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Candidate for Treasurer (2024-26)

Rebecca Caldwell

Exploration Geoscientist, Gulf of Mexico Business Unit

Chevron, Hosuton

Meet the Candidate
Acceptance Statement

A conversation with Rebecca Caldwell, William “Bill” Fairhurst and Juan Pablo Lovecchio

A conversation with Rebecca Caldwell, William “Bill” Fairhurst and Juan Pablo Lovecchio.

I accepted the invitation to be a candidate for AAPG treasurer for two reasons: First, I care deeply for the membership and greater geoscience community, and second, I recognize the power of AAPG to positively influence society and advance the energy industry. It is this passion that drives me to contribute my time, efforts, and skills to the AAPG Executive Committee.

I chose a career in the energy industry because it represents a direct role that the geosciences play in sustaining society and the earth, and I am driven to help our community accomplish those goals to the best of our abilities. AAPG makes this possible – by supporting, educating, connecting and growing our diverse community.

I have benefited directly from these aspects of AAPG, making connections across the industry that have strengthened my career and technical work, allowing me to have a greater impact. Creating these opportunities for others has thus been a focus throughout my leadership roles with AAPG, while also developing a deep understanding of AAPG, our membership, and our fit within today’s world.

As a member of the IMAGE Steering Committee (2022, 2023) and Technical Program Committee (2021), I put great effort into learning the needs of our diverse membership and guiding teams (2022 and 2023 DEI committees; 2021 Siliciclastics Theme) to deliver high quality, impactful programming. In my role as the AAPG Women’s Network technical programming co-chair (2020-24), I coordinate volunteers to deliver technical and career development content, focusing on meaningful engagement of our global membership.

AAPG has so much to offer geoscientists, and I am dedicated to utilizing my skills in listening to members, developing focused strategies, and turning them into action, to benefit and grow our membership.

My strong record of leadership, experience in stewarding financial resources, and collaborating with diverse teams to align on action-based strategies will support AAPG’s role within the global energy evolution. In addition to sustained leadership within AAPG, my roles in other geoscience societies have afforded me opportunities to build valuable skills and relationships that I will bring to the AAPG Executive Committee:

In my role on the GSA Foundation Board of trustees, I work with fellow board members to ensure cost-effective operations, prudent fund management, and strong stewardship of financial resources utilized to enact the society’s priorities.
As a member of the AGI Board of Directors, I collaborate with board members and Member Society representatives from a broad range of geoscience societies to drive the organization’s strategic plan and mission, and to provide guidance on fundraising efforts and initiatives.

Through these roles, I’ve demonstrated both mission-based financial acumen and a strong ability to collaborate with large teams composed of diverse viewpoints – skills that I plan to use to benefit AAPG through the role of treasurer.

In short, I accepted this invitation to further support my community – AAPG and its members – in growing and thriving within an evolving world, and I am confident in my abilities to do so.

Career
AAPG Activity
Publications

Academic Degrees

2017 – Ph.D. Geological Sciences/Geosciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.
2013 – M.S., Geological Sciences, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Mass.
2010 – B.A., Environmental Studies and Geology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

Experience

2023-Present – Exploration Geoscientist, Gulf of Mexico Business Unit, Chevron, Houston
2020-23 – Research Geoscientist & Basin Analyst, Basin Framework Team, Chevron, Houston
2017-20 – Research Geoscientist, Reservoir Management Strategic Research Team, Chevron, Houston
2013-17 – Research Assistant and Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.
2010-12 – Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Mass.
2010 – Data Management Intern, Delaware River Basin Commission, Trenton, N.J.
2009-10 – Paleontology Curatorial Assistant, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa.
2020-Present – Director, Technical Programs, AAPG Women’s Network
2022-23 – Chair, DEI, IMAGE Steering Committee
2023 – Session Chair, IMAGE 2023
2022 – Session Chair, IMAGE 2022
2021 – Chair, Siliciclastics Theme, IMAGE Organizing Committee
2020-Present – Member, Young Professionals
2019-Present – Member, Women’s Network
2014-16 – President, AAPG Student Chapter, Indiana University

AAPG Activities

AAPG Honors & Awards

2023 – AAPG Distinguished Service Award
2022 – Certificate of Merit (Session Chair, IMAGE 2021)
2014 – Recipient, Richard W. Beardsley Named Student Research Grant

2022 – “Deepwater Depositional Environments,” Applied Deepwater Sedimentary Systems, Elsevier (co-author) 2021 – “Process-Based Computational Modeling of Sedimentary Systems: Improving Prediction Capabilities for Exploration and Reservoir Characterization,” invited talk, AAPG geology webinar, University of North Dakota (virtual) 2021 – “Deltaic Processes, Morphology, and Stratigraphy: Insights from Numerical Modeling and Field Studies of Modern Deltas,” invited talk, South Dakota School of Mines depositional systems course (virtual)
2020 – “Coastal Flooding Will Disproportionately Impact People on River Deltas,” Nature Communications (co-author) 2020 – “Novel Semi-Automated Fault Interpretation Technologies,” presentation, Chevron Subsurface Forum
(co-author)
2020 – “A Global Delta Dataset and the Environmental Variables That Predict Delta Formation on Marine Coastlines,” invited talk, World Large River and Delta Systems Source-to-Sink NCSU seminars (virtual)
2019 – “A Global Delta Dataset and the Environmental Variables That Predict Delta Formation” Earth Surface Dynamics (co-author)
2019 – “Deepwater Distributary System Avulsion Processes and Geomorphic Signatures,” American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif. (co-author)
2019 – GSA Annual Meeting, “The Influence of Grain Size on Fluvio-Deltaic Response to Sea-Level Signals,” GSA Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Ariz. (co-author)
2019 – “Time Stratigraphy of River-Dominated Delta Deposits,” AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition, San Antonio (co-author)
2018 – “Linking Deepwater Fan Depositional Processes and Stratigraphic Architecture Using Computational Stratigraphy,” GSA Annual Meeting, Indianapolis (co-author)
2016 – “Morphodynamic Stratigraphy of River-Dominated Deltaic Bars,” AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (co-author)
2015 – “Fluvio-Deltaic Avulsions During Relative Sea-Level Fall,” Geology (co-author)
2014 – “The Effects of Sediment Properties on Deltaic Processes and Morphologies: A Numerical Modeling Study,” Journal of Geophysical Research (co-author)

Other Candidate

Juan Pablo Lovecchio

William (Bill) Fairhurst

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.