Treasurer-Elect Candidates Biographies
Officer Candidate Biographies
Kay L. Pitts
Project
Manager, Aera Energy LLC, Bakersfield, Calif.
Born 1954, Dearborn, Mich.
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Kay L. Pitts
Project
Manager, Aera Energy LLC, Bakersfield, Calif.
Born 1954, Dearborn, Mich.
Academic Training
- 1977
- California
State University, Fullerton, B.A. earth science
- 1983
- University
of Southern California, Los Angeles, M.S., geological
science
Experience
- 1980-87
- Getty
Oil Co. (development area leader)/Texaco (exploration
area leader), Bakersfield, Calif.
- 1987-97
- Bechtel
Petroleum Operations (supervisor, Elk Hills, Naval
Petroleum Reserve No. 1)
- 1997-present
- Aera
Energy LLC
AAPG Activities (Member 1979, DPA #5798)
- 2000-01
- Reservoir
Development Committee
- 2000-03
- Budget
Review and Finance Committee
- 2001-04
- Group
Insurance Committee
- 2003-06
- House
of Delegates (alternate)
Affiliated and Associated Societies and Sections
- San
Joaquin Geological Society (secretary)
- Pacific
Section (secretary, vice president, president-elect,
president — 1997-01; currently co-chair of the
Convention Committee)
- Pacific
Section Convention finance chair (1997, 2004)
- Pacific
Section AAPG/Western Region SPE Meeting finance
chair (2000)
- Pacific
Section AAPG/Cordilleran Section GSA Convention
finance chair (2001)
Other Professional Affiliations
- State
of California Registered Geologist
- California
State University Bakersfield Geotechnical Training
Center Advisory Council
Honors and Awards
- American
Association of University Women Named Gift Honoree
F. Pierce Pratt
Consultant/Retiree,
New Port Richey, Fla.
Born 1943, Coffee County, Ala.
Academic Training
- 1967
- Catawba
College, B.A., geology, mathematics
- 1970
- Duke
University, M.A., geology
Experience
- 1970-77
- Amoco
Production Co. (now BP), New Orleans and Tulsa, geologist
and senior technical systems specialist
- 1977-00
- Phillips
Petroleum (now ConocoPhillips), Bartlesville and Denver
(1977-79 — senior geologist; 1979-80 — technical
systems manager; 1980-00 — manager exploration mapping
and modeling)
Honors and Awards
- AAPG
Distinguished Service Award (1998)
- AAPG
Certificate of Merit (1995, 2000)
- Tulsa
Geological Society (Distinguished Service and Lifetime
Honorary Member awards)
Affiliated and Associated Societies and Sections
- Tulsa
Geological Society (various committees, secretary,
treasurer, vice president and president — 1989-90)
- Mid-Continent
Section, various committees
AAPG Activities (Member 1971, DEG 1994,
DPA #5505)
- 1980
- Denver
Annual Meeting Communications Committee chairman
- 1980-81
- Academic
Liaison Committee
- 1980-02
- Geological
Computing Committee (chairman 1992-95)
- 1982
- Hosted
AAPG Computers to Geology Conference
- 1986-88
- House
of Delegates
- 1990-02
- House
of Delegates (various committees, vice chairman 1994-95;
Tulsa Geological Society group chairman 1992-01)
- 1991-03
- Committee
on Investments (chairman 2001-present)
- 1995-96
- Standing
Technical Program Committee
- 1997-03
- Committee
on Committees (developed Committee Membership Guidelines)
- 1998-00
- Web
site Committee (vice chairman 1998-99; chairman 1999-00)
Dwight M. "Clint" Moore
Consulting
Geologist, Houston
Texas Geoscientist License #2264
Born 1956, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Academic Training
- 1978
- Southern
Methodist University, B.A., Geology (Honors)
- 1978
- Southern
Methodist University, B.B.A., Business Administration-Finance
(Honors)
Experience
- 2003-present
- Consulting
geologist, Houston
- 1999-03
- Anadarko
Petroleum Corp., Houston (project geologist-Business
Intelligence, Business Development and Competitor
Analysis; Gulf of Mexico Offshore Exploration Group)
- 1998-99
- Anadarko
Petroleum, Houston (exploration supervisor-Global
Basin Studies Group)
- 1997-98
- Anadarko
Petroleum, Houston (New Ventures supervisor-North
America/Eastern Canada Offshore Group)
- 1994-97
- Anadarko
Petroleum, Houston (geological supervisor-Offshore
Gulf of Mexico Group)
- 1987-94
- Anadarko
Petroleum, Houston (staff geologist-Offshore Gulf
of Mexico Group)
- 1986-87
- Maxus
Energy, Dallas (senior business analyst-Corporate
Planning and Development Group)
- 1978-86
- Diamond
Shamrock Corp. (Maxus Energy), Houston (senior staff
geologist and other staff positions-Gulf of Mexico
offshore and onshore groups)
AAPG Activities (Member 1978; DPA #3785;
DEG charter member; EMD)
- 2002-present
- Membership
Registry (ad hoc) Committee (chairman)
- 2002-03
- Candidate,
HoD Secretary-Editor
- 2001-02
- Candidate,
AAPG Treasurer
- 1999-02
- Advisory
Council (GCAGS Rep.)
- 1989-03
- House
of Delegates
- 1995-present
- DPA
Governmental Affairs Committee; chairman (1996-00);
co-chairman (1995-96); vice chairman (2000-03)
- 2002-03
- Member
Survey (ad hoc) Committee
- 1994-03
- Committee
on Committees
- 1999-03
- Visiting
Geologists Program Committee
- 1997-01
- HoD
Constitution and Bylaws Committee; chairman (1999-00)
- 2000-01
- Advisory
Council Program and Services Enhancement Plan (ad
hoc) Committee; chairman
- 1999-01
- Advisory
Council External Awards (ad hoc) Committee; chairman
- 2000-01
- Advisory
Council Confidentiality Review (ad hoc) Committee
- 1999-00
- Advisory
Council Outstanding Explorer Award (ad hoc) Committee
- 1999-00
- Advisory
Council Alternates and Proxy (ad hoc) Committee
- 1995-99
- Committee
on Education
- 1998-00
- Representative
to AGI Governmental Affairs Committee
- 1999-00
- HoD
Procedures (ad hoc) Committee
- 1997-99
- HoD
Elected Editor (ad hoc) Committee
- 1996-99
- HoD
International Representation (ad hoc) Committee
- 1998-99
- HoD
Special Resolution of IRC (ad hoc) Committee
- 1996-97
- DPA
Continuing Education Unit (ad hoc) Committee
- 1997
- International
convention speaker (Vienna)
- 1996
- Annual
meeting speaker (San Diego)
- 2000
- Gulf
Coast Section convention session chairman
- 1995
- Gulf
Coast Section convention joint Keynote speaker
- 1995-99
- Annual
meeting session chairman (1995, 1997 and 1999)
- 1993
- Hedberg
Conference on Salt Tectonics poster presenter (England)
- 1994-95
- Gulf
Coast Section Board of Directors
- 1996-98
- DEG
Marketing (ad hoc) Committee
- 1993-95
- Houston
Geological Society president, president-elect and
vice president
Honors and Awards
- 2001
- HoD
Distinguished Member of the House Award
- 2001
- DPA
Distinguished Service Award
- 1999
- AAPG
Certificate of Merit
- 1997
- AAPG
Certificate of Merit
- 1999
- HGS
Honorary Life Membership Award
- 1997
- HGS
Distinguished Service Award
- 1993
- HGS
President's Award
- 1977
- Dallas
Geological Society Sabine Royalty Corporation Scholarship
recipient
Professional Geoscience Publications
- AAPG
BULLETIN June 1997 E&P Notes ("Subsalt Play, Gulf
of Mexico: A Review," co-authored with S. Montgomery)
- Editor-in-Chief
— HGS/NOGS Guidebook ("Productive Low Resistivity
Well Logs of the Offshore Gulf of Mexico")
- Several
GCS-SEPM, AAPG and Hedberg papers/extended abstracts
on salt tectonics, subsalt exploration and related
sedimentation
Other Professional Affiliations
Society of Exploration Geophysicists; Houston Geological
Society; Geophysical Society of Houston; New Orleans
Geological Society; Gulf Coast Section-SEPM
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