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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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 Past President escottbillingsley@gmail.com Retired VP of Geology and GIS, Pennsylvania General Energy Company Geosciences '81 Centre Hall, Pennsylvania |
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Jenna Bishop jmb9360@gmail.com Project Manager, ARRO Consulting, Inc. Environmental Systems Engineering '17 Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
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Kevin Cei kevincei@gmail.com Head of Solutions Architecture, Jupiter Intelligence Meteorology '07 New York, New York |
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Shelley Corman-Frisby shelley.corman@bwpmlp.com VP Business Development , Boardwalk Pipeline Partners Mineral Economics '85 Houston, Texas |
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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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Michael Hopkins mlhop192@gmail.com Executive Officer, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Meteorology '91 Silver Springs, Maryland |
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Courtney Jackson courtney.jackson66@gmail.com Emergency Management Specialist (Geospatial Coordinator) , Federal Emergency Management Agency Geography '15 '20g Lombard, Illinois |
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Todd Krause twkrause96@gmail.com Chief Revenue Officer, Climate Impact Partners, LLC Geo-Environmental Engineering '96 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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Mary Reinthal maryreinthal23@gmail.com Scientist, DuPont Electronics and Industrial Geosciences '20 Philadelphia, 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 President 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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Diegue Tchienga diegue.tchienga@cemex.com Plant Superintendent, CEMEX Mining Engineering '19 Loveland, Colorado |
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Wendy L. Zeller Zigaitis wendy.zeller@gmail.com Senior Analyst, Department of Defense Geography '99 St Louis, Missouri |