Natalie Uschner receives the Volunteer of the Month Award for January 2005 for her dynamic role as the chairperson of the NeoGeos. Natalie stepped into this position in 2003 and has invigorated the members by holding exciting events for the young professional group, such as the NeoGeos 5th Anniversary Birthday Bash at St. Arnold''s Brewery, and field trips and dinner meetings such as October''s tour of the Core Laboratories and November''s Career Management dinner meeting with Glen Pankonien. She has had an active role in keeping the group true to its roots, infusing the group with her enthusiasm and charisma, and planning so many varied and interesting opportunities. Her goal is to raise awareness of this interesting group, and to create closer ties between the NeoGeos and the greater HGS organization to foster future participation in the HGS by young geoscientists.Natalie received her Bachelor''s degree in geology from the College of William and Mary in 1998, and is currently working on her MS degree in geology-paleontology from Indiana University. She began working at Schlumberger in 2001 as a geoscientist in the Information Solutions group, where she provides support and training for geologic, petrophysical, and mapping/modeling GeoFrame applications. Her current focus is on the petrophysical software, Interactive Petrophysics.Natalie also serves as the secretary for the WISE group (Women in Schlumberger Everywhere), and has been an active member of the HGS and NeoGeos since 2001.