Last month, Latin America Region members participated in a special election to increase regional representation in the AAPG House of Delegates and the AAPG Advisory Council.

House of Delegate candidates elected are Faustino Monroy, of Pemex and the Asociación Mexicana de Geólogos Petroleros, Mexico and Federico Seminario, of PlusPetrol and the Sociedad Geológica del Perú, Peru. They join representatives from affiliated societies and international regions throughout the world in approving and enforcing AAPG bylaws, in promoting awareness of AAPG activities and membership and approving membership and certification requests.

Advisory Council candidate Miguel Ramirez, of Avanti Energy (Colombia), served as President of the Latin America Region from 2011-2013. He now joins AAPG past presidents and Region, Section and Division leaders in serving in an advisory capacity to the AAPG Executive Committee, reporting on matters involving ethics and discipline, long-range planning, constitutional review, nominations for officers and honors and awards and other special projects as requested by the Executive Committee.

The elections launched Tuesday, February 25 and closed Sunday, March 16. Approximately 24 percent of the Region’s voting members participated in elections, which is slightly higher than the AAPG average of 15-20 percent.

Please join the Latin America Region in congratulating our new officers!