Jared Bosch

Chevron
100 Northpark Boulevard,
Covington, LA 70433
Tel: (985) 773-6251

E-mail: jared.bosch@chevron.com

Jared Bosch received his BS in Geology in 1999 and his MS in Geology in 2001 from Louisiana State University. He is a native of New Orleans, lifelong resident of Louisiana, and currently resides in Covington with his wife and two young children. Jared began his career with Texaco in 2001 in New Orleans, came to Chevron via the merger in 2001, and spent the first eight years of his career working on the Gulf of Mexico shelf in both development and exploration roles for Chevron. He is currently transitioning into his new role as a development geologist for the Perdido regional development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Jared has been a member of the SGS since 2006 and served as SGS Secretary 2009-2010, and SGS Treasurer 2010-2011.

Ken Reynolds

Chevron USA Production Company
100 Northpark Boulevard, Room N2158B
Covington, LA 70433
Tel: (985) 773-6288

E-mail: kreynolds@chevron.com

Ken Reynolds received an MS in Geology from Auburn University in 1981 and began working for Texaco in their New Orleans office that same year. With Texaco, Ken was responsible for exploration and development projects throughout the Gulf Coast. His assignments ranged from both onshore and offshore Louisiana assets to the Vicksburg of South Texas. Upon the merger with Chevron, Ken accepted a position on their Deepwater Asset Development team in New Orleans assigned to the Petronius Field in Viosca Knoll. His current assignment is the management of reservoirs for the Perdido project un Alaminos Canyon. Ken is a member of AAPG and SEG and has served as Treasurer, Editor, 2nd Vice President and President for the Society.

Eric Zimmermann

LLOG Exploration
1001 Ochsner Boulevard, Suite 200
Covington, LA 70433
Tel: (985) 801-4338

E-mail: ericz@llog.com

Eric Zimmermann is a geologist for LLOG Exploration focusing primarily on Deepwater Exploration. Eric held similar posts with Dominion and BP before working for LLOG. He is also the University Relations Chair for the Southeastern Geophysical Society. Eric graduated with a BS and MS from Louisiana State University in Geology. He is married with three children Annie, Julia, and Caroline.

Ellen Clark

Chevron USA Production Company
100 Northpark Boulevard, Room N2158B
Covington, LA 70433
Tel: (985) 773-6427

E-mail: ellenclark@chevron.com

Ellen Clark is working currently as a geophysicist for DeepWater Asset Development at Chevron in the Covington office. She joined Chevron 14 years ago in New Orleans working development projects and PSDM for DeepWater Gulf of Mexico projects. Prior to Chevron, Ellen worked for Mobil Oil and briefly at CNG. Ellen graduated from the University of New Orleans in 1985 with a BS in Geology and received her MS in Geology, with an emphasis in Geophysics in 2002. Ellen has been an active member of SEG since 2002, is a member of AAPG, and has served two terms as the SGS Editor. Ellen served as the Arrangements Chair for the 2006 SEG International Exposition and Annual Meeting Steering Committee.

Hao Zhou

Shell
One Shell Square, 701 Poydras Street
New Orleans, LA 70139
Tel:

E-Mail: hao.zhou@shell.com

Hao Zhou obtained his PhD degree in Earth Science from Ohio State University. His research was mainly focusing on geodynamic modeling of Earth deformation in response to contemporary ice loss in Greenland, Antarctica and Patagonia South America. He has conducted GPS survey in big island Hawaii, California and Antarctica. Hao is specialized in numerical modeling and programming. In 2008 Hao joined Shell as a geophysicist. He is a member of SEG, AAPG and AGU.

Patricia Yu

Shell
One Shell Square, 701 Poydras Street
New Orleans, LA 70139
Tel: (504) 728-6364

E-Mail: patricia.yu@shell.com

Patricia Yu joined Shell in 2007 and spent 3.5 years in the geohazard assessment and pore pressure prediction team in Houston working on primarily international projects. Recently, she transferred to New Orleans to join the QI team supporting the Gulf of Mexico. She received her BA in Earth and Planetary Sciences at UC Berkeley, where she worked in the Berkeley Seismological Lab. Afterwards, she went to UT Austin for a MS in Geophysics. Patricia is a member of SEG and joined SGS in 2011.

Christy Gautre

Shell
One Shell Square, 701 Poydras Street
New Orleans, LA 70139
Tel: (504) 453-8242

E-Mail: christy.gautre@shell.com

Christy Gautre is currently working as a geophysicist in Quantitative Interpretation at Shell in New Orleans. She has been with Shell for the past four years, and received her MS in Applied Physics in 2010 from the University of New Orleans. Prior to working at Shell, Christy worked as a Physical Scientist in Mine Warfare at the Naval Oceanographic Office at Stennis Space Center for three and a half years. Christy graduated from Centenary College of Louisiana in 2002 with a BS in Mathematics. Christy was the SGS Secretary in 2010-2011, is an active SEG member, and is serving on the SEG Womens Network Taskforce. Christy lives in Metairie with her husband TJ, two cats, and four chickens.

Emily Chapp

Chevron USA Production Company
100 Northpark Boulevard,
Covington, LA 70433
Tel: (985) 733-6308

E-mail: chapp@chevron.com

Emily Chapp received her BS in geophysics from Boston College in 2002 and her MS in marine geology and geophysics from the University of Hawaii in 2006. A native of Illinois, Emily moved to New Orleans in 2006 to join Chevron. After working on shelf development wells, she moved to the deep water Petronius field, where she focused on infill drilling projects using 4D seismic data and earth modeling. She is currently working on the development of the deep water Caesar-Tonga field in the Gulf of Mexico. Emily lives in New Orleans and is also a member of SEG.

Richard Mongan

Chevron (North America) E & P
1500 Louisiana Street, Rm 19-123
Houston, TX 77002-7308
Tel: (832) 854-5725

E-mail: richard.mongan@chevron.com

Richard Mongan obtained his BSc in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from Bristol University, UK in 1985 and has over 25 years experience in the seismic industry. Richard's career has included acting as an Observer on Land Seismic crews and working as a Seismic Logging Engineer before coming out of the field into more technical and managerial positions e.g. Instrument Supervisor and Regional Management. These assignments brought him to over 14 countries on 5 continents. Richard now works for Chevron's Deepwater Exploration/Projects Group in Houston as a VSP Acquisition Specialist. He follows with interest the niche and emerging markets of seismic while (not) drilling, permanent sensors and acquiring microseismic data passively for compaction monitoring or actively for fracture extent calculations while formations are being hydraulically stimulated. Richard has served as the 2003-2004 SGS Secretary, 2004-2005 SGS Treasurer, 2005-2006 SGS President, 2006-2007 SGS Past President and 2007-2008 SGS Prior Past President. He has sat on SEG Council since 2005 and attended the inaugural SEG General Assembly in January 2008. He is a current active member of SEG and his outside interests include Formula1, NASCAR, Lounge Singing, Karaoke, Barbecuing, Live Music, Football (Soccer, Rugby and American), Fighting and Golf.

Lisa Dwyer Kennedy

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement
1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard
Harahan, LA 70123
Tel: (504) 736-2794

E-mail: lisa.kennedy@boemre.gov

Lisa Kennedy is a native of the Greater New Orleans area and attended Mount Carmel Academy. She received her BS and MS in Geology from UNO in 2001 and 2006 respectively. While working towards her MS degree at UNO, Lisa worked full time as a co-op student with the Minerals Management Service in New Orleans. Following graduation, Lisa has continued her work at BOEMRE (formerly MMS) as a geophysicist in Resource Evaluation. She is also a member of SEG, AAPG, and NOGS.

Lisa is also an assistant leader for 2 local Girl Scout troop of 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th graders from several area schools. She continues to volunteer, and recruit volunteers, for various local events regarding educational endeavors. These include but are not limited to: Super Science Saturday, Fun Science for Families Day, and the Greater New Orleans Science & Engineering Fair. Lisa's picture to the right was taken when she volunteered to man the SGS exhibit at the Louisiana Children's Museum July 24th, 2009 during the PIPE program. PIPE is part of the New Orleans Joint Societies educational efforts and is one of the biggest events of the year at the Museum. Lisa and her husband, Andy, are expecting their first child in November 2011.