Alumni Advisory Board Spring Meeting

Join us for the School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability Alumni Advisory Board Spring Meeting on April 10, 2026, held online via Zoom. This is a great opportunity to reconnect, hear updates from SEES, and share your ideas for the future of our community. All alumni are warmly invited to attend!

For more information, please email clas-sees@uiowa.edu.

Alumni board members

Portrait of Mike Burkart

Mike Burkart

Alumni Board Member
Retired Hydrogeologist and Research Leader
Matt Burreson SEES Alumni

Matt Burreson

Alumni Board Member
Chief Geophysicist at Occidental Oil and Gas (Oxy)
This is a picture of Jim Eagan

Jim Eagan

Alumni Board Member
Retired Petroleum Geologist and Consultant
This is a picture of Melissa Evans

Melissa Evans

Alumni Board Chair
Petrophysicist at Battelle Carbon Services
Portrait of Katie Goff

Katie Goff

Alumni Board Member
Environmental Scientist, Eocene Environmental Group
This is a picture of Brian Hartman

Brian Hartman

Alumni Board Member
Ridge Geoscience LLC Founder and Principal Geologist
This is a picture of Luan Heywood

Luan Heywood

Alumni Board Member
Research Associate at International Ocean Discovery Program
Portrait of Benjamin Howard

Benjamin Howard

Alumni Board Member
Geologist at Matador Resources
This is a picture of Lee Phillips

Lee Phillips

Past Alumni Board Chair
University of Louisville Special Assistant to the Provost
Bill Raatz

Bill Raatz

Alumni Board Member
Fellow - Geosciences - Occidental Petroleum (Oxy)
Meg Raatz SEES Alumni Board

Meg Raatz

Alumni Board Member
This is a picture of Eric Small

Eric Small

Alumni Board Member
Physical Scientist and Clean Water Act Inspector at the United States Environmental Protection Agency
Erik Smith Alumni SEES

Erik Smith

Alumni Board Member
Senior Engineering Associate, Lower Colorado River Authority (Texas)
This is a picture of Noah W. Stern

Noah W. Stern

Alumni Board Member
Senior Scientist at AmebaGone
Asa Strong SEES Board Member

Asa Strong

Alumni Board Member
Platform Group Product Manager at Planet
This is a picture of Tim Stroope

Tim Stroope

Alumni Board Member
Hydrogeologist at U.S. Forest Service
This is a picture of Amy Sullivan

Amy Sullivan

Alumni Board Member
Former Petroleum Geologist for Mobil, ExxonMobil, and Royal Dutch Shell
This is a picture of Aaron Suzuki

Aaron Suzuki

Alumni Board Member
Founder and CEO of SmartDeploy

Alumni board documents