Nancy Beckvar received her MS (86) in Stratigraphy and Paleontology from the Department of Geosciences in 1986. As an Environmental Scientist for NOAA's Assessment and Restoration Division in Seattle, WA, she works on a variety of coastal hazardous waste site projects around the United States.

Nancy has served on the Geosciences Advisory Board since 2008.

Regina Capuano

Regina has served on the Geosciences Advisory Board since 1999.

Carlotta Chernoff received her PhD from the University of Arizona in 2002 (Metamorphic Petrology/Economic Geology, Mark Barton, advisor); prior to that she had received geoscience MS and BS degrees from the University of Texas at Austin.

Carlotta currently works in Houston for ConocoPhillips in their Global Exploration Portfolio Management group.

Carlotta has served on the Geosciences Advisory Board since 2003.

Tim Demko received his PhD in Geosciences from the University of Arizona in 1995, MS in Geology from Auburn University in 1990, and BS in Geoscience from Penn State in 1983.

Tim currently is a Senior Research Associate at ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company in Houston, TX and serves as theTechnical Team Lead for the Sediment Evolution group in the New Play Concepts project. He has worked as a mining geologist for P&N Coal Company, and as an exploration and research geologist for ExxonMobil. He also was a postdoctoral fellow at Colorado State University, and an assistant professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Minnesota Duluth.

Tim has served on the Department of Geosciences Advisory Board since 2008.

Steve Enders has a BSc (76) from the Colorado School of Mines and a MS (81) from the University of Arizona in geological engineering, and a PhD (00) in Geosciences from the University of Arizona.

Steve is currently Director of Renaissance Resource Partners, and an Adjunct Professor and member of several advisory boards at the University of Arizona. He has held a number of positions in the mining business over the last 33 years, highlighted as President of Phelps Dodge Exploration Corporation, and most recently as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Exploration for Newmont Mining Corporation.

Steve has served on the Department of Geosciences Advisory Board since 2003.

Kit Marrs

Kit has served on the Department of Geosciences Advisory Board since 2005.

Steve Naruk received his MS (81) and PhD (87) in Structural Geology and Tectonics from the Department of Geosciences.

Steve worked as a mineralogist for Amax Exploration R&D prior to attending the UA. Since graduating from the UA, he has held multiple exploration and production assignments with Shell. He is currently the Principal Structural Geologist for Shell International Exploration and Production Research and Development in Bellaire, Texas.

Steve is also the current chair of the Department of Geosciences Alumni Advisory Board. He has served on the Geosciences Advisory Board since 1999.

Marc Sbar received his PhD in earthquake seismology from Columbia University in 1972. He served on the faculty of the University of Arizona Department of Geosciences from 1977 - 1983. In 1983, he changed gears and became an exploration seismologist working for BP and ConocoPhillips. Marc currently works as a consultant in geophysical analysis solving interesting and challenging problems in predicting reservoir properties.

Marc has served on the Department of Geosciences Advisory Board since 2008.

William Wilkinson received his BS and MS degrees in geology from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, with a three-year break for service in the US Army.  He received his PhD (81) from the Department of Geosciences at the UA.

Willis currently Vice President, Africa, for Freeport-McMoRan Exploration Corp. in Phoenix, AZ.  He is responsible for project direction, reconnaissance and acquisitions throughout the continent.  He has nearly 35 years of experience in mineral exploration and has worked in base and precious metal exploration in 25 countries on five continents. Will has worked in the southwestern United States for Anacoda, Duval Corporation, Westmont Mining and Phelps Dodge.

Will has served on the Department of Geosciences Advisory Board since 1995.

Mark Zoback is the Benjamin M. Page Professor of Earth Sciences and Professor of Geophysics at Stanford University. His principal research interests are related to the forces that act within the earth's crust and their influence on processes related to plate tectonics, earthquakes and oil and gas reservoirs. He is the author/co-author of approximately 250 scientific research papers and one book, Reservoir Geomechanics, published in 2007 by Cambridge University Press.

Mark has served on the Department of Geosciences Advisory Board since 2008.