TOM McCARROLL received his B.S. in geology from LSU in 1973. He started his career with Amoco Production Company in New Orleans, but moved to Houston after being awarded a graduate fellowship at Rice University in 1976. He cut his academic career short in 1977 to accept a position as Staff Geophysicist with Oil Development Company of Texas. ODCT eventually became Santa Fe Energy Resources and Tom worked there until 1998, serving in a variety of positions, including Division Exploration Manager in charge of the Gulf Coast, Division Exploration Manager in charge of the Western Division (everything west of the Rockies), Manager of Business Development, and VP and General Manager of Santa Fe Energy Resources of Myanmar, located in Rangoon. In 1998 Tom joined Louis Dreyfus Natural Gas as Vice President of Exploration for the Gulf Coast Region and served in that position until Louis Dreyfus was acquired by Dominion Resources in 2001. In 2002, Tom Joined Cheyenne Petroleum as Vice President, Gulf Coast, then moved in 2007 to Patriot Exploration as Vice President, Exploration. He has worked as a consultant since 2009. During his exploration career, Tom has worked the Gulf Coast, on- and offshore, San Joaquin and Sacramento basins, the Basin and Range, the Mid-Continent, and the Permian basin in the U.S., as well as the Irrawaddy and Chindwin basins in Myanmar (Burma). Tom and his wife, Michelle, recently celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary and are enjoying living in the suburbs of Welcome, Texas. They have a son, Otis, who graduated from Texas A&M in 2000 and is currently living and working in New Orleans. Tom is a member of HGS, GSH, AAPG, SEG, and API and has served several terms as an AAPG Delegate, including a year as Foreman of the Houston delegation. He is a former Executive Director of HGS and has served on several GCAGS Convention committees. Tom has served as Skeet Shoot Chair numerous times since the first skeet shoot in 1982. His first year as chair was around 1989, but he can’t remember how many years he has served. His best estimate is ten years as chair in the 28 years the event has been held, but Tom’s getting old; his memory’s not what it once was! EVELYN MEDVIN has over 30 years of experience as a geoscientist and is currently Vice President for Core Laboratories, where she focuses on understanding client needs and technological challenges, cross-company integration, and providing fit-for-purpose solutions for reservoir optimization. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Evelyn began her career with Cities Service as an exploration geophysicist working South and Central America. She continued her career with Occidental Petroleum in Bakersfield, California, finding and developing hydrocarbon reserves in Latin America and the Gulf of Mexico. After leaving Occidental, she spent two years at Schlumberger/GeoQuest where she gained expertise in 3-D visualization software. After eight years of Landmark experience, she specialized in making CAEX software work for finding oil and gas. During her tenure as VP of Interpretation and Business Development for Coherence Technology Company, she focused on applying Coherence Cube™ processing throughout the E&P life cycle. She has made numerous presentations and published several articles on oil and gas technology and their applications.She is a member of several professional industry organizations, is a member of the board for IPAA’s Petroleum Academies, serves on the Professional Women in Earth Sciences committee of AAPG, and is a member of the AAPG House of Delegates representing the Gulf Coast Region. Ms. Medvin enjoys mentoring young people in the oil and gas industry and became a trustee with the HGS Foundation (undergraduate scholarship program) in 2005. While with the Foundation, she has played a very active role in fund-raising and was particularly successful this year in securing contributions via the HGS Legends Night sponsorship program. She also suggested and led the first of several field trips held for our undergraduate scholarship winners.DIANNA PHU Dianna began her career at GEMS after graduating from the University of Houston in December, 2000, with a Bachelor of Science degree in geology and geophysics.She worked her way towards her present role through hard work, dedication, and a constant drive to learn more and deliver a quality product. Dianna presently manages an integrated study and collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to identify and quantify seafloor and shallow geologic constraints affecting exploration and development planning in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Dianna’s role involves building a geologic model based on detailed stratigraphic and structural interpretation in 2D and 3D seismic data, integration with age control, geotechnical properties, and visualization in a GIS-based workspace, contributing to site specific field development planning, special-interest studies, and regional reconnaissance assessments. Dianna was introduced to the Houston Geological Society as an undergraduate student at UH, receiving the HGS Undergraduate Scholarship in 1999. In September, 2005, Dianna took the reins of the HGS Young Professional committee, the NeoGeos, and re-defined the group’s industry presence, earning a Rising Star Award in 2007. Since her NeoGeos involvement, Dianna has contributed to behind-the-scenes planning for the HGS/GSH Geoscience Day program, Continuing Education Committee, Arrangements Committee, and the Website Committee, as well as continued to serve as a core member of the Offshore Technology Conference’s The Next Wave program planning committee. Recognizing the generational gap in the oil and gas industry, Dianna’s passion focuses on engaging the younger generation to be proactively involved and disseminating opportunities to the greater membership base. In July, 2010, Dianna gained approval from the HGS Board of Directors to establish a Social Media Committee. Creating a Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn presence and establishing a social media policy for the HGS, Dianna now directs her energy towards spreading the HGS opportunities to a wider audience and sharing the world of geoscience with a global community.