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Denise Cox

Storm Energy, President

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Denise Cox, Candidate for President-Elect

Meet the candidates: Denise Cox

Meet Denise Cox, 2017 Candidate for AAPG President-Elect

I am honored to have been encouraged by colleagues, nominated by the Advisory Council and selected by the Executive Committee to stand for President-Elect of AAPG. AAPG has been a consistent resource throughout my career: As a graduate student, at Marathon Oil's Denver Research Center and in the "oil patch" working the Permian Basin and Mid-Continent, AAPG's publications, courses and conferences have enhanced my knowledge of the petroleum business and helped me build a professional network. As an international consultant and head of Storm Energy, Ltd, a small independent, AAPG continues to provide invaluable resources and industry contacts.

As a previous executive officer and chair of many committees for AAPG and other geoscience organizations, I understand the value of AAPG for members of local societies and the importance of connecting to AAPG as a global organization. Whether we are small independents or international petroleum companies, we benefit from globally-developed geologic concepts and applied technology. Likewise, AAPG stands to gain by coordination with local societies to implement successful research, education and outreach programs. AAPG is facing a challenging business and public environment. We need leadership who will make the best, and likely difficult, decisions to assure the future of our Association. AAPG's leadership needs to focus on these areas:

AAPG Business: Prioritize and allocate resources to the programs and services that are of greatest value to members as outlined in the three-year business plan.
Geoscience Research: Address the concept of petroleum resource sustainability to maintain AAPG's respected voice on scientific research and provide input on energy policy to a global economy aspiring to move toward renewable energy.
Public Outreach: Work with petroleum industry leaders to deliver a unified global message to academic institutions, government agencies and the public that advocates for the scientific research, environmentally sound technical excellence and professionalism of the petroleum industry.
Geoscience Careers: Consider a Geoscience Entrepreneur Program and "PetroPreneur" Expo that combines petroleum, energy minerals and environmental geoscience concepts with business and entrepreneurial skills to provide career employment options for students, experienced professionals and retired geoscientists.

To meet the challenges that face the petroleum industry today and for AAPG to thrive in the next 100 years, we need to respect the legacy of the pioneers who founded the Association while embracing the ideas of AAPG's increasingly diverse membership. These are the values that guide my service to AAPG and my commitment to the AAPG Foundation. They are the reasons I seek to serve AAPG's membership as President.

Career
AAPG Activity
Publications

Academic Degrees

1985: M.S., Geology, University of Colorado Boulder
1980: B.S., Geology with Honors, Binghamton University

Experience

2016-present: President, Storm Energy, Panama City, Florida, USA
2008-15: Vice President, Storm Energy, Panama City, Florida, USA
2006-08: Senior Technical Advisor, Storm Energy, Denver, Colorado, USA and Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
2004-06: Senior Technical Advisor, iReservoir.com, Littleton, Colorado, USA
2002-04: Advanced Senior Geologist, Marathon Oil Company, Denver, Colorado and Houston, Texas, USA
1988-02: Geologist to Senior Geologist, Marathon Oil Company, Midland, Texas, USA
1985-88: Associate Geologist, Marathon Oil Company Denver Research Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
1980-84: Physical Science Technician, U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, Colorado, USA

AAPG Activities

Joined AAPG: 1984
2017: Pitchapalooza Advisory Board
2017: Editor, Pioneering Women in Petroleum Geology, PROWESS
2015-18: Education Awards (L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grant)
2014-17: ACE Short Course & Networking Reception, PROWESS
2014-17: Associated Society President (Elect, Past), Association for Women Geoscientists
2013-16: Visiting Geoscientist Program
2013-16: Public Outreach
2011-16: House of Delegates, Appointed Representative
2013: Imperial Barrel Award Ad Hoc Committee
2011-13: Secretary, AAPG Executive Committee
2011-13: Executive Committee Liaison; Public Outreach, Youth Education Activities, Astrogeology, History of Petroleum Geology, Preservation of Geoscience Data, PROWESS
2008-17: PROWESS, Co-Chair & Chair 2008-2011
2004-07: Student Focus Coordinating Committee; Academic Liaison, Grants-in-Aid, Student Expo, Student Chapters
2005-08: Youth Education Activities
2002-08: Academic Liaison, Chair 2002-2004
2002-03: GeoTours Ad Hoc Committee
2001: Trustee Associate, AAPG Foundation
2001-04: Education Committee
2001-04: Public Outreach Committee
1999-2002: Grants-in-Aid Representative to International Liaison Committee
1995-2016: Grants-in-Aid, Chair 1998-2002

AAPG Honors & Awards

2015: AAPG Distinguished Service
2011: Certifcate of Merit - PROWESS Chair
2006: Certificate of Merit - Student Focus Coordinating Committee Manager
2004: Certificate of Merit - Academic Liaison Chair
2002: Certificate of Merit - Grants-in-Aid Chair

Sturm, S., Cox, D. M., DeVault, B., Richards, S., and Zhou, M.,2016, Characterization of Pore Networks and Identification of Pay Zones in Palo Pinto Reef Reservoirs, W. Texas, (abs.): 2016 RMAG Fall Symposium, Hot Plays, Denver, Colorado, http://www.rmag.org/assets/FallSymposium/FallSymposium2016/Sturm_Abstract.pdf.
Cox, D. M., Temples, T. J., and Young, M. H., 2013, Hydraulic Fracturing and Potential Environmental Impacts, https://archives.aapg.org/slide_resources/hydraulic-fracturing-CoxTemplesYoung/Hydraulic-Fracturing-Environ-CoxTemplesYoung-13-11-05.pdf.
Cox, D.M., Cox, D.M., 2012, Leading from the Ground-Up - Developing the Traits You Need for Leadership, (abs.): Association for Women Geoscientists 35th Anniversary Convention: A Lifetime of Leadership.
Tinker, S. W., Caldwell, D. H., Cox, D. M., Zahm, L. C., Brinton, L., 2004, Integrated Reservoir Characterization of a Carbonate Ramp Reservoir, South Dagger Draw Field, New Mexico: Seismic Data Are Only Part of the Story, AAPG Memoir 81, p. 91-105.
Tinker, S. W., Caldwell, D. H., Brondos, M. D., Carlson, J. L., Cox, D. M., Demis, W. D., Hammon, J. G., Laskowski, L. C., and Miller, K. A., 1999, Sequence Stratigraphy and 3-D modeling of a Pennsylvanian Distally Steepened Ramp Reservoir: Canyon and Cisco Formations, South Dagger Draw Field, New Mexico, USA, Bob F. Perkins Reservoir Conference, 19th Annual SEPM Gulf Coast Section, Proceedings, p. 213-232.
Brinton, L., Cox, D, M., and Tinker, S. W., 1998, in Keith Winfree ed., Cored Reservoir Examples from Upper Pennsylvanian & Lower Permian Carbonate Margins, Slopes, and Basinal Sandstones, WTGS Pub 98-103.
Tinker, S. W. and Mruk, D. H., 1995, Reservoir Characterization of a Permian Giant: Yates Field, West Texas, in E. Stoudt and P. M. Harris, eds., Hydrocarbon Reservoir Characterization – Geologic Framework and flow unit Modeling, SEPM Short Course No. 34, p. 51-128.
Mruk, D. H. and Bebout, D. G., 1993, Slope Facies along the Permian Reef Geology Trail – McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, Texas, in D. G Bebout and Charles. Kerans, eds., Guide to the Permian Reef Geology Trail, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, West Texas.
Mruk, D. H. 1989, Diagenesis of the Capitan Limestone, Upper Permian, McKittrick Canyon, West Texas, in P. M. Harris, and G. A. Grover, Subsurface and Outcrop Examination of the Capitan Shelf Margin, Northern Delaware Basin, v. 13, P. 387-406.
Craig, D. H., Mruk, D. H., Heymans, M. J., Crevello, P. D., and Lanz, R. C., 1986, Stratigraphy and reservoir geology of the San Andres Dolomite, Yates field, West Texas, in D. G. Bebout, and P. M. Harris, eds., Hydrocarbon reservoir studies, San Andres/Grayburg Formations, Permian Basin, Permian Basin Section – SEPM, No. 86-26, p. 139-143.

Technical publications also include editor of two symposium volumes and two field trip short course series for the West Texas Geological Society and the Permian Basin Section of SEPM. Numerous presentations given as an invited speaker, panelist and newsletter contributor on career development and leadership for student outreach and women in science programs. Public speaking engagements to government agencies and civic groups in Florida to address the petroleum business and hydraulic fracturing.

Section 5. President-Elect

The President-Elect shall serve for one (1) year as such and in the following year shall assume the office of President. The President-Elect shall have no administrative authority except as a member of the Executive Committee; shall become acquainted with all the details of the office of President, and generally become prepared to serve as President. The President-Elect shall be responsible for the preparation of the budget for the ensuing fiscal year for approval by the Executive Committee.

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General Info

Candidates for AAPG office have been given the opportunity to respond briefly to the subject: "Why I Accepted the Invitation to be a Candidate for an AAPG Office."

Their responses and biographical information were provided by each candidate and edited only for grammar, spelling and format.

This information will also be provided as hard-copy in an early issue of the EXPLORER and available on the AAPG website through the election period. Ballots will be mailed, online in the first quarter of each year. Results will be posted mid-May.

Candidates were asked to limit their biographies to 350 words and responses to 500 words.