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 the January issue of the EXPLORER and available on the AAPG Web site through the election period. Ballots will be mailed, online in the first quarter of 2008. Results will be posted mid-May 2008.
Candidates were asked to limit their biographies to 350 words and responses to 500 words.
2007-08 Treasurer Candidate
Kay L. Pitts
Reservoir management process analyst, Aera Energy LLC, Bakersfield, Calif.
Born 1954, Dearborn, Mich.
Academic Degrees
- 1977
- B.A., earth science, California State University, Fullerton
- 1983
- M.S., geological science, University of Southern California
Experience
- Aera Energy LLC
- 2005-present, reservoir management process analyst
2002-2005, project manager
1998-2002, reservoir management geoscientist - Bechtel Petroleum Operations Inc.
- 1990-1998, supervisor
1987-1990, database geologist - Texaco USA
- 1985-1987, Nevada/Utah exploration coordinator
1984-1985, San Joaquin Valley exploration coordinator
1984, exploration geologist - Getty Oil Co.
- 1982-1984, development geology area leader
1980-1982, development geologist
AAPG Activities
- Certified Petroleum Geologist #5798
- DEG, EMD member
- 2006-present
- House of Delegates
2006-2008 Resolutions Committee
2003-2006 Alternate - 2007-2010
- Imperial Barrel Award Committee
- 2007
- AAPG Annual Meeting General Vice Chair
- 2006-2007
- Professional Women in Earth Sciences Ad Hoc Committee
- 2005-2006
- Annual Conference and Exhibits Committee
- 2005-2006
- EMD Officer Candidate (secretary)
- 2004-2010
- Committee Oversight Committee
- 2004-2005
- Tactical Operations Ad Hoc Committee
- 2004-2005
- Future of Earth Scientists Committee vice chair
- 2003-2004
- AAPG Officer Candidate (treasurer)
- 2001-2010
- Group Insurance Committee
2004-2007 vice chair - 2000-2003
- Budget Review and Finance Committee
- 2000-2001
- Reservoir Development Committee
- 1979-Present
- AAPG member
Affiliated and Associated Societies and Sections and major offices held
- 2004
- Pacific Section AAPG Distinguished Service Award
- Pacific Section AAPG Executive Committee
- 1997-1998, secretary
1998-1999, vice president
1999-2000, president-elect
2000-2001, president
2001-2002, past president - Pacific Section AAPG Convention Finance Chair
- 1997, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2008
- 1997-present
- Pacific Section AAPG Convention Committee
- 1984-1985
- San Joaquin Geological Society secretary
- 1980-present
- Pacific Section AAPG
- San Joaquin Geological Society
AAPG Honors and Awards
- 2007
- Certificate of Merit