Candidate Bios, Video Interviews Available Online
Biographical information and videos featuring the candidates for the AAPG Executive Committee are available on the AAPG website.
The material can be found at the AAPG Officer Candidates webpage.
Included there in addition to the bios are statements from each of the candidates on “Why I Accepted the Invitation to be a Candidate for AAPG Office,” plus recorded Zoom discussions in which candidates responded to a variety of questions regarding AAPG and their roles on the Executive Committee.
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Biographical information and videos featuring the candidates for the AAPG Executive Committee are available on the AAPG website.
The material can be found at the AAPG Officer Candidates webpage.
Included there in addition to the bios are statements from each of the candidates on “Why I Accepted the Invitation to be a Candidate for AAPG Office,” plus recorded Zoom discussions in which candidates responded to a variety of questions regarding AAPG and their roles on the Executive Committee.
Questions include:
- What do you perceive to be AAPG’s strengths and weaknesses?
- What we do to maintain/raise AAPG’s profile within the geoscience community?
- What role should AAPG play in shaping public perception of geoscientists, especially those involved in petroleum and energy?
- As a member of the Executive Committee, you would like to … what?
Online voting for this year’s AAPG officer election runs through May 15.
This year’s election slate includes voting for four offices, including president-elect. Nominations were reviewed by the Advisory Council and approved by the AAPG Executive Committee.
The person elected present-elect will serve in that capacity for one year before assuming the AAPG presidency for 2026-27. The terms for the vice president-Regions and secretary posts are for 2025-27. The elected editor serves a three-year term (2025-28).
As always, members will be able to vote either online or by mail, using the paper ballot that Members will receive in the coming weeks.
The candidates are:
President-Elect
P-E Term: 2025-26
President Term: 2026-27
- John Casiano, independent, San Antonio
- Elvira Gomez Hernandez, CNOOC International, Bogota, Colombia
Vice President-Regions
Term: 2025-27
- Maria Mutti, professor, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
- Dwandari Ralanarko, Pertima, Jakarta, Indonesia
Secretary
Term: 2025-27
- Julie Bloxson, assistant professor, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
- Andrea A. Reynolds, consultant, Houston
Editor
Term: 2025-28
- Julia Gale, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, the University of Texas, Austin
- Daniel Minisini, Shell, Houston