GSA Foundation Hires New President
The Geological Society of America Foundation (GSAF) has selected Dr.
Christopher Grant Maples, as its next president. He replaces Dr. John W.
(Jack) Hess, who has been the president of The Foundation since January
2015. Dr. Maples will join GSAF in July of this year.
Dr. Maples earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at Indiana University and his
B.S. at West Georgia College. He has held senior leadership positions at
both geoscience centers (Department Chair, Geological Sciences, Indiana
University; executive vice president for research, Desert Research
Institute) and technology-focused universities (president, Oregon Institute
of Technology; interim chancellor, Missouri University of Science and
Technology). Currently, he is the interim president at the Pacific
Northwest College of Art (PNCA). He also has served at the National Science
Foundation and the Kansas Geological Survey. In addition, he has some 16
years of continual advanced leadership training at several prestigious
institutions. He is a GSA Fellow and a Fellow of the Paleontological
Society.
Dr. Wes Ward, Chairman of the GSAF Board of Trustees, reports that, “Maples
has excellent skills as both manager and fundraiser and will help us expand
our ranks of friends and donors to the Society.”
“The Foundation gives its most sincere thanks to Jack Hess for many years
of thoughtful, bold, and very successful leadership,” said Ward, “and we
welcome Chris Maples into our family.”
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The mission of the Geological Society of America Foundation (GSAF) is to
develop and provide funds to support the goals and programs of the
Geological Society of America (GSA). The Foundation was created in 1980 to
raise funds in support of the Decade of North American Geology—the
signature event of GSA’s centennial in 1988. The Foundation subsequently
secured support for a major expansion of GSA headquarters in Boulder,
Colorado. Today, the GSA Foundation continues to serve current and future
donors by providing information and solutions that align their
philanthropic interests with GSA programs and priorities. Through this
partnership with GSA members and corporate supporters, the GSA Foundation
is now able to provide over $1 million annually to the Society.
https://gsa-foundation.org/