron.com |
General Manager, NOJV & Royalty, Shale and Tight , Chevron Corporation Houston, Texas |
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering '98 | |
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Scott Billingsley escottbillingsley@gmail.com |
Past President | Retired VP of Geology and GIS, Pennsylvania General Energy Company Centre Hall, Pennsylvania |
Geosciences '81 |
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Jenna Bishop jmb9360@gmail.com |
Project Manager, ARRO Consulting, Inc. Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
Environmental Systems Engineering '17 | |
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Kevin Cei kevincei@gmail.com |
Head of Solutions Architecture, Jupiter Intelligence New York, New York |
Meteorology ‘07 | |
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Greg DeVoir greg.devoir@noaa.gov |
Secretary | Senior Forecaster, NOAA/National Weather Service State College, Pennsylvania |
Meteorology '92 |
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Mike Hopkins mlhop192@gmail.com |
Executive Officer, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Silver Springs, Maryland |
Meteorology '91 | |
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Courtney Jackson courtney.jackson66@gmail.com |
Emergency Management Specialist (Geospatial Coordinator) , Federal Emergency Management Agency Lombard, Illinois |
Geography '15 '20g | |
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Todd Krause twkrause96@gmail.com |
Chief Revenue Officer, Climate Impact Partners, LLC Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Geo-Environmental Engineering '96 | |
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Quentin Lawson-Parchment QUENTIN.LAWSONPARCHMENT@GMAIL.COM |
Office Engineer, Promatech Inc. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Energy Engineering '23 | |
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Sid Pandey S.PANDEY9218@GMAIL.COM |
Location Intelligence Manager, Deloitte Vienna, Virginia |
Geography ‘14 | |
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Mary Reinthal maryreinthal23@gmail.com |
Scientist, DuPont Electronics and Industrial Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Geosciences '20 | |
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Jen L. Rygel rygeljl@corning.com |
Senior Research Scientist , Corning Painted Post, New York |
Materials Science and Engineering '07 '12g | |
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Laura Schell laurarschell@gmail.com |
President | Research Engineer, NSF International Ann Arbor, Michigan |
Materials Science and Engineering '11 |
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Emily Starin Connor esconnor@gmail.com |
Project Manager, Yale Carbon Containment Lab New York, New York |
Geography '12 | |
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Jeffrey Swab jeffreyswab@aol.com |
Owner, Swab Consulting LLC State College, Pennsylvania |
Ceramic Science and Engineering '83 | |
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Diegue Tchienga diegue.tchienga@cemex.com |
Plant Superintendent, CEMEX Loveland, Colorado |
Mining Engineering '19 |