AGI Announces New Executive Committee Officers
Alexandria, VA — The American Geological Institute (AGI) welcomes three new officers to the positions of President-Elect, Secretary, and Member-at-large: Peter J. McCabe, Mary M. Poulton, and Lucy E. Edwards respectively.
Dr. Peter McCabe of the U.S. Geological Survey in Denver, Colorado will join the AGI Executive Committee as President-Elect. He is currently leading research studies on Deltaic Petroleum Systems of the World and Mesozoic-Cenozoic Arctic Depositional History. McCabe has also served in leadership roles for SEPM and AAPG and has been editor for several publications.
Dr. Mary Poulton will be serving as Secretary of the AGI Executive Committee. She has been Chair of the Department of Mining and Geological engineering at the University of Arizona since 2000. Poulton has substantial consulting experience and has been an active contributor to many diverse professional and citizen-based initiatives.
Dr. Lucy Edwards will be joining the AGI Executive Committee as one of the Members-at-Large. She currently works at the U.S. Geological Survey at Reston, Virginia. Edwards has diverse experience in the geosciences having worked in industry, academia and government. She is active in a number of professional societies and organizations.
The new members of the AGI Executive Committee will be installed during the annual Geological Society of America convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 24, 2006.