Board of Directors

Keri Nutter
Keri Nutter

Keri A. Nutter

President

Keri A. Nutter is a Geoscience Manager at DOWL, a firm specializing in planning, surveying, engineering, environmental, and related services. A Certified Professional Geologist, Nutter is a firm owner and manager of a team of engineers and geologists. Nutter has served on the American Institute of Professional Geologists’ National Executive Committee since 2014, progressing from Advisory Board Representative to President. She previously served as Secretary on the AGI Executive Committee as well as on the dues restructuring committee and the Wallace Scholarship committee. Since earning her Bachelor’s in Geology at Washington State University in 2004, Nutter has gained over 16 years of experience in service and leadership for professional groups, including two national geoscience organizations and the University of Alaska Anchorage Geological Sciences Community Advisory Board.

Anna C. Shaughnessy.
Anna C. Shaughnessy.

Anna C. Shaughnessy

President Elect, 2018-2020 AGI Secretary

Anna C. Shaughnessy received her BSc from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden and her MSc from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She started her career as an interpreter geophysicist with Mobil Oil and has worked in the energy industry for thirty years, primarily in exploration, technology development and deployment. During her energy industry career, she has held leadership roles at Mobil, Saudi Aramco, Texaco and Kerr-McGee. Anna transferred to the academic sector in 2011 and became the Executive Director of the Earth Resources Laboratory (ERL), at MIT. She retired in 2018.

Jonathan Price
Jonathan Price

Jonathan G. Price

Past President

Jonathan Price is a consulting geologist and the Nevada State Geologist Emeritus. He served as Director of the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology and was on loan from the University of Nevada, Reno, as staff director of the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources of the National Research Council. With a BA from Lehigh University and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, his career has included experience with industry, education, research, and government. Price has worked in mining, taught undergraduate and graduate geology courses, and directed research at state geological surveys. He has been president of four AGI Member Societies, has served on the Board of Directors of another, and is a member of three. 

Doug Bartlett
Doug Bartlett

Doug Bartlett

Treasurer

Clear Creek Associates/Geo-Logic Associates

Doug Bartlett is principal hydrogeologist and co-founder of Clear Creek Associates, a subsidiary of Geo-Logic Associates. Bartlett has more than 45 years of experience as a geologist and hydrogeologist with diverse experience in groundwater computer modeling, hydrogeologic investigations, and mining-related hydrogeologic services. He was a contributing author to the American Society of Civil Engineers' Environmental and Water Resources Institute (ASCE/EWRI) recent publication, "Standard Guidelines for Managed Aquifer Recharge." He is also former National President and Treasurer of the American Institute of Professional Geologists. 

 

Rebecca Caldwell
Rebecca Caldwell

Rebecca Caldwell

Secretary

Rebecca Caldwell is a Research Geoscientist and Basin Analyst at Chevron in Houston, Texas, currently on the Basin Framework team, having worked on various exploration and development research projects in previous roles. Her work combines sedimentology and stratigraphy, source to sink analysis, structural geology, modeling, and data science to solve Earth science problems across scales. She contributes to the scientific community through invited lectures, presentations, and publications, with an emphasis on sedimentary systems. She has also served in various leadership roles for the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Geological Society of America, the American Geophysical Union, and SEPM. She holds a BA (University of Pennsylvania), MS (Boston College), and PhD (Indiana University). 

 

Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson

Member at Large

Shirley Jackson is a faculty member at York College/City University of New York in New York City and serves on the Executive Board of Directors of the Association for Women Geoscientists. She was selected for the “2072 Justice in Geoscience Writing Team,” served as a speaker and mentor for professional development workshops for Geological Society of America (GSA) On To the Future (OTF) program at GSA Connects 2022, and is an active member of the AGI Intersociety Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. In addition, Jackson is a member of the National Association of Black Geoscientists, the International Association for Geoscience Diversity, the American Geophysical Union, and GSA. 

 

Sandra Carlson
Sandra Carlson

Sandra Carlson

Member at Large

Sandy Carlson is an Emeritus Professor, following 36 years in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis. She has served in leadership roles with the Paleontological Society, constituting that society’s six-year cycle as President Elect, President, and Past President, and is a Centennial Fellow of the Paleontological Society. She received the Association for Women Geoscientists Encourage Award in 2016 and the Gilbert Harris Award from the Paleontological Research Institution in 2019. She has been very active in STEM K-16 teaching initiatives, including outreach efforts to broaden participation in the Earth sciences. Her educational background is a BS (University of California, Santa Cruz), MS (University of Michigan), and PhD (University of Michigan).

 

Aida Farough
Aida Farough

Aida Farough

Member at Large

Aida Farough holds a PhD in the Geosciences from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Since 2015 she has taught at various institutions, including James Madison University, Pennsylvania State University, and Kansas State University. Conducting research on marine geology and geophysics, Farough has spent months at sea on expeditions with the International Ocean Drilling Program and the International Continental scientific Drilling Program and has traveled on submarine Alvin to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean as a part of the Deep Submergence Science Committee early career training program. She has membership ties and leadership experience with 10 of AGI's Member Societies. Farough recently established her own firm and works as a geoscience and education consultant.