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Lon Abbott

Lon Abbott

General Chair

University of Colorado Boulder

Ginny Peterson

Ginny Peterson

Technical Program Chair

Grand Valley State University

Kevin Mickus

Kevin Mickus

Vice Tech Program Chair

Missouri State University

Lexie Millikin

Lexie Millikin

Field Trip Chair

University of Colorado Boulder

Ben Laabs

Ben Laabs

Field Trip Chair

Bureau of Reclamation

Jack Shaw

Jack Shaw

Exhibits and Sponsorship Chair

University of Colorado Boulder

Drew Andrews

Drew Andrews

Connects Geosites Map Editor

Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Margaret Bobb

Margaret Bobb

K-12 Chair

Denver Public Schools

Tim Connors

Tim Connors

Ambassador

U.S. National Park Service

Nancy House

Nancy House

Ambassador

Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)

Aaron Johnson

Aaron Johnson

Ambassador

American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG)

Don Rosenberry

Don Rosenberry

Ambassador

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Joint Technical Program Committee

GSA Divisions

Continental Scientific Drilling Division
Lisa E. Park Boush, Michael M. McGlue

Energy Geology Division
Lily J. Jackson, Anna Ahlstrom Littlefield

Environmental and Engineering Geology Division
William Paul Burgess, Luke A. McGuire

Geoarchaeology Division
Charles F. T. Andrus, Alyssa Victoria Pietraszek

Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division
Brandt M. Gibson, David A. Gold, Lydia Tackett

Geochronology Division
Manuel Contreras-Lopez, John Cottle, Noah McLean

Geoinformatics and Data Science Division
Anirudh Prabhu, Daven P. Quinn

Geology and Health Division
Rachel Marylee Coyte, Sabrina L. Lanker, Abhishek RoyChowdhury

Geology and Society Division
Alan I. Benimoff, Sinjini Sinha

Geophysics and Geodynamics Division
Shannon A. Dulin, Amanda N. Hughes, Benjamin Patrick Magnin

Geoscience Education Division
Melissa N. Ortega, Victor J. Ricchezza

History, Philosophy, and Geoheritage Division
William M. Andrews, Jr., Rex A. Hanger

Hydrogeology Division
Richelle M. Allen-King, Courtney Killian, Yipeng Zhang

Karst Division
Daniel Jones, Jeanne Lambert Sumrall

Limnogeology Division
Lesleigh Anderson, Elana L. Leithold

Marine and Coastal Geoscience Division
Joshua C. Bregy, Joseph Andrew Carlin, Mohammad Imaran, Nicole S. Khan

Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division
Jade Star Lackey, Gary S. Michelfelder, J. Alex Speer, Elisabeth Widom, Chris Yakymchuk

Planetary Geology Division
Debra Buczkowski, Terik Daly, Claire A. Mondro, Alexander M. Morgan, Jennifer L. Piatek

Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division
Karen B. Gran, Bradley G. Johnson, William B. Ouimet

Sedimentary Geology Division
Jacob Covault, Majie Fan, Jason A. Flaum, Andrew Leier, Joel Saylor

Soils and Soil Processes Division
Timothy M. Gallagher, Michael Howard Young

Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Morgann Gwenva Perrot, Rebecca M. Flowers, Elena A. Miranda, Andrew Vincent Zuza

Representatives At-Large

GSA International
W. Berry Lyons

Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography
Megan K. Fung

Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Kenneth D. Ridgeway

Associated Societies

Association of Earth Science Editors
Monica Gaiswinkler Easton

Council on Undergraduate Research Geosciences Division
Elizabeth Heise, Claire McLeod

Geochemical Society
Frank C. Ramos

Geoscience Information Society
Jenna Thomson

Mineralogical Society of America
Philip Brown

National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Meghan Lindsey Cook

Paleontological Society
David W. Bapst, Sarah M. Jacquet

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