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Penrose Circle Membership Takes

a Leap with Your Growing Support

For many years, the GSA Foundation provided about US$1M NEW GSAF BOARD MEMBERS
annually in support of GSA programs and priorities. We are Last year the GSA Foundation welcomed three new members to
delighted to inform you that this has risen to between $1.25M our Board of Trustees, and another three will join us this July. We
and $1.5M annually. We deeply appreciate the generous members are grateful for the breadth of experience and expertise each new
who make contributions through the Foundation. member brings to the board.
In the early 2000s, the GSA Foundation created the Penrose
Circle to recognize donors who give US$500 and above. This hon- Rebecca Caldwell, Research Geoscientist,
ors R.A.F. Penrose, GSA’s president in 1930, who left a generous Chevron Energy Technology Company
bequest of nearly US$4M, which continues to provide support
for GSA. While this Penrose Circle minimum contribution has
remained the same for nearly 20 years, both program costs and
the number of GSA programs keep increasing. In recognition of
this changing landscape, the Penrose Circle will now start with Rodney C. Ewing, Frank Stanton Professor in
US$1,000 contributions. As always, Penrose Circle levels may Nuclear Security; Co-Director of the Center for
comprise cumulative gifts within a calendar year. More than half International Security and Cooperation in the
of Penrose Circle members already give US$1,000 or more. We Freeman Spogli Institute for International
thank you for your generosity. Studies; Professor, Dept. of Geological Sciences,
By maintaining Penrose-level giving, you will help provide an School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University
even stronger foundation for the GSA programs you passionately
support year after year. An additional incentive is the opportunity Alberto Gutierrez, President, CEO, and
to strengthen GSA’s ongoing accessibility, diversity, equity, and Geologist, Geolex Inc.
inclusion (DEI) initiatives. For the next three years (July 2022–
July 2025), donors who give US$1,000 and above will have the
option to direct US$250 of their gift to GSA’s DEI efforts to build
a superlative workforce for the future. If you give via credit card,
just check the box that says, “Please direct $250 of my gift to Terry Briggs, Chief Development Officer,
GSA’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.” If you give via AngloGold Ashanti
check or other methods, please include a note indicating that you
would like US$250 of your gift to be directed to GSA’s DEI
efforts, or contact Cliff Cullen at ccullen@geosiociety.org or
+1-303-357-1007.
Thank you for keeping GSA strong and prepared for the Katy Sementelli, Exploration Technical Services,
challenges and opportunities of tomorrow. BHP

George Davis, Regents Professor (Emeritus),
Provost Emeritus, The University of Arizona;
GSA Past President

www.gsa-foundation.org