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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Looking to the Future


Keri A. Nutter, CPG-11579 knutter@dowl.com


I can’t believe that it is already 2019, and we are starting a new year. It seems as if it was just yesterday that I was invited to a meeting at the Anchorage Hilton with the 2013 AIPG Executive Committee as they were scoping out Anchorage for the 2015 annual meeting location. It was at that meeting that I was introduced to AIPG board service and welcomed to the table and into the discussion. Now, 6 years later, I am privileged to be serving as the 2019 AIPG president. All it took was for Ron Wallace, Bill Siok, and Ray Talkington to ask me to sit at the table to share my thoughts about how to appeal to students and young professionals. It was this opportunity that hooked me solidly into an organization that, until that point, I had merely belonged to but had not found the passion to participate in and become engaged with.


I am looking forward to 2019 because the energy is greater than ever in our membership – our young and fresh-minded students and Young Professionals are stepping up to the leadership plate and doing amazing things at the col- legiate, section, and even national level. In this Student Issue of the TPG, we have reflections and words of wisdom from our experienced members and many student submit- tals – more than last year! These student pieces are well-written and showcase the great work and valu- able contribution of our students and Young Professionals. This is the shift in energy that will help carry AIPG through some tough times ahead. With licensure under attack in multiple states, the passion of our


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experienced members is needed to invigorate and encourage all of us to continue working hard for the advocacy and support of geoscien- tists and the important role of AIPG.


The 2019 Executive Committee is charged and ready to tackle the chal- lenges and tasks necessary to further the growth and reinforce the mission of AIPG – Competency, Integrity, Ethics. I am honored to serve our members and will do so along with a great team of individuals who are a mix of experienced board members and some new faces on the Executive Committee. I am so happy to continue serving with Past-President Doug Bartlett of the Arizona Section; his experience and guidance has been and will continue to be a valuable source of knowledge and encouragement. Todd McFarland of the Tennessee Section is returning to the Executive Committee as President-Elect; Todd and I served together on the board for a couple of years as fellow advisory board representatives, and when Todd was elected 2015 Vice President, and it is exciting to work with him again!


Nancy Wolverson (Nevada), Anne Murray (Florida), and John Berry (Texas) will all maintain seats on the ExCom serving as the 2019 Vice President, Secretary, and Editor, respectively, and I am happy to have the opportunity to keep working with them and learn- ing from their experiences and careers. Matt Rhoades of the Colorado Section will be our trusty Treasurer and Erica Stevenson from Michigan will serve as our Young Professional, receiving the baton from Brandy Barnes of the Carolinas Section who will continue to serve as the Past-Young Professional in 2019. The advisory board, as elected in Colorado Springs in September, will be Steve Baker (California), Colin Flaherty (Ohio), Amy Hoeksema (Michigan), and


Shanna Schmitt (Minnesota), who is returning after serving in 2016.


I am also proud to be the fourth female president of AIPG, (following in the footsteps of Susan Landon (1990) and my mentors Barb Murphy (2012) and Helen Hickman (2016), and to be on the first female-dominated board in the history of AIPG. Seven out of eleven of the 2019 Executive Committee mem- bers are women, and the average age of the Executive Committee is decreas- ing – a sign that as the dynamics and demographics of the geosciences evolve, so does AIPG (check out the Geoscience Currents on the American Geoscience Institute’s website). As presented dur- ing the 2018 Annual Meeting plenary session, there are more generations than ever in the workforce and as a result, proportionally more different priorities and ways of communicating and relat- ing. But with an organization like AIPG, we can bridge across the demographics and all our differences to remain united, strong, and focused on the future and the importance of the professional geo- scientist.


We have a busy year ahead with much support anticipated for states under threats of de-licensure, encouragement for sections that are finding their foot- ing, and continued support for those sections that are consistently leading the charge to educate the public and encourage youth to pursue geoscience careers. AIPG will continue to support student programs and scholarships and to keep the farm system growing to keep the geoscience profession strong!


I want to thank every one of you for your part in keeping this organization the wonderful entity that it is today – from our knowledgeable long-timers, to our brand-new students and young professionals, to the incredible AIPG staff that keep us running so smoothly. You are all what make AIPG great and I thank you from the bottom of my heart!


Jan.Feb.Mar 2019 • TPG 35


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