Committees

SME Committees include the Board of Directors, Standing Committees, Technical Committees, Councils, and Conference Committees.

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The Board of Directors shall have and exercise on behalf of the Society, all rights, powers and privileges granted to the Society as a not-for-profit corporation organized under the laws of Colorado in the carrying out of the purposes set forth and Articles of Incorporation.

Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Trudi Dunlap Trustee - TMS TRUSTEE|TMS 4/1/2026 7/31/2040
Melissa Russell Trustee - SME TRUSTEE|SME 3/1/2026 7/31/2045
Brad Boyce President-Elect Designate PRES_ELECT_D 8/1/2025 7/31/2029
Shauna Noonan President-Elect PRES_ELECT 8/1/2024 7/31/2028
Barbette Barlow Executive Director, ex officio - AIME EXEC_DIR|AIME 7/1/2024 6/30/2030
Ron O'Malley President PRESIDENT 8/1/2023 6/30/2027
Simon Seaton Trustee - SPE TRUSTEE|SPE 8/1/2023 7/31/2040
J. Steven Gardner Past President PAST_PRES 8/1/2022 7/31/2026
Ronald Ashburn Trustee - AIST TRUSTEE|AIST 8/1/2019 7/31/2040
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Andrea Brickey Member MEMBER 3/1/2022 2/28/2050
Antonio Nieto Member MEMBER 3/1/2022 2/28/2050
Julian Ortiz Member MEMBER 3/1/2022 2/28/2050
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
John Bowling Co-Chair CO_CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2032
Arunkumar Rai Co-Chair CO_CHAIR 3/1/2024 2/28/2030
Craig Stewart Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Arash Habibi Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2029
Heather Dougherty Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Jason Hallowell Representative - Mining & Exploration Div REP|MINING 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
William Robertson Representative - Mining & Exploration Div REP|MINING 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Yunqing Zhang Member - Coal & Energy Division MEMBER|CE 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Tara Davis SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2025 2/28/2050
Zacharias Agioutantis Representative REP 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
David Cheung Representative - Mining & Exploration Div REP|MINING 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Zoheir Khademian Representative - Coal & Energy Div REP|COALENERGY 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Deniz Tuncay Representative - Coal & Energy Div REP|COALENERGY 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Emily Rose Representative - Mining & Exploration Div REP|MINING 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Jack Groppo Chair CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Tathagata Ghosh Representative - Coal & Energy Div REP|COALENERGY 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Edward Zeglen Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Jon Bobbera Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2028
Samuel Baker Chair CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Jim Haughey Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Steven Schafrik Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2028
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Brett Ashley Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
J. Steven Gardner Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
Robert Kudlawiec Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Yuting Xue Chair CHAIR 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Michael Trevits Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Robert Kimutis Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Thomas Gray Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Abhishek Choudhury Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Dogukan Guner Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Robert Kudlawiec Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Zacharias Agioutantis Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2028
Amy McBrayer Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Brian O Dea Vice Chair VICE_CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Matthew Gray Chair CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Robert Kudlawiec Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2028
Rohit Pandey Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2028
Michael Keener Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Brijes Mishra Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
Thomas Toney Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Deniz Tuncay Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Brett Ashley Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Christopher Nyikos Chair CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Festus Animah Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2028
Hannah Chop Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2028
Stuart Zeeh Vice Chair VICE_CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Adam Patterson Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
ABHISHEK KUMAR SINGH Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Ashish Kumar Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Geoffrey Howe Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Jon Bobbera Chair CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Vaibhav Raj Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2028
Deniz Tuncay Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Mary Korpi President PRESIDENT 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Anne Williamson President-Elect PRES_ELECT 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Emily Haas Director DIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Steven Schafrik Director DIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Stephen Benyo Board Intern BOARDINTERN 3/1/2026 2/29/2028
Melissa Russell Secretary-Treasurer SEC_TES 3/1/2026 2/28/2045
Bill Hancock Past President PAST_PRES 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Michael Routledge Director DIR 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Ravi Ravishankar Director DIR 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Rosa Rojas Espinoza Board Intern BOARDINTERN 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Courtney Young Director DIR 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Justin Anderson Director DIR 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Genny Homyack SME Staff - ex officio STAFFEXOFFICIO 10/20/2014 2/28/2050
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Mary Korpi President PRESIDENT 3/1/2026 2/28/2075
Melissa Russell SME Executive Director-ex officio SMEEXECDIR 9/29/2025 2/28/2045
Bill Hancock Past President PAST_PRES 3/1/2025 2/28/2075
Marc Herpfer Past President PAST_PRES 3/1/2024 2/28/2075
Marc Le Vier Past President PAST_PRES 3/1/2023 2/28/2075
Ronald Parratt Past President - SME PAST_PRES|SME 3/1/2022 2/28/2075
William Edgerton Past President - SME PAST_PRES|SME 3/1/2021 2/28/2075
Robert Schafer Past President - SME PAST_PRES|SME 3/1/2020 2/28/2075
Hugh Miller Past President - SME PAST_PRES|SME 3/1/2019 2/28/2075
Barbara Arnold Past President - SME PAST_PRES|SME 3/1/2018 2/28/2075
John Mansanti Past President - SME PAST_PRES|SME 3/1/2017 2/28/2075
Timothy Arnold Past President - SME PAST_PRES|SME 3/1/2016 2/28/2075
J. Steven Gardner Past President - SME PAST_PRES|SME 3/1/2015 2/28/2075
Genny Homyack SME Staff STAFF 10/20/2014 2/25/2075
John Marsden Past President - SME PAST_PRES|SME 3/1/2014 2/28/2075
Nikhil Trivedi Past President - SME PAST_PRES|SME 3/1/2010 2/28/2075
William Wilkinson Past President - SME PAST_PRES|SME 3/1/2009 2/28/2075
George Luxbacher Past President - SME PAST_PRES|SME 3/1/2008 2/28/2075
James Arnold Past President - SME PAST_PRES|SME 3/1/2007 2/28/2075
Brij Moudgil Past President - SME PAST_PRES|SME 3/1/2006 2/28/2075
Barbara Filas Past President - SME PAST_PRES|SME 3/1/2005 2/28/2075
Arthur Schweizer Past President - SME PAST_PRES|SME 3/1/2004 2/28/2075
Thomas O Neil Past President - SME PAST_PRES|SME 3/1/2003 2/28/2075
Michael Karmis Past President - SME PAST_PRES|SME 3/1/2002 2/28/2075
Ta Li Past President - SME PAST_PRES|SME 3/1/2001 2/28/2075
Donald Ranta Past President - SME PAST_PRES|SME 3/1/2000 2/28/2075
James Boyd Past President - SME PAST_PRES|SME 3/1/1999 2/28/2075
Ihor Kunasz Past President - SME PAST_PRES|SME 3/1/1998 2/28/2075
Raja Ramani Past President - SME PAST_PRES|SME 3/1/1995 2/28/2075
Robert Freas Past President - SME PAST_PRES|SME 3/1/1994 2/28/2075
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Ehsan Vahidi Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
George Luxbacher Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Kate Brown Requist Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Sridhar Seetharaman Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
William Rogers Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2030
Melissa Serdinsky SME Staff STAFF 10/21/2024 1/1/2050
Aleksey Smirnov Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2030
Kramer Luxbacher Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2030
Qingqing Huang Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2030
William Zisch Member MEMBER 12/1/2023 2/28/2030
Barbara Arnold Member MEMBER 8/1/2023 2/28/2030
Jerry Downey Member MEMBER 8/1/2023 2/2/2030
Christopher Noble Chair CHAIR 3/17/2023 2/28/2030
Kwame Awuah-Offei Member MEMBER 11/18/2022 2/28/2030
Navid Mojtabai Member MEMBER 11/18/2022 2/28/2030
Robert Hall Member MEMBER 11/18/2022 2/28/2030
Scott Rosenthal Member MEMBER 11/18/2022 2/28/2030
Zacharias Agioutantis Member MEMBER 11/18/2022 2/28/2030
Tathagata Ghosh Member MEMBER 11/10/2022 2/28/2030
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Rick Honaker Delegate - ABET Board of Delegates DELEGATE|ABETBOD 3/11/2024 3/1/2027
Joel Kuszmaul Alternate Delegate - ABET Board of Delegates ALTDELEGATE|ABETBOD 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
John Gierke Commissioner - Applied & Natural Science COMMISSIONER|APPLIEDNATSCI 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Kurt Katzenstein Commissioner - EAC Geological Engineering COMMISSIONER|EACGEOLENGRG 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Laurie Anderson Alternate Commissioner - Applied & Natural Science ALTCOMMISSIONER|APPNATURALSCIEN 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Susan Patton Commissioner - EAC Mining Engineering COMMISSIONER|EACMININGENGRG 3/1/2024 3/1/2027
Thomas Oommen Alternate Commissioner - EAC Geological Engineer ALTCOMMISSIONER|EACGEOLOGENGR 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Richard Sweigard Past Delegate - ABET Board of Delegates PASTDELEGATE|ABETBOD 3/1/2017 2/28/2027
David Hammond Alternate Delegate - ABET Board of Delegates ALTDELEGATE|ABETBOD 3/1/2012 2/28/2027
David McMahill Past Commissioner - EAC Mining Engineering PASTCOMMISSIONER|EACMININGENGRG 3/1/2008 2/28/2027
C. Dale Elifrits Past Delegate PASTDELEGATE 3/1/2006 2/28/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Richard Ladouceur Vice Chair - Council of Education VICE_CHAIR|COE 3/1/2025
Emily Sarver Chair - Ed Sustainability Committee CHAIR|EDSUSTAINCOMM 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Kramer Luxbacher Vice Chair - Mineral School Department Head VICE_CHAIR|MINERALHEAD 3/1/2024 3/1/2030
Robert Hall Chair CHAIR 3/1/2024
Christopher Noble Vice Chair - Mineral School Department Head VICE_CHAIR|MINERALHEAD 2/2/2023 2/2/2030
Mona Vandervoort SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2007 2/28/2030
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Emily Sarver Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Jamal Rostami Chair CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2028
Snehamoy Chatterjee Vice Chair VICE_CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/29/2028
Janet Baron Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2028
Andrea Martin Member MEMBER 10/31/2023 2/28/2028
Angie Harmon Member MEMBER 10/31/2023 2/28/2027
Jack Groppo Member MEMBER 10/31/2023 2/28/2027
Leigh Freeman Member MEMBER 10/31/2023 2/28/2029
Lorie Laessig SME Staff STAFF 4/25/2023 2/28/2030
Megan Martin SME Staff STAFF 4/3/2023 2/28/2030
Moe Momayez Member - At-Large MEMBER|AT_LARGE 3/1/2019 2/28/2028
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Elham Rahimi Representative - Environmental Div REP|ENVIRONMENTAL 4/14/2026 2/29/2028
Yamile Casasbuenas Cabezas Representative - Environmental Div REP|ENVIRONMENTAL 4/14/2026 2/29/2028
Amanda Bayne Representative - Coal & Energy Div REP|COALENERGY 3/1/2026 2/28/2028
Joelson Alves Representative - Mining & Exploration Div REP|MINING 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Kathryn Kosloski Representative - Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Div REP|INDMINERALS 3/1/2026 2/28/2028
Nathan Manser Representative - Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Div REP|INDMINERALS 3/1/2026 2/28/2028
Amy Richins Vice Chair - Student Member Affairs Committee VICE_CHAIR|SMA 3/1/2025
Robert Kimutis Representative - Coal & Energy Div REP|COALENERGY 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Sabastine Nworie Representative - Mining & Exploration Div REP|MINING 3/1/2025 2/28/2028
Simone Bailey Representative - Environmental Div REP|ENVIRONMENTAL 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Kathleen Tew Chair - Student Member Affairs Committee CHAIR|SMA 3/1/2023 2/28/2028
Mona Vandervoort Liaison LIAISON 10/16/2006
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Chris Earnest Chair CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/29/2028
Christy Miller Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Madison Sandoval Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Dan O'Connor Member MEMBER 7/25/2024 2/28/2027
C. Dale Elifrits Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Megan Martin SME Staff - ex officio STAFFEXOFFICIO 3/1/2024 2/28/2029
Pamela Wilkinson Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Patrick Jacomet Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Rebecca Smith SME Staff - ex officio STAFFEXOFFICIO 3/1/2024 2/28/2029
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Chris Earnest Vice Chair VICE_CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/29/2028
Kurt Doran Past Chair PAST_CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/29/2028
Lisa Rudstrom Chair CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/29/2028
Melissa Russell Executive Director, ex officio EXEC_DIR 9/29/2025 2/28/2045
Megan Martin SME Staff - ex officio STAFFEXOFFICIO 3/1/2024 2/28/2029
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Kurt Doran Chair CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/29/2028
Lisa Rudstrom Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/29/2028
Wendi Cooksey Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/29/2028
Hoy Frakes Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/29/2028
Kathleen Tew Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Kathryn Kosloski Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2029
Megan Martin SME Staff - ex officio STAFFEXOFFICIO 3/1/2024 2/28/2029
Michael Myers Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/29/2028
Sabastine Nworie Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Jeremy Diehlmann Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/29/2028
Allen Cooper Member MEMBER 11/4/2024 2/29/2028
Edward Wellman Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2029
Kathryn Kosloski Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2029
Aaron Young Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/29/2028
Charles Zimmerman Chair CHAIR 3/1/2023 2/28/2029
Dan Alexander Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/29/2028
Karen Rose Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2029
Lorie Laessig SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2023 2/28/2029
Pamela Wilkinson Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/29/2028
Megan Martin SME Staff STAFF 11/1/2021 2/28/2029
Dan O'Connor Member MEMBER 3/1/2020 2/28/2029
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Chris Earnest Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/29/2028
Peter Haarala Chair CHAIR 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Kathleen Tew Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/29/2028
Kurt Doran Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/29/2028
Lisa Rudstrom Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/29/2028
Megan Martin SME Staff - ex officio STAFFEXOFFICIO 3/1/2024 2/28/2029
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Kurt Doran Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Melissa Russell Secretary SECRETARY 9/29/2025 2/28/2045
Kathryn Marten Robertson Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Kathryn Kosloski Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2029
J. Eric Shereda Vice Chair VICE_CHAIR 3/1/2022 2/29/2028
Kathleen Tew Member MEMBER 3/1/2022 2/29/2028
Michael Myers Co-Chair CO_CHAIR 3/1/2022 2/28/2029
Peter Haarala Member MEMBER 3/1/2022 2/28/2027
Megan Martin SME Staff STAFF 11/8/2021 2/28/2029
C. Dale Elifrits Member MEMBER 3/1/2019 2/28/2027
William Wilkinson Member MEMBER 3/1/2017 2/28/2029
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Ihsan Tulu Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Rob Thomas Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Rudrajit Mitra Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Christopher Newman Member MEMBER 8/1/2024 2/28/2027
Joe Wickline Member MEMBER 8/1/2024 2/28/2027
Ted Klemetti Chair CHAIR 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Yang Li Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Megan Martin SME Staff STAFF 11/8/2021
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Chris Earnest Vice Chair VICE_CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/29/2028
Christy Miller Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Kurt Doran Past Chair PAST_CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/29/2028
Lisa Rudstrom Chair CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/29/2028
Madison Sandoval Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Melissa Russell Executive Director, ex officio EXEC_DIR 9/29/2025 2/28/2045
Chris Earnest Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Patrick Jacomet Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
C. Dale Elifrits Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Dan O'Connor Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Edward Wellman Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Kathryn Kosloski Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Karen Rose Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2029
Lorie Laessig SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2023 2/28/2029
Megan Martin SME Staff STAFF 11/1/2021 2/29/2028
Charles Zimmerman Member MEMBER 3/1/2020 2/28/2029
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Hugh Miller Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Andrea Brickey Representative REP 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
J. Steven Gardner Representative REP 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Jack McPartland Chair CHAIR 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Megan Martin SME Staff STAFF 11/8/2021
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Benjamin Hardman Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Bill Hancock Past President PAST_PRES 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Kurt Doran Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Ronel Kappes Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Skylie Estep Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Melissa Russell Secretary SECRETARY 9/29/2025 2/28/2045
Andy Cole President PRESIDENT 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
David Goddard Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
J. Eric Shereda Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Jaisen Kohmuench Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Jill Nelson Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Kathleen Tew Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Kathryn Marten Robertson Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Paul Vuljanic Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Peter Haarala President-Elect PRES_ELECT 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Sudhanshu Singh Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Thomas Rauch Past President PAST_PRES 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Tim Alch Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Catherine Joyner Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2029
Garland Davis Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
James Metsa Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Jay Nopola Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Michael Deal Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Kathryn Kosloski Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2029
Michael Myers Individual Fundraising Officer INDIVFUNDOFFICER 3/1/2022 2/28/2029
William Wilkinson Member MEMBER 3/1/2022 2/28/2029
Megan Martin SME Staff STAFF 11/8/2021 2/28/2029
Gregory Beckstrom Member MEMBER 3/1/2020 2/28/2029
Joshua Olmsted Member MEMBER 3/1/2020 2/28/2029
C. Dale Elifrits Member MEMBER 3/1/2018 2/28/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Benjamin Hardman Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Ronel Kappes Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Skylie Estep Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Melissa Russell Secretary SECRETARY 9/29/2025 2/28/2045
Andy Cole President PRESIDENT 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
David Goddard Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Paul Vuljanic Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Thomas Rauch Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Tim Alch Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Catherine Joyner Chair CHAIR 3/1/2024 2/28/2029
Garland Davis Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
James Metsa Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Jay Nopola Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Michael Deal Vice Chair VICE_CHAIR 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Joshua Olmsted Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2029
Jaisen Kohmuench Member MEMBER 3/1/2022 2/29/2028
Sudhanshu Singh Member MEMBER 3/1/2022 2/29/2028
Megan Martin SME Staff STAFF 11/8/2021 2/28/2029
Gregory Beckstrom Member MEMBER 3/1/2020 2/28/2029
Jill Nelson Member MEMBER 3/1/2016 2/29/2028
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Bill Hancock Past President PAST_PRES 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Melissa Russell Secretary SECRETARY 9/29/2025 2/28/2045
Andy Cole President PRESIDENT 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Peter Haarala President-Elect PRES_ELECT 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Thomas Rauch Past President PAST_PRES 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Catherine Joyner Co-Chair CO_CHAIR 3/1/2024 2/28/2029
Michael Myers Individual Fundraising Officer INDIVFUNDOFFICER 3/1/2022 2/28/2029
Megan Martin SME Staff STAFF 11/8/2021 2/28/2029
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
James Metsa Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Melissa Russell Executive Director, ex officio EXEC_DIR 9/29/2025 2/28/2045
Andy Cole Chair CHAIR 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Peter Haarala Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Thomas Rauch Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Megan Martin SME Staff STAFF 11/8/2021 2/28/2029
William Wilkinson Member MEMBER 3/1/2013 2/28/2029
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Garland Davis Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Thomas Rauch Chair CHAIR 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
C. Dale Elifrits Member MEMBER 3/1/2016 2/28/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Gregory Hasenfus Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Rudrajit Mitra Chair CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Christopher Newman Member MEMBER 8/1/2024 2/28/2027
Joe Wickline Member MEMBER 8/1/2024 2/28/2027
Ihsan Tulu Member MEMBER 3/1/2022 2/29/2028
Rob Thomas Member MEMBER 3/1/2022 2/29/2028
Megan Martin SME Staff STAFF 11/8/2021
Yang Li Member MEMBER 3/1/2021 2/28/2027
Lorie Laessig SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2015 2/28/2029
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Anne Williamson President-Elect PRES_ELECT 3/1/2026 3/31/2027
Robert Gow Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
William Rogers Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Corby Anderson Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
George Sturgis Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Ravi Ravishankar Representative REP 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Michelle Hegarty SME Staff STAFF 9/13/2024 2/28/2030
Jonathon Pianetti Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Ruby Barickman Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Resa Furey Chair CHAIR 3/1/2023 2/28/2028
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Brad Baillio Vice Chair VICE_CHAIR 11/18/2025 2/28/2027
Jim Haughey Secretary-Treasurer SEC_TES 11/18/2025 2/28/2027
joel haight Chair CHAIR 11/18/2025 2/28/2027
Nathalie Risso Program Chair PROG_CHAIR 11/18/2025 2/28/2027
Nick Letzkus Liaison LIAISON 11/18/2025 2/28/2030
Steven Schafrik Past Chair PAST_CHAIR 11/18/2025 2/28/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Gregory Sutton Representative - Mining & Exploration Div REP|MINING 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Riddhika Jain Representative - Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Div REP|INDMINERALS 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Courtney Young Representative - Board of Directors REP|BRDDIR 12/23/2024 2/28/2027
Justin Anderson Representative - Board of Directors REP|BRDDIR 12/23/2024 3/31/2027
Jen Pepe Representative - Environmental Div REP|ENVIRONMENTAL 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Raven Refuerzo SME Staff STAFF 4/1/2020 2/28/2030
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
David Draper Chair CHAIR 3/1/2026 3/1/2027
Kathleen Tew Past Chair PAST_CHAIR 3/1/2026 3/1/2027
Vikas Tandon Vice Chair VICE_CHAIR 3/1/2026 3/1/2027
Dayan Anderson Program Area Manager - Environmental PROGAREAMGR|ENVIRON 3/1/2025 2/28/2028
Peter Bojtos Program Area Manager - Governance PROGAREAMGR|GOVERNANCE 1/23/2024 2/28/2028
Mark Savit Member - At-Large MEMBER|AT_LARGE 3/1/2022 2/28/2028
Rebecca Smith SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2022 2/28/2028
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Katie List Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Tom Brady Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Grant Malensek Chair CHAIR 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Janet Baron Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2028
Michael Donkor Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2028
Ravi Ravishankar Representative REP 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Michelle Hegarty SME Staff STAFF 9/4/2024 2/28/2030
Lisa Gonzales Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Yang Li Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2030
Tara Davis SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2021 2/28/2050
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Amanda Fitch Vice Chair VICE_CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Elisa Comis Past Chair PAST_CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Mackenzie Sorensen Chair CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Roseanna Redfern Representative - Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Div REP|INDMINERALS 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Christopher Nyikos Representative - Coal & Energy Div REP|COALENERGY 3/1/2025 2/28/2028
Elham Abaie Representative - Environmental Div REP|ENVIRONMENTAL 3/1/2025 2/28/2028
Karin Harrington SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2021
Laura Nelson SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2021
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Mark Savit Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Donald Hamilton Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2028
Jeremy Mollet Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2028
John Loff-Peterson Past President PAST_PRES 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Kimberly Walster Vice Chair VICE_CHAIR 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Lara Sims Secretary SECRETARY 3/1/2025 2/28/2028
Patrick James Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2028
Purushotham Tukkaraja Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2028
Robert Pedigo Chair CHAIR 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
JT Lincoln SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2024
Scott Stilgenbauer Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Chad Triebwasser Member MEMBER 6/30/2023 2/28/2027
Christopher Pecora Member MEMBER 5/24/2023 2/28/2027
Daniel Curry Member MEMBER 5/24/2023 2/28/2027

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Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Guang Xu Representative REP 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Nathan Manser Representative - Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Div REP|INDMINERALS 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Ebrahim Karimi-Tarshizi Representative - Mining & Exploration Div REP|MINING 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Ronel Kappes Chair CHAIR 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Erik Westman Editor-in-Chief EDITOR 3/1/2021 2/28/2027
James Gebhardt Editor-in-Chief EDITOR 3/1/2021 2/28/2027
Chee Theng SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2018 2/28/2050
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Bo Hyun Kim Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 4/7/2026 4/7/2029
Janet Baron Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 4/7/2026 4/7/2029
Lana Alagha Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 4/7/2026 4/7/2029
Arja Jewbali Editor-in-Chief - Section EDITOR|SECTION 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Yuksel Asli Sari Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 12/1/2025 12/1/2028
Abani Samal Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 11/5/2025 2/28/2028
Ravi Ray Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 10/1/2025 10/1/2028
Angelina Anani Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 7/22/2025 2/28/2028
Ashish Kumar Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 7/22/2025 2/28/2028
Pedram Roghanchi Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 7/22/2025 2/28/2028
Nathan Manser Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 4/8/2025 2/28/2028
Denise Levitan Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 4/1/2025 2/28/2028
Shaosen Ma Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 4/1/2025 2/28/2028
Virginia McLemore Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 3/1/2025 2/28/2028
Radhakanta Koner Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 11/5/2024 2/28/2028
Rushikesh Battulwar Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 10/31/2024 2/28/2028
Guang Xu Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 10/23/2024 2/28/2028
Rohit Pandey Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 10/23/2024 2/28/2028
Tushar Gupta Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 9/22/2024 2/28/2028
Carrie Smith SME Staff STAFF 7/1/2024 2/28/2029
Christos Roumpos Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 4/17/2024 2/28/2028
Pengbo Chu Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 3/24/2024 2/28/2027
Sunil Tripathy Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 3/24/2024 2/28/2027
Fangyu Liu Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 8/15/2023 2/28/2027
Aman Soni Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 6/20/2023 2/28/2027
Jianwei Cheng Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 6/20/2023 2/28/2027
Snehamoy Chatterjee Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 6/20/2023 2/28/2027
Weiguo Xie Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 6/20/2023 2/28/2027
Xu Ma Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 4/14/2022 2/28/2028
Sampurna Arya Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 9/1/2021 2/28/2028
Wencai Zhang Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 9/1/2021 2/28/2028
Erik Westman Editor-in-Chief - Section EDITOR|SECTION 3/1/2021 2/28/2027
James Gebhardt Editor-in-Chief - Section EDITOR|SECTION 3/1/2021 2/28/2027
Mary Poulton Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 3/1/2021 2/28/2027
Mustafa Kumral Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 3/1/2021 2/28/2027
Ronel Kappes Executive Editor EXEDITOR 3/1/2021 2/28/2027
Sekhar Bhattacharyya Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 3/1/2021 2/28/2027
Zacharias Agioutantis Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 3/1/2021 2/28/2027
D. Nagaraj Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 7/13/2020 2/28/2027
Juan Yarmuch Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 4/1/2020 2/28/2027
Timothy Eisele Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 10/22/2019 2/28/2027
Robert Gow Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 10/14/2019 2/28/2027
Frank Roberto Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 3/7/2019 2/28/2028
Tarun Bhambhani Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 3/7/2019 2/28/2028
Yongjun Peng Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 12/12/2018 2/28/2027
Christopher Noble Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 10/17/2018 2/28/2028
Isabel Barton Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 10/17/2018 2/28/2028
Andrea Brickey Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 3/1/2018 2/28/2027
Biswajit Samanta Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 3/1/2018 2/28/2027
Chee Theng SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2018 2/28/2027
Elisabeth Clausen Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 3/1/2018 2/28/2027
Hamid-Reza Manouchehri Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 3/1/2018 2/28/2027
John Marsden Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 3/1/2018 2/28/2027
Kwame Awuah-Offei Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 3/1/2018 2/28/2027
Mehmet Kizil Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 3/1/2018 2/28/2027
Philipp Hartlieb Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 3/1/2018 2/28/2027
Pierre Mousset-Jones Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 3/1/2018 2/28/2027
Purushotham Tukkaraja Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 3/1/2018 2/28/2027
Rajive Ganguli Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 3/1/2018 2/28/2027
Rudrajit Mitra Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 3/1/2018 2/28/2027
William Rogers Associate Editor ASSOC_EDIT 3/1/2018 2/28/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
David Meadows Representative REP 3/31/2026 2/28/2028
Carolyn McCannon Representative - Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Div REP|INDMINERALS 3/1/2026 2/28/2028
Russell Sheets Representative - Mining & Exploration Div REP|MINING 3/1/2026 2/28/2028
Michael McGlynn Representative REP 3/31/2025 2/28/2027
Jason Sexauer Representative - Mining & Exploration Div REP|MINING 3/1/2025 2/28/2028
Kyle Murphy Representative - Mining & Exploration Div REP|MINING 3/1/2025 2/28/2028
Tara Davis SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2025 2/28/2050
Vaibhav Srivastava Representative - Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Div REP|INDMINERALS 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Andrew Schissler SME Staff - PE Coordinator STAFF|PECOORD 3/1/2021 2/28/2050
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Charles Hanskat Member MEMBER 7/1/2025
John Huh Member MEMBER 7/1/2025
Mark Johnson Chair CHAIR 7/1/2025
Colin Lawrence Member MEMBER 7/1/2021
Michael Bruen Member MEMBER 7/1/2021
Robert Robinson Member MEMBER 7/1/2021
Shane Yanagisawa Member MEMBER 7/1/2021
William Gleason SME Staff STAFF 7/1/2021

2022-02

Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Amanda Adams Past Chair PAST_CHAIR 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Christopher Pecora Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Joseph Bindner Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Katie Kruger Chair CHAIR 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Miguel Gutierrez Webinar Subcommittee WEBINARSUB 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Rachel Jansen Vice Chair VICE_CHAIR 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Brett Byler Webinar Subcommittee - Co-Chair WEBINARSUB|COCHAIR 3/1/2023 2/28/2030
Todd Wisdom Filtered Tailings Task Force - Vice Chair FILTEREDTAILINGS|VICECHAIR 3/1/2023 2/28/2030
Cristian David Cardenas Triana Representative - Young Leaders Committee REP|YNGLEADERCOM 3/1/2022 2/28/2030
Joseph Scalia Filtered Tailings Task Force - Chair FILTEREDTAILINGS|CHAIR 3/1/2022 2/28/2030
Christina Winckler Member MEMBER 3/1/2020 2/28/2030
Kate Patterson Member MEMBER 3/1/2020 2/28/2037
Tara Davis SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2020 2/28/2050
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Amanda Morgan Member MEMBER 4/15/2025
Colin Lawrence Member MEMBER 4/15/2025
Derek Zoldy Member MEMBER 4/15/2025
Don Del Nero Member MEMBER 4/15/2025
Dorothy McKie Member MEMBER 4/15/2025
Giuseppe M. Gaspari Member MEMBER 4/15/2025
John DiPonio Member MEMBER 4/15/2025
Mark Johnson Member MEMBER 4/15/2025
Michael Roach Member MEMBER 4/15/2025
Paul Nicholas Member MEMBER 4/15/2025
Ray Brainard Member MEMBER 4/15/2025
Robert Goodfellow Member MEMBER 4/15/2025
Sanja Zlatanic Chair CHAIR 4/15/2025
Sarah Wilson Member MEMBER 4/15/2025
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
John Manes Member MEMBER 3/1/2025
Rachel Vass Member MEMBER 3/1/2025
Tara Davis SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2025 2/28/2050
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Kathryn Marten Robertson Representative - Mining & Exploration Div REP|MINING 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Rudrajit Mitra Representative - Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Div REP|INDMINERALS 3/1/2026 3/1/2027
Tara Davis SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2012 2/28/2030
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Matthew Main Representative - Health & Safety Div REP|HLTHSFTYDIV 3/1/2026
Russell Sheets Representative - Mining & Exploration Div REP|MINING 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Tara Davis SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2012 2/28/2030
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Michael Murray Chair CHAIR 11/26/2024 2/28/2035
Michael Myers Member MEMBER 11/26/2024 2/28/2035
Seth Knutson Communications Chair COMMCHAIR 11/26/2024 2/28/2035
Brett DeVries Member MEMBER 11/13/2024 2/28/2035
Carrie Hartford Technical Committee Chair TECHCMTECHAIR 11/13/2024
Christopher Cooper Session Chair SESSIONCHAIR 11/13/2024
Eric Michiels Member MEMBER 11/13/2024
Jeffrey Ellis Member MEMBER 11/13/2024 2/28/2035
Laura Hoggan Member MEMBER 11/13/2024 2/28/2034
Marcus dos Santos Member MEMBER 11/13/2024 2/28/2035
Mark Rubalcava Member MEMBER 11/13/2024 2/28/2035
Nicole Neuman Member MEMBER 11/13/2024
Peter Sehl Member MEMBER 11/13/2024 2/28/2035
Sergio Maldonado Member MEMBER 11/13/2024 2/28/2035
Todd Hollingsworth Short Course Chair SHORTCOURSECHAIR 11/13/2024
Tara Davis SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2015 2/28/2035
David Keech Member MEMBER 3/1/2012 2/28/2035
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Julia Schmidt Representative - Mining & Exploration Div REP|MINING 3/1/2026 2/28/2028
Matthew Martin Representative REP 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Nathan Manser Representative - Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Div REP|INDMINERALS 3/1/2026 2/29/2028
Charles Blair Member MEMBER 1/9/2026
Melissa Russell SME Staff STAFF 9/29/2025 2/28/2045
Michael Spicher Member - At-Large MEMBER|AT_LARGE 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Peter Critikos Member - At-Large MEMBER|AT_LARGE 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Adele Abrams Representative - Health & Safety Div REP|HLTHSFTYDIV 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Joseph Pere Representative - Environmental Div REP|ENVIRONMENTAL 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Kathryn Marten Robertson Representative - Mining & Exploration Div REP|MINING 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Beatriz Zataray Member - At-Large MEMBER|AT_LARGE 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Jen Pepe Member - At-Large MEMBER|AT_LARGE 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Kathryn Larson Member - At-Large MEMBER|AT_LARGE 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Tara Davis SME Staff STAFF 12/19/2017 2/28/2050
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Juan Burrola Representative - Mining & Exploration Div REP|MINING 3/1/2026 2/28/2028
Riddhika Jain Representative - Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Div REP|INDMINERALS 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Robert Kudlawiec Representative REP 3/1/2026 2/28/2028
Sunil Tripathy Representative - Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Div REP|INDMINERALS 3/1/2026 2/29/2028
Clay McNail Representative - Mining & Exploration Div REP|MINING 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Cole Mayer Representative - Environmental Div REP|ENVIRONMENTAL 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Liane George Representative REP 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Michael Trevits Representative - Coal & Energy Div REP|COALENERGY 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Anne Williamson President-Elect PRES_ELECT 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Bill Hancock Past President PAST_PRES 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Jenessa Haarala Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Mary Korpi President PRESIDENT 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Melissa Russell SME Executive Director-ex officio SMEEXECDIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2045
Michael Routledge Representative - Board of Directors REP|BRDDIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Ravi Ravishankar Representative - Board of Directors REP|BRDDIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Thomas Rauch Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
David Bieber Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Virginia McLemore Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Donald Dwyer Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
James Metsa Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Genny Homyack SME Staff - ex officio STAFFEXOFFICIO 10/20/2014 2/28/2050
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Charles Morgan Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
George Moridis Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Gregory Beckstrom Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
John Wiltshire Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Julian Denegre Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Katie Stoll Vice Chair VICE_CHAIR 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Laurie Meyer Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Mark Mussett Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Mary Thomas SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2025 2/28/2030
Cori Knasinski SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2022 2/28/2030
Christopher Wyatt Chair CHAIR 3/1/2021 2/28/2027
Dan McConnell OTC Board of Directors OTCBRDDIR 1/7/2019 2/28/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Melissa Russell Executive Director, ex officio EXEC_DIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2045
Corby Anderson Representative REP 3/1/2024 2/28/2031
Rudrajit Mitra Representative REP 3/1/2024 2/28/2050
Sven Petersen Representative REP 3/1/2024 2/28/2031
Matt Zappulla Representative REP 3/1/2023 2/28/2031
Michael Trevits Past President PAST_PRES 3/1/2023 2/28/2050
Hojong Kim Representative - TMS REP|TMS 3/1/2022 2/28/2050
Zacharias Agioutantis President PRESIDENT 3/1/2022 2/28/2031
Dave Clark Representative - AusIMM REP|AUSIMM 3/1/2020 2/28/2031
Kwame Awuah-Offei Representative - WAIMM REP|WAIMM 3/1/2019 2/28/2031
Nikhil Trivedi President-Elect PRES_ELECT 3/1/2018 2/28/2031
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Jesse Salai Member MEMBER 7/1/2023 6/30/2033
Matt Swinton Member MEMBER 7/1/2023 6/30/2035
Brian Hagan Program Co-Chair PROGCOCHAIR 7/1/2021 6/30/2033
Samer Sadek Program Co-Chair PROGCOCHAIR 7/1/2021 6/30/2031
Frank Pepe Member MEMBER 7/1/2019 6/30/2029
Nestor Garavelli Member MEMBER 7/1/2019 6/30/2031
Gregg Davidson Member MEMBER 7/1/2017 6/30/2027
Jarrett Carlson Member MEMBER 7/1/2017 2/28/2029
Tara Davis SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2017 2/28/2050
Scott Hoffman Member MEMBER 7/1/2015 6/30/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
John Barber Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2029
John Rusnak Member MEMBER 9/1/2021 2/28/2029
W. David Tyler Member MEMBER 3/1/2021 2/28/2028
Roger Sawyer Member MEMBER 8/1/2019 2/28/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Roger Cooper Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2028
Dana Willis Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2030
Thomas Newman Member MEMBER 12/13/2023 2/28/2028
Douglas Hambley Member MEMBER 3/1/2021 2/28/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Jacob Brown Member MEMBER 6/10/2026
Adam Piatkowski Member MEMBER 3/24/2025
Brian Anderson Member MEMBER 3/24/2025
Andrea Martin Member MEMBER 3/16/2025
Andrew Brodkey Member MEMBER 3/16/2025
David Armstrong Member MEMBER 3/16/2025
Grant Malensek Member MEMBER 3/16/2025
Greg Gosson Member MEMBER 3/16/2025
Kwame Awuah-Offei Member MEMBER 3/16/2025
Luke Stephens Member MEMBER 3/16/2025
Michael Bohan Member MEMBER 3/16/2025
Penne Goplerud Member MEMBER 3/16/2025
Abani Samal Member MEMBER 3/1/2025
Berkley Tracy Member MEMBER 3/1/2025
Chris Miller Member MEMBER 3/1/2025
David Travis Member MEMBER 3/1/2025
Douglas Hambley Member MEMBER 3/1/2025
Edwin Peralta Member MEMBER 3/1/2025
Fred Heivilin Member MEMBER 3/1/2025
Gordon Sobering Member MEMBER 3/1/2025
James Young Co-Chair CO_CHAIR 3/1/2025
Jorge Peres Member MEMBER 3/1/2025
Kadri Dagdelen Member MEMBER 3/1/2025
Kent Cramer Member MEMBER 3/1/2025
Michael Hester Member MEMBER 3/1/2025
Michael Toelle Member MEMBER 3/1/2025
Peter Christensen Member MEMBER 3/1/2025
Richard Lambert Member MEMBER 3/1/2025
Shaun Chanter Member MEMBER 3/1/2025
Stella Searston Member MEMBER 3/1/2025
Tara Davis SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2025 2/28/2050
Tarryn Flitton Member MEMBER 3/1/2025
Thomas Dyer Member MEMBER 3/1/2025
Thomas Newman Member MEMBER 3/1/2025
Gabriel Santos Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Julio Villon Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Leonardo Figueiredo De Faria Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Lynn Olssen Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Susan Patton Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
W. David Tyler Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Andrea Brickey Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Jordan Oxborrow Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Zacharias Agioutantis Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Jaye Pickarts Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Ronel Kappes Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Genevieve Sutton Chair CHAIR 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Justin Anderson Representative - Board of Directors REP|BRDDIR 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Mary Poulton Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Melanie Penoyar-Perez SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2018 2/28/2075
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Mustafa Igdelioglu Representative - Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Div REP|INDMINERALS 3/1/2026 2/29/2028
Timothy Lambert Representative - Mining & Exploration Div REP|MINING 3/1/2026 2/28/2028
Jen Nutini Member MEMBER 1/12/2024
Joseph Starwood Member MEMBER 1/12/2024
Ravi Ravishankar Member MEMBER 1/12/2024
David Varing SME Staff STAFF 4/25/2023 2/28/2030
Eric Brandjord Member - At Large MEMBER|MATLG 3/1/2020 2/28/2030
Judith Bolis Member - At-Large MEMBER|AT_LARGE 3/1/2020 2/28/2030
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Kwame Awuah-Offei Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Lindsey Schultz Chair CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/29/2028
Maureen Moore Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Simone Bailey Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Jennifer Baar Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Kathleen Tew Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Michael Routledge Representative REP 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Peter Haarala Member MEMBER 11/12/2024 2/28/2027
Laura Nelson SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2020 2/28/2030
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Corby Anderson Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Fangyu Liu Chair CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2028
Michael Deal Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Peter Amelunxen Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Steven Schafrik Representative - Board of Directors REP|BRDDIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Erik Westman Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Gregory Sutton Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Rajesh Raitani Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Tara Davis SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2020 2/28/2030
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Christy Miller Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Patrick Jacomet Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Nathan Manser Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Raghav Dube Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Sarah Jones Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Xavier Ochoa Chair CHAIR 3/1/2025 2/28/2027
Courtney Young Representative - Board of Directors REP|BRDDIR 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
J. Eric Shereda Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Karin Harrington SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2020 2/28/2030
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Emily Haas Representative - Board of Directors REP|BRDDIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
John Wood Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Larry Kramka Chair CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2028
Robert Cooke Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Robin Bullock Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2029
Omar Smith Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/29/2028
Virginia McLemore Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/22/2028
Nina Astillero Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2027
Rachel Grimes SME Staff STAFF 3/1/2023 2/28/2030

The Young Leaders Committee (YLC) develops and strengthens young professionals in the mining and underground construction industry while adding value to the entire SME organization. Click a subcommittee name below to see its details.

Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Caitlin Strong Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Ellen Essien Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Fnu Kurniawan Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Jeremy Diehlmann Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
José Antonio Mujica Cabrera Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Lea Vecchiarelli Chair CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Philip Duah Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Zach Ward Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Cecilia Estefania Aramayo Chavez Chair CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Erkan Aslan Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Fnu Kurniawan Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Ashley Davis Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Baxter Jones Chair CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Emily Jagerhorn Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Samuel Hoffmann Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Stephen Benyo Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Amid Morshedlou Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Chandima Subasinghe Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Daniel Harvey Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Emily Jagerhorn Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Emmy Muhoza Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Erkan Aslan Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
ERNEST KONADU-YIADOM Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Fnu Kurniawan Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Joelson Alves Chair CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Triveni Gangadari Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Zach Ward Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Caitlin Strong Chair CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Hannah Chop Secretary SECRETARY 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Jeremy Diehlmann Vice Chair VICE_CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Katie Slaughter Vice Chair VICE_CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Alex Ramos Villanueva Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Ana Belen Cueva Sola Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Ashley Davis Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Cyrus Addy Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Daniel Harvey Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Ellen Essien Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Emily Jagerhorn Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
ERNEST KONADU-YIADOM Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Fnu Kurniawan Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Frida Muthoni Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Gamuchirai Melissa Matambo Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Gholamreza Khodadadmahmoudi Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Gorkem Gecimli Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Jacob Horner Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
José Pedro Cortez Ordoñez Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Laura Taboada Nuñonca Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Manuel Zacarías Salgado Cabeza Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Mayumy Dara Zuñiga Escobar Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Mirza Ubed Baig Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Mohammad Rezaee Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Molina Ansambom Sianto Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Philip Duah Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Renzo Omar Solis Vega Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Samuel Hoffmann Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Shale Kennedy Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Toluwalase Ogunsunlade Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Triveni Gangadari Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2030
Arif Aydar Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
Cole Mayer Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
Cooper Knoll Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
Cristian Quiroz Giron Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
Erick Hinostroza De La Cruz Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
Erkan Aslan Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
Fernando Robles Rodriguez Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2028
Flor Segobia Campos Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
Garrett Anderson Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
Greatness Ojum Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
Jhaird Alexander Pérez Cruzado Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
Johnniann Thompson Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
José Antonio Mujica Cabrera Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/8/2029
Joshua Woosley Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
Juan Carlos Llerena Santos Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
Justin Liakos Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
Lea Vecchiarelli Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
Michael Campion Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
Milad Ghahramanieisalou Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
Neel Gupta Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
Raul Adrián Borda Moreno Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
Richard Ahadjie Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
Rommel Benjhi Arrieta Zapata Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
Samuel Hatfield Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
Yajaira Mosqueira Mostacero Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
Zach Ward Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
Zohreh Kazemi Motlagh Member MEMBER 3/1/2025 2/28/2029
Amid Morshedlou Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Baxter Jones Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Carolyn McCannon Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Christy Miller Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Daniel Buonanno Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Emmy Muhoza Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Guillermo Marcos Alzamora Casilla Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Hannah Chop Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Jeremy Diehlmann Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Jose Quiala Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Juan Bernal Rodroguez Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Junior Alexander Mendoza Bedregal Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Katie Slaughter Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Kody-Lee Musick Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Luis Goicochea Sanchez Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Paul Peralta Rodriguez Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Paul Stanton Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Roya Bakzadeh Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Saboor Ahmad Torabi Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Stephen Benyo Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Taliat T.A Olatunde Member MEMBER 3/1/2024 2/28/2028
Aman Soni Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Angelina Anani Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Brock Langford Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Caitlin Strong Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Cassandra Galvez Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Cecilia Estefania Aramayo Chavez Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Cesar Juber Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Chandima Subasinghe Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Daniel Riggs Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Emily Carroll Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Emily Hendrickson Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Festus Animah Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Guillermo Bermudez Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Joelson Alves Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Joseph Bindner Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Joseph Trouba Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Kevin Collantes Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Mackenzie Best Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Marco Portal Valdivia Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Mark Hovingh Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Michael Karl Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Michael Keener Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Michahel Calixto Rivera Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Mohsen Rabbani Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Nina Dawson Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Oluwafemi Salami Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Rahel Dean-Pelikan Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Rami Abousleiman Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Safiatu Barrie Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Samanthas McLeary Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Santiago Navia Vasquez Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Shihua Han Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Thiago Tolentino Silva Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Vaibhav Srivastava Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/2/2027
William Dixon Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Zeynep Cicek Member MEMBER 3/1/2023 2/28/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Alex Ramos Villanueva Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Chandima Subasinghe Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Cooper Knoll Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Daniel Buonanno Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Flor Segobia Campos Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Gorkem Gecimli Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Marco Portal Valdivia Chair CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Renzo Omar Solis Vega Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Name Position Sub-Position Start End
Chandima Subasinghe Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Erkan Aslan Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
ERNEST KONADU-YIADOM Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Greatness Ojum Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Marco Portal Valdivia Member MEMBER 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Taliat T.A Olatunde Chair CHAIR 3/1/2026 2/28/2027
Iuri Ramos Member MEMBER 3/1/2023