BOB ARDELLBob Ardell is currently a petroleum consultant to Kossak Oil and Gas L.P. Bob has worked in the industry for over 40 years after graduating from Monmouth College with his bachelors and masters from Kansas State University. His service to the profession began in New Orleans where he served as the editor of the NOGS Log and has continued at all levels of the profession. He has been a long-term member of the House of Delegates and also served on numerous support committees both regionally and nationally. He is a past chairman of the AAPG Foundation Associates and presently serves on the AAPG Foundation Corporation and on the audit committee of the Foundation.
PAUL BABCOCKPaul Babcock joined NFR Energy LLC in 2008 as Vice President-Geosciences. Prior to his post with NFR, he has held other executive and senior technical positions with Peoples Energy Production LLC, Burlington Resources/Meridian Oil and Mobil Oil/Superior Oil. Babcock received his Bachelor of Science in Geology from the State University of New York and completed graduate Geoscience and Engineering courses at the University of Houston. He is a Texas Licensed Professional Geoscientist. Paul Babcock has been an AAPG member for over 30 years, a delegate in his 12th year and was a GCAGS-section representative to the Advisory Council for 2 years. He has also been active in SIPES and the HGS organizations.
LEE BACKSEN
GEORGE BALL
SANDRA BARBER
KARA C. BENNETT
Kara C. Bennett has been an independent consulting geoscientist and prospect generator since 1994. Previously Kara worked at Gulf, Mobil, Amoco and more recently she was Chief Geoscientist at Rocksource Energy. She earned her B.S. in Geology from Florida Atlantic University and M.S. in Geology from the U. Florida in 1978. She has been very active in the HGS, as committee chair (ConEd), Editor, Vice President, President-elect and 2008-09 HGS President. She currently chairs the HGS Advisory and Nominations Committees. She also originated and maintained the online HGS Jobs Hotline for the first 4 years. A member of AAPG and SIPES, she has chaired Continuing Education for the AAPG 2006 Annual Convention and served one term as an HOD delegate.
GEORGE BOLE
STEVEN BRACHMAN
PAUL WILLIAM BRITT
Paul William Britt is an independent geologist, consultant and President of Texplore since 1992. Paul has previously worked for Elf Aquitaine, Union Texas Petroleum, Michigan Wisconsin Pipeline and Exlog. He graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a B.S. in Geology in 1978. He has served on the HGS Board as Vice President, Bulletin Editor, Director and Treasurer as well as having chaired several committees. He is currently President of the AAPG Division of Professional Affairs, and has been active in SIPES, having held several national and local positions. He has served as a Delegate in the House for five terms since 1992 and has chaired several HOD committees.
MARTHA BROUSSARD
MARTIN M. CASSIDY
Martin M. Cassidy with Harvard BA geology, and newly married, moved to Corpus Christi in 1955 to work with Standard of Texas. We liked Texas and petroleum geology. After military duty, a M.S. degree from the Univ. Okla., two years of Ph.D. study at Harvard (ABD), with 3 children, returned to Texas in 1962 joining Amoco. Martin retired in 1994, and then earned a Ph.D. at the U. of H. He joined AAPG in 1963 being active in membership, the publication pipeline committee, and as an AAPG delegate for the last six years. With both domestic and international experience Martin believes that he can well represent the Houston geoscience community.
GARY P. CITRON
Gary P. Citron after a twenty year career at Amoco joined Pete Rose’s consulting firm in February 1999, which focuses on risk analysis. Gary became Pete’s first Partner in Rose & Associates, LLP in 2001 and is now the Managing Partner. In 1999 he served in AAPG’s Visiting Geologist Program. In 2001, he received the best paper award from the AAPG’s DPA, and in 2007 he was honored for delivering a ‘Top Ten Oral Presentation’ at the AAPG Long Beach convention. Gary currently serves on the AAPG Education committee and as an Associate Editor for the SPE. He is a Texas State certified and licensed Geologist who has authored more than a dozen publications.
GARY COBURN
JIM CORKEN
CHERYL DESFORGES
Cheryl Desforges has been privileged to have been allowed to practice geology in the petroleum industry since 1975. Her career path at various times has involved being an independent consultant, and working for a number of up-stream oil and technical service companies, including Atlantic-Richfield Company (ARCO), Sonat Exploration, Diamond Shamrock, J. M. Huber, Randall & Dewey, Ryder Scott, and Sabco Oil and Gas Corporation, my current position. Her career has offered her opportunities to develop skills in many facets of geologic evaluation spanning rank wildcat and regional trend exploration to field exploitation, as well as SEC reserve audit preparations, acquisition screening and divestment marketing. Her education includes a B.S. degree in Geology from Texas Christian University and a M.S. degree in Physical Science/Geology and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Houston. She is a licensed Professional Geoscientist in the State of Texas and an active member in a number of professional organizations, including AAPG, HGS, SEPM, GSA and SEG. She has held various volunteer and elected positions including HGS Treasurer-Elect/Treasurer 2005-2007; Committee Chairman: Finance 2004-2005; Continuing Education 2004-2005; Publication Sales 1985-1989; Conference Co-Chairman 2005 “Coastal Subsidence, Sea Level and the Future of the Gulf Coast”; Regional Science Fair Awards/Interns Selection Committee 2004-2009, GCAGS Houston 2008 Treasurer, AAPG HOD 2007-2010. She would be pleased if HGS elects me to another AAPG HOD term.