AGI Announces New 2012 Executive Committee Members

Alexandria, VA — The American Geological Institute (AGI) welcomes three new Executive Committee members: Sharon Mosher, President-Elect; Michael D. Lawless, Treasurer; and John G. Parrish, Member-at-Large.

Sharon Mosher is the Dean of Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Mosher’s other leadership roles include President of the Geological Society of America (2001), chair of the Council of Scientific Society Presidents (2004) and a founder and past chair of GeoScienceWorld (2004-2006). She is also an honorary fellow with the Geological Society of London and was awarded the Association for Women Geoscientists’s Outstanding Educator Award in 1990.

Michael Lawless, AGI’s incoming Treasurer, is currently Environmental Division Manager at Draper Aden Associates, where he has been employed since 1996. Mr. Lawless is active in the American Institute of Professional Geologists, served as its national president in 2010, and is the current Virginia Section president. He also serves on Virginia’s State Water Supply Plan Advisory Committee.

John G. Parrish, State Geologist of the California Geological Survey, will serve as an AGI Member-at-Large. Prior to his assuming the position of State Geologist in 2005, he was the Executive Officer of the California State Mining and Geology Board (1994-2005). Prior to that he had a 20-year career in the petroleum industry. He is an active member of the American Institute of Professional Geologists and was their 2005 John T. Galey Sr. Memorial Public Service Award recipient.

The new members of the AGI Executive Committee will be installed during the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.