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The Value of Corporate Partnerships:
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

Students visiting with Anadarko during the 2015 GeoCareers in sponsor of GeoCareers in Industry, paving the way in 2013 as lead
Industry program at GSA’s Annual Meeting. sponsor of the new program during GSA’s 125th anniversary year.
Consistent with its commitment to corporate responsibility,
GSA programs benefit greatly from corporate partners that Anadarko supports efforts to enhance educational opportunities
support a range of opportunities, such as career programs, for students interested in careers in industry, recognizing that
diversity initiatives, field camps, teacher excellence recognition, continued involvement is vital for long-term benefits through
students’ field camp attendance, undergraduate diversity scholar- changing industry conditions.
ships, and more.
Anadarko’s involvement with the GeoCareers program
For the last four years, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has has resulted in the hiring of at least one GSA student, Kathryn
been one of several companies teaching the “Sequence Stratigraphy Dianiska, who works as a geologist in onshore exploration
for Graduate Students” short course at GSA’s Annual Meeting. We at Anadarko.
were thrilled to have the company come on board as an inaugural
The company’s association with GSA contributes in additional
ways to our Society: Their former geoscience career development
and recruiting manager, retired, now serves as an active member
of the GSAF Board of Trustees, bringing strong insight to our
efforts in corporate partnerships and beyond. Anadarko also
plans to participate with an additional short course, hosted at
their Rockies regional headquarters, during the GSA 2016 Annual
Meeting in Denver.

We thank Anadarko and all of the companies that have joined
us in expanding the meaningful benefits of partnership. If your
company would like to participate in fostering the growth of
current and future leaders in the geoscience community, engaging
industry as a positive force to advance science, stewardship, and
service, please contact Debbie Marcinkowski at +1-303-357-1047
or dmarcinkowski@geosociety.org.

Our participation with GSA enables us to meet students beyond GSA TODAY | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday
our normal reach and share knowledge about the fundamental importance of
the oil and natural gas industry to modern life. We appreciate the quality of

GSA’s meeting and its student attendees, and as a result, we expect to
continue this valuable partnership. — Gary White, Exploration Manager,

Geoscience Career Development & Recruiting, Anadarko

Kathryn Dianiska doing fieldwork on folded
granulites in Fjordland, New Zealand.

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