Volunteer of the Month: Cheryl DesforgesThe February Volunteer of the Month is Cheryl Desforges. Cheryl is a consultant at Ryder Scott Company, currently working on projects at BP. She has become quite active this year in the HGS becoming Finance Committee Chairman to replace the new Treasurer-Elect and serving on the Website Committee. Additionally, Cheryl has become Chairman of the Continuing Education Committee. She was a candidate for Director in the 2004 HGS Board elections. Her duties as Finance Committee Chairman require her to oversee budget preparation and serve as liaison between the HGS Board and the Investment Advisors for the Society's invested funds.Cheryl volunteered to become Chairman of the Continuing Education Committee recently when the previous chairman took an assignment overseas. She and her committee have organized a three-part mini-series on Petroleum Reserves (December, January, and May). They have planned an additional course on Rock-Based Integration: Geologic Interpretation of the Integration of Seismic and Petrophysical Data (February 17) and helped set up the TBPG Continuing Education Requirements Forum (held in January). She has led her committee in the innovative (for the HGS) addition of video taping the Continuing Education Series on Petroleum Reserves. Cheryl has a BS in geology from Texas Christian University and an MS in physical science/geology and an MBA (finance) from the University of Houston. She is a member of AAPG, GSA, SEG and is a licensed Professional Geologist in the State of Texas. Before coming to Ryder Scott, she worked for a variety of companies, the most recent being Subsurface Consultants & Associates and Randall and Dewey, Inc.The HGS Board acknowledges and thanks Cheryl for her spirit of volunteerism and work for the Houston Geological Society.