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Mentoring Tomorrow’s Geoscience
Leaders at the 2017 Section Meetings

The Geological Society of America (GSA) is proud to provide result of these programs, new friendships were made and
mentoring and career pathway events at all meetings. At Section professional contacts were established that will last well into
Meetings, students are invited to participate in the Roy J. the future.
Shlemon Mentor Program in Applied Geology and the John
Mann Mentors in Applied Hydrogeology Program. These popu- In addition to mentoring, GSA also provided three career
lar events, supported by the GSA Foundation through gifts from workshops for students, designed to help them plan and prepare
Roy J. Shlemon and John Mann, are designed to extend the men- for their job search. The workshops covered career planning and
toring reach of individual professionals. Together, mentor volun- informational interviewing, career exploration, and cover letters,
teers and students meet in a relaxing, informal setting, to discuss résumés, and CVs. Working professionals from academia, gov-
careers in geology over lunch. ernment, and industry were invited to answer questions and help
attendees maneuver the career exploration process.
This past spring, 280 students and 33 mentors participated in
the Shlemon Program and 195 students and 25 mentors attended GSA gratefully acknowledges the following mentors for their
the Mann Program. With additional financial assistance from individual gifts of time and for sharing their insight with stu-
GSA’s South-Central, Northeastern, North-Central, and dents. To learn more about these programs, or to be a mentor at a
Southeastern Sections, both mentors and students left the events future Section Meeting, please contact Jennifer Nocerino at
expressing feelings of personal and professional growth. As a jnocerino@geosociety.org.

The Roy J. Shlemon Mentor Program in Applied Geology

Helping Mentor Students Since 1996

SOUTH-CENTRAL SECTION Kyle Metz, Ohio Department of Natural CORDILLERAN SECTION
James Beach, LBG-Guyton Associates Resources–Division of Geological Survey Blake Cole, Hyperloop One
Katherine Neff, American Geotechnical Gil Gilchrist, Statoil (UK) Ltd.
James Eldrett, Shell International Jean Hébert, Aquaterre LLC
Exploration and Production & Environmental Services Diane Murbach, Murbach Geotech
Connor O’Loughlin, Hazardous Site Drew Siler, U.S. Geological Survey
Robert Lee, GSI Environmental Inc. Jeff Sloan, U.S. Geological Survey
Robert Scott, Precision Cleanup Division
Stratigraphy Assoc. David Russ, U.S. Geological Survey ROCKY MOUNTAIN SECTION
David Saja, The Cleveland Museum of Debra Hanneman, Whitehall
Jon Smith, Kansas Geological Survey Geogroup Inc.
Chris Sumner, Lhoist North America Natural History
Greg Walsh, U.S. Geological Survey Aaron Kilmury, Royal Tyrrell Museum
NORTHEASTERN AND of Palaeontology
NORTH-CENTRAL SECTIONS Thomas Whitfield, Pennsylvania
Mary Ann Fajvan, Forest Service Geological Survey Robert MacNaughton, Geological
Survey of Canada
Richard Gray, DiGioia Gray SOUTHEASTERN SECTION
Jim Hamel, Hamel Geotechnical Adam Karst, Karst Geo Solutions LLC Katie McDonald, Montana Bureau of
Mines and Geology
Consultants Josh Poole, Wellborn Mining
Heather Houlton, American William Schenck, Delaware

Geosciences Institute Geological Survey
Charlie Martin, KEMRON John Stewart, ECS Carolinas LLP
Environmental Services Inc.
Ronald Wallace, Georgia EPD

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