Primary Leadership and Committee Experience:
2001-2003  Chairman, Board of Trustees, Partnership for Public Warning, ppw.us
1998           Retired to Jackson, Wyoming
1997-1998  Chairman, Working Group on Natural Disaster Information Systems under the 
                  Subcommittee on Natural Disaster Reduction (SNDR) of the Committee on 
                  Environment and Natural Resources (CENR), Office of Science and Technology
                  Policy (OSTP) in the White House.
1997-1998  Member, Disaster Information Task Force requested by Vice President Gore to
                 determine the feasibility of a Global Disaster Information Network.
1997-1998  Member, Subcommittee on Natural Disaster Reduction under CENR within OSTP.
1977-1998  Member, Working Group on Crisis Management, under Committee on Information and 
                  Communication within OSTP.
1996-1998  Leader, development of a Real-time Hazards Initiative that integrates hazards programs
                  across all four divisions of the USGS. Provided briefings for Department of Interior
                  leaders, Office of Management and Budget and others.
1996-1998  Chairman, USGS Committee on Serving High-volume, Rapid Notifications to plan
                  more effective dissemination of real-time information in all four Divisions.
1995           Member, Outreach Benchmark Team of the USGS.
1994-1999  Associate Editor, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America.
1992-1995  Member, Education and Outreach Policy Advisory Board, Southern California
                  Earthquake Center, and Chairman of the Public Information/Affairs Committee.
1990           Conceived of, wrote, produced, raised $750,000 outside of the government, hired a
                   public-relations firm, and involved more than 100 people in many different agencies in
                   review of a magazine distributed in 41 newspapers and 3.3 million copies about
                   earthquakes in northern California and what people can do about them. Received
                   Public Affairs Award of the Department of Interior, highest award of the National
                   Association of Government Communicators, and was a Finalist for Federal Employee
                   of the Year Award in 1991.
1984-1989  Member, interagency working group on research drilling into Novarupta vent, Katmai,
                  Alaska.
1984-1988  Member and USGS representative, advisory panel to the Department of Geoscience,
                  University of California, Santa Barbara.
1977-1979  Member, Geophysical Prediction Panel of the Geophysics Study Committee, National
                  Academy of Sciences
1977-1978  Coordinator, Earthquake Prediction Program. Between 1975 and 1978, led
                  development of strategic plans for NEHRP, National Earthquake Hazard Reduction
                  Program, passed by congress in 1977. Guided program through a tripling of the
                  budget. Briefed Secretary of Interior, the President's Advisory Panel on Anticipated
                  Advances in Science and Technology, and many others.
1976-1977  Member, Earth Dynamics Advisory Subcommittee, NASA.
1975-1977  Chief, Branch of Seismology, which became Branch of Earthquake Mechanics and
                  Prediction. Led group of 200 scientists and support staff.
1974-1979  Member, Advisory Panel for Magma Energy Research, Sandia National Labs.
1974-1975  Coordinator, Geothermal Research Program within the Branch of Seismology.
1973-1977  Leader, Working Group on Research on Earthquakes and Crustal Movements in 
                  Volcanic Regions, International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the 
                  Earth's Interior.
1973-1978   Member, Committee on the Solid Earth, Pan American Institute of Geography and
                  History, Commission on Geophysics.
1973-1975  Developer, Center for Seismic Studies in the Nicaraguan government. Found USAID 
                  and Nicaraguan funding and led training and installation of seismic networks.
1970           Project Director for developing 13 ultra-high-gain broad-band, long-period seismic
                  systems and installing them in 5 countries for monitoring nuclear tests.

Leadership Outside of Science:

1981-Present Owner and developer of Happiness Country Kennels, a dog and cat kennel currently
                    boarding, on average, more than 75 animals per night and employing 20 people.
1974-1979    Founder and leader of Sviraci, a five-person Balkan folk-dance orchestra.
1963-1964    Vice President, Dartmouth Outing Club
1962             Hutmaster, Lakes of the Clouds Hut, Appalachian Mountain Club.
1959             As Junior Counselor and Junior Maine Guide, developed Maine Woodsman and Maine
                    Junior Woodsman programs published in The Art of Living Outdoors in Maine, Maine
                    Camp Directors Association, 1961.

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