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: 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.
	Vice-Chair: Meredith Ambrose, email Meredith earned her B.S. in Environmental Science with a Geology concentration, along with History and Middle East Studies minors, from North Carolina State University in 2014. She joined AEG while pursuing her undergraduate degree but decided to get more involved in the Carolinas Chapter about 3 years ago. She is the Carolina Chapter’s membership chair and co-editor of the GeoNews quarterly newsletter. Meredith currently works in the Transportation Department at Froehling & Robertson, Inc. (F&R) in Raleigh, NC and is a licensed Professional Geologist in North Carolina.
	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: Carsen Adams, email Carsen is a licensed geologist in North Carolina. He earned a bachelor's degree in Geology from UNC Charlotte, where he was an active student member in AEG, and went on to complete a master's degree at the University of Tennessee. After graduation, he spent a year working as a project geologist in an underground zinc mine in East Tennessee. He is currently employed as a geologist at Martin Marietta Materials in Raleigh, NC. In his free time, Carsen enjoys cycling and spending time outdoors.
	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: Kaitlin Adkisson, email
	Field Course Chair: Andrew Beaty, 704-813-6540, email
	Newsletter Co-Editors: Meredith Ambrose, email; & Kaitlin Adkisson, email
	Regional Director: Hawkins Gagnon, email
	Social Media Chair: Adam Phillips, 919-451-3370, 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