Officers & Councilors

OFFICERS: July 2023–June 2024

PRESIDENT

Christopher (Chuck) Bailey
William & Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Mark Gabriel Little
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

PRESIDENT-ELECT

Carmala N. Garzione
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona, USA

TREASURER

Brian G. Katz
Environmental Consultant
Weaverville, North Carolina, USA

COUNCIL MEMBER-AT-LARGE

Madeline E. Schreiber
Professor, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO / SECRETARY

Melanie Brandt (ex officio, non-voting)
Geological Society of America
Boulder, Colorado, USA

Councilors

Term: July 2020 – June 2024

Susan G. Stover
Emerita Kansas Geological Survey; Consultant
Topeka, Kansas, USA

Madeline E. Schreiber
Professor, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

Abhijit Mukherjee
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Kharagpur, West Bengal, India

Term: July 2021–June 2025

J. Wright Horton, Jr.
U.S. Geological Survey
Reston, Virginia, USA

Jean C. C. Hsieh
Sedimentary Geology Consultants
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Donna M. Jurdy
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois, USA

Term: July 2022–June 2026

Richard M. Ortiz
Lettis Consultants International, Inc. (LCI)
Sacramento, California, USA

Carol D. Frost
University of Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming, USA

Kathleen DeGraaff Surpless
Sections Liaison for Council
Trinity University
San Antonio, Texas, USA

Term: July 2023–June 2027

Craig H. Jones
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado, USA

Patricia Persaud
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona, USA

Nicholas P. Lang
Divisions Liaison for Council
NASA Planetary Science Division (two-year assignment)
Mercyhurst University
Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

GSA Student Advisory Council

SAC Chair:
Miguel Valencia

Florida International University
Miami, Florida, USA

The chair of the GSA Student Advisory Council (SAC) serves on GSA Council as a full voting member. The SAC is comprised of student representatives on GSA Divisions, Sections, or Standing Committees.

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Contact Information

GSA Executive Director: GSAExecDirector@geosociety.org
GSA President: President@geosociety.org
GSA President-Elect: President-Elect@geosociety.org

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