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| President | Heather Nielsen |
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Brandy Rinck |
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Megan Faust |
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| Treasurer |
Theresa Burton |
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Scholarship Committee Chair |
Pat Reed |
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| Portland Area Contacts |
Megan Scott, Jennifer DiGiulio |
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| Publications |
Shari Silverman |
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| Past President |
Kathy Vanderwal Dubé |
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Web Editor |
Keith Olson |
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| Pacific Region Alternate Delegate |
Marcia Knadle |
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AWG-PNW past board members, October 2013 Left to right: Marcia Knadle, Teresa Burton (treasurer), Jenny Saltonstall, Kathy Dubé, Shari Silverman (publications)
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Officer Bios
President
Heather Nielsen is a geologist with Landau Associates, an environmental, geotechnical, and natural resources consulting firm. She has been in environmental consulting for 12 years, working on remediation systems, site investigations and cleanups, on-going monitoring, due diligence, and surface water projects. She has more recently worked on Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments, hazardous building materials surveys, and evaluating lead in drinking water. She is currently based in Portland, Oregon, but has also worked out of Tacoma, Washington. Heather has a BS degree in Geology from University of Puget Sound and a MS in Geology from Portland State University. She is a licensed geologist in Oregon and Washington. In her free time, Heather likes to hike, craft, bake, and spend time with family.
Brandy Rinck is a geoarchaeologist with SWCA Environmental Consultants in Seattle. Brandy attended SUNY Geneseo for undergraduate studies in anthropology and geology and completed a M.A. at Boston University in Geoarchaeology. During her education Brandy focused on micromorphology and stratigraphy and she received classroom and field training in North American prehistory and archaeology. Today she applies her knowledge of glacial geomorphology and stratigraphic analysis, to archaeology projects throughout the Pacific Northwest, directing planning, permitting, and field operations in support of government, agency, and private undertakings. Her expertise allows her to combine existing geotechnical data with geoarchaeological information to determine the potential for cultural materials in various project areas. Brandy belongs to several national and local geologic organizations in addition to AWG, such as GSA, SAA, AEG, NWGS, PNWAS, and the IAFI.
Megan Faust is a geology and environmental science instructor at Portland Community College in Portland, Oregon. Teaching has always been a passion for Megan, and the field courses to the Oregon Coast, Mount St. Helens, and Lava Beds National Monument are some of Megan’s favorites at PCC. This summer Megan has been working on a project with a team of geology faculty to develop open source course materials for a new course on Volcanoes and Earthquakes. Megan also has a couple geology projects outside of teaching, including a field study of Fifes Peaks volcano in Yakima County, Washington. Megan graduated with a bachelor’s degree in geology from University of Illinois and a master’s degree in geology from University of Vermont. When not doing geology Megan enjoys cycling, camping, gardening, cooking, and crafting.
Theresa Burton earned her Bachelor's degree in Geology from Central Washington University. Although she is currently not employed in her chosen field, she maintains an active interest in geology by being a member of AWG and joining in on the field trips. Theresa is an avid amateur astronomer recently participating in a star party held by the Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility in Ellensburg, WA.
Pat Reed is an Engineering Geologist with 20 years of experience, licensed in both Washington (L.E.G.) and Oregon (G.I.T.). Her experience includes geotechnical and environmental projects throughout the Northwest and Western Canada. She has worked on projects for local, state, and federal governments, developers, and other industrial clients. Currently she is a Senior Geologist with AMEC Earth & Environmental, working on various projects for American and Canadian companies, government agencies, and private clients. Her geotechnical experience includes all types of pile-support systems, soil reinforcements, and slope stabilization technologies. Environmental projects that she has worked on include Phase I and II Site Assessments, Federal RI/FS projects, and remedial site construction.
Shari Silverman is a geoarchaeologist. She examines the landscape to discern archaeological potential and studies how geology and environment affects humans and other life, and vice versa. She aims to do so in areas with stunning vistas. She also does straight-up archaeology. She currently works for the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission, but has worked for private, state and federal organizations all over the American West, plus Wisconsin. She holds an M.A. in anthropology and an M.S. in geological engineering, both from the University of Idaho. Her Master's theses examined canoe distribution in relation to environment and culture in the Plateau Culture Area (inland northwest [M.A.]) and rockfall hazards in Idaho (M.S.). She attended University of Oregon also, where she earned a B.S. in anthropology with a minor in mathematics.
Kathy Dubé, geomorphologist, specializes in the dynamics and movement of water, sediment and large wood in managed and unmanaged watersheds, the effects on aquatic habitat conditions, and habitat restoration. She is owner of Watershed GeoDynamics and has 30 years’ experience working in watersheds in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, northern California, and Alaska. Kathy’s expertise includes evaluating channel response to changes in hydrology, sediment, and wood inputs on large and small rivers, hillslope, stream, and shoreline erosion, sediment budgets, and aquatic habitat. She has a BS degree in Environmental Sciences from Lehigh University, a MS in Geology from the University of Washington and is a licensed geologist or engineering geologist in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Idaho. Watershed GeoDynamics is a Washington state-certified woman owned business (WBE).
Keith Olson graduated with an M.S. in Geology from Portland State in 2012. Since then he has worked as a Research Assistant for Chris Daly at OSU as part of the PRISM/NACSE Group. Previously he had earned a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the Oregon Institute of Technology in 1992 and worked about 12 years in Portland as a software engineer and eventually a web programmer.
Marcia Knadle has been a member of AWG since 1982 and was one of the original members of this chapter. She has served in every office except Treasurer and Scholarship Committee Chair, and has served several years on the AWG Board of Directors, which is partly why she was appointed to fill the last year of a board term after a resignation. In addition, she has been an AWG Field Trip Committee Chair much of that time and has organized at least 10 trips, both in North America and abroad (Scandinavia, Iceland, and Scotland). Marcia was also Chair of AWG's 2003 Convention in Seattle. She's from the Seattle area and holds a BS in Geology from the Univ. of Puget Sound and a MS in Geology from the Univ. of Montana (Missoula). She worked in the private sector for a few years (mostly with Shell Oil in New Orleans), but spent most of her career with the federal government, first at the USGS in Tacoma and then with the EPA in Seattle. After 29 years as a hydrogeologist working on hazardous waste groundwater cleanups, she retired in 2015. She's currently renovating her family home in Maple Valley and preparing to move there and raise goats on 40 acres. She's also still organizing AWG field trips -- Central California Tectonics in 2017 and England in 2018.
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