HOD Officer Candidates
Chair-Elect
It is an honor to be nominated by my peers to stand for office, and I express my appreciation to the Nominations Committee for asking me to run for Chair-Elect of the House of Delegates this year. I have had a love affair with the earth sciences since an early age. When I was in the eighth grade, I won a first place plaque from the Fort Worth Geological and Geophysical Society at the Texas State Science Fair for my project on micropaleontology. This love of the earth sciences is something I still carry with me today, and serving within the AAPG and in the HoD is one way I express that sentiment.
I know that AAPG is an important part of my career, and feel that membership in AAPG should be important to the career of every earth scientist worldwide. One of the major problems that the leadership of AAPG is wrestling with today is that many folks don’t seem to agree with this viewpoint. Most Student Members and many Associate Members who are qualified to do so never bother to become Active Members. How to encourage these people to move to Active Membership is currently a vigorous discussion within AAPG. There are several conflicting opinions and proposals as to how to proceed on this issue.
A major role of the House of Delegates is to resolve these differences of opinion by debating the merits of each viewpoint and then implementing the best possible proposal that will serve the good of the Association and its members. This task is critical to the growth and vitality of the AAPG. If elected, I will work to insure that issues such as this, and the conflicting opinions surrounding them, are brought before the HoD in a transparent and timely manner.
AAPG membership continues to diversify as we become a more global society, and the challenges facing the Association continue to be formidable. However, we all love the earth sciences and enjoy the camaraderie of our fellow scientists, so we can all cooperate to meet these challenges. I look forward to the opportunity to work with the past and current HoD leadership, my fellow delegates, and the leadership of the AAPG to implement the changes that need to be addressed by the HoD. By doing so, I will help ensure that the AAPG remains the premier earth science society that it has been in the past, and will aid in making it indispensable to all earth scientists worldwide in the future. For this reason, if elected, I will enthusiastically strive to fulfill the duties of the office.
- Academic Degrees and Certifications:
- 1975 Stephen F. Austin State University, BS in Geology
- 2008 Colorado School of Mines, PhD in Geology
- Wyoming Professional Geologist #PG-1927
- AAPG/DPA Certified Petroleum Geologist #4053
- Professional Experience:
- 2009- Present Vecta Oil and Gas, Ltd., Exploration Geologist
- 2005- Present Coyote Oil and Gas, LLC, Managing Partner
- 1981- Present Goolsby Brothers & Associates, Inc., Co-owner
- 1981-1988 American Hunter Exploration, Exploration Geologist
- 1980-1981 Aquarian Consultants, Ltd., Geological Wellsite Supervision
- 1978-1980 Colorado Geological Survey, Coal Geologist
- 1978 American Stratigraphic Company, Petrographer
- 1977-1978 Geoexplorer Associates, Inc., Uranium Geologist
- 1976 U. S. Geological Survey, Geological Field Assistant
- American Association of Petroleum Geologists
- 33 year AAPG Active Member
- DPA, EMD, and DEG Member
- 2000-2001 HoD Constitution and Bylaws Committee, Vice Chair
- 2008-2011 HoD Delegate
- 2009 AAPG Poster Chair, AAPG Annual Meeting
- 2005-2008 HoD Alternate Delegate
- 2004 Secretary/Editor, House of Delegates
- 2004-2005 HoD Honors and Awards Committee
- 2004-2005 HoD Constitution and Bylaws Committee
- 2003 HoD Resolutions Committee
- 2002-2005 HoD Delegate
- 1998-2005 Preservation of Cores and Samples Committee
- 2002-2011 Publications Committee
- 2003 Employment Chair, Annual Meeting
- 1994 Continuing Education Chair, Annual Meeting
- Other Professional Societies
- Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists
- 2008 President
- 2007 President Elect
- 1988 First Vice President
- 1988 Guidebook Co-editor
- 1996-2002 Core and Sample Preservation Committee Chair
- 1999-2002 Employment Committee Chair
- 1987-1993 Continuing Education Committee Chair
- Houston Geological Society
- Society of Sedimentary Geology
- Society of Petroleum Engineers, American Institute of Mining Engineers
- Society of Profession Well Log Analysts
- Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists
- Denver Well Log Society
- Wyoming Geological Association
- Sigma Gamma Epsilon - Honorary Geological Scholastic Society
- Alpha Chi - National Honorary Scholastic Society
- Honors and Awards
- 1992 RMAG Distinguished Service
- 2003-2004 AAPG House Recognition of Service Award
- 2009 RMAG Honorary Membership
- Publications
- Numerous publications, posters, and talks on coal geology, coalbed demethanization, carbonate geology, turbidites, hydrodynamics, low resistivity pay, capillary trapping, pore network characterization, petrophysics, neural network and inversion modeling, and exploration for oil and gas.