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 2010. Results will be posted mid-May 2010.
Candidates were asked to limit their biographies to 350 words and responses to 500 words.
2009-10 Vice President - Sections Candidate
Charles A. Sternbach
President, Star Creek Energy Co., Houston
Born 1957, New York, N.Y.
Academic Degrees
- 1984 Ph.D., geology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y.
- 1981 M.S., geology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y.
- 1980 B.A., geology, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
Experience
- 2007-present Star Creek Energy Co., president
- 2004-present First Place Energy GP LLC, managing partner of First Place Energy Ltd., president
- 1997-2004 JOG Corp. (Tom Jordan Oil and Gas), geologist and Houston exploration manager
- 1984-97 Shell Western Exploration and Production, staff geologist
- 1981-84 U.S. Department of Energy (Research Grant)
- 1981 and 1982 Sun Production, Tulsa and Houston, summer geologist
- 1980-81 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hanover N.H.
AAPG Activities
Joined AAPG 1980, member DPA
- 2004-present Foundation Trustee Associate
- 2007-09 Astrogeology Committee, vice chairman
- 2006-09 100th Anniversary Committee, chairman
- 2004-07 History of Petroleum Geology Committee, member
- 2003-06 Annual Conference and Exhibits Committee, member
- 2006 AAPG annual convention, Houston, general chairman
- 2004-05 100th Anniversary (ad hoc) Committee, chairman
- 2000-05 Committee Member mentor
- 2002 AAPG annual convention, Houston, general co-vice chairman
- 1991-01 HoD, delegate
AAPG Honors and Awards
- 2009 DPA Certificate of Merit
- 2006 AAPG Certificate of Merit
- 2005 AAPG Distinguished Service; DPA Certificate of Merit
- 2004 AAPG Certificate of Merit
Publications
In prep, Great American Carbonate Bank, AAPG Memoir, co-editor.
2005 “Discoverers of the 20th Century: Perfecting the Search”, AAPG Special Publication, lead editor.
2003 “Heritage of the Petroleum Geologist”, DPA Special Publication, co-editor.
2000 Article “The Millennial Geoscientist,” Offshore Magazine.