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
GEMS 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
GEMS President-Elect escottbillingsley@gmail.com Geosciences '81 Warren, Pennsylvania |
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Kevin Cei
kevincei@gmail.com Director, QualRisk ‘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 VP Engineering Technology (retired), Range Resources Corporation Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering '81 Sewickley, Pennsylvania |
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John Lease
lease.john@gmail.com Director, EHS (retired), Alcoa '76 Earth Science Export, Pennsylvania |
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Susan Lechtanski
GEMS Secretary sal142@psu.edu Project Manager, Auxiliary and Business Services, Penn State Geography '97 University Park, Pennsylvania |
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Erik Pytlak
GEMS Past President mon87soon@gmail.com Manager, Weather and Streamflow Forecasting, Bonneville Power Administration Meteorology '91 Portland, Oregon |
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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 Lab 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 |