The following officers have been elected by section members for the current fiscal year. Please write them if you have any questions about membership qualifications, or to apply for sponsorship, or to participate in any of our ongoing projects, field trips, or meetings.

Officers and Contacts
	Chair: Vacant
	Vice-Chair: Laura Elliott, email Laura Elliott is a licensed geologist in North Carolina and Virginia. Laura earned a bachelor's degree in Geology from The College of William & Mary in Virginia, and a master's degree in Earth and Environmental Sciences from Vanderbilt University. Her professional experience has included environmental consulting in the NC Triangle and Triad, and as a hydrogeologist for NCDEQ's Division of Water Resources. Laura spends most of her time in commercial due diligence work, Brownfields projects, and solid/hazardous waste investigations. Currently, she is the environmental department manager with Terracon in Greensboro, NC.
	Treasurer: Walt Plekan, email Walt is a licensed geologist in North and South Carolina. His primary area of expertise is the assessment and cleanup of contaminated soil and groundwater and associated risk mitigation. He is a 1994 graduate of SUNY Fredonia with a bachelor’s degree in Geology. He currently works as a Senior Project Manager for with AECOM Technical Services in Morrisville, NC.
	Secretary: Erin Greene, email Erin is a Geologist with 15 years of environmental consulting experience in the southeast, and has made her home in Charlotte, NC since 2014. Born and reared in North Carolina by transplanted parents, she pursued a BS in Geology from Western Carolina University (’03). Having worked on projects in NC, SC, GA, and VA, her professional experiences include commercial due diligence, UST assessments, environmental compliance in the scrap metal industry, and NCDEQ Pre-Regulatory Landfill facilities. Outside of work, she enjoys hiking, camping, and telling her family and friends more information than they need to know about the surrounding flora and geological features.
	Past Chair: Jennifer B. Thomas, email Jen graduated from Mary Washington University in 2000 with a degree in geology. She started as an environmental field technician and worked for several environmental and engineering consulting firms over the years performing soil and groundwater investigations, remediation, and monitoring primarily for underground storage tank and chlorinated solvents sites. She performed Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) as well. Jen earned her geology license in 2006. After that, she expanded her knowledge to geotechnical engineering and construction materials testing. In 2012, she started JennTec, LLC in 2012, primarily writing Phase I ESAs with some sampling for asbestos, radon, and/or lead-based paint.
	Membership Chair: Meredith Ambrose, email
	Field Course Chair: Andrew Beaty, 704-813-6540, email
	Newsletter Co-Editors: Meredith Ambrose, email; Colleen Ranieri, email
	Regional Director: Hawkins Gagnon, email
	Social Media Chair: Adam Phillips, email
	Social Committee Chair: Adam Phillips, 919-451-3370, email
	Sponsorship Chair: Colleen Ranieri, email
	Student Liaison: Michael Daniels, 919-723-7900, email
	Advisor: Jennifer Bauer, 828-296-4500, email
	Advisor: Gary Rogers, email
	Webmaster: Brad Isles, email
	Chapter Website: www.aegcarolinas.org
	AEG National Website: www.aegweb.org