- Member, Association of Engineering and Environmental Geologists (AEG)
- Member, American Society for Testing and Materials International (ASTM)
- Past president, past chair of the Council of Fellows; member and fellow, The GeoProfessional Business Association (f/k/a the Associated Soil and Foundation Engineers or ASFE), Environmental Business Council; and Head, Standard of Care Survey and Phase I Environmental Site Assessments Task Force
- Past president, School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community (SPARC); Co-Chair, Live Art Steering Committee
- Board chair, Lakeside Park Corporation, Inc.
- Board member, Jewish Family Services Supporting Foundation; past board chair, Jewish Family Services
- Chair, Science Matters Leadership Team; past member, Community Service Board, Virginia’s Home for Public Media (VPM), Richmond, VA
- Past president, Richmond Performing Arts Alliance
- Board member, The Firehouse Theatre
- Board member, Orchard House Middle School
- Past member, Editorial Board, GeoStrata Magazine, a publication of the GeoInstitute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- Past articles editor, Geoscience, a publication of the Association of Engineering and Environmental Geologists and the Geological Society of America
- Past membership secretary, ASTM Committee E-50 on Commercial Real Estate Transactions
- Vice president, Virginia Geotechnical Services PC, 1987-2006
- Senior geologist, Virginia Department of Waste Management, 1984-1987
- Chief regional geologist, Virginia State Water Control Board, Northern Region, 1983-1984
- Instructor of geology, Northern Virginia Community College, 1984
- Geologist and engineering technician, Froehling and Robertson, 1982-1983
- Instructor of geology, Virginia State University, 1981-1982
- Geologist, Shannon & Wilson Inc., 1977-1979
Education
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, M.S., 1981, geological sciences , Geological Sciences
- College of William & Mary, B.A., 1977, geology , Geology
- “Environmental Due Diligence Standards and Protocols,” technical conference for a private consulting firm, 2007.
- Author or co-author for five studies of the Standard of Care for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, 1991-current.
- Author, “Parham Forest West: Once Polluted, Now Promising,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, December 16, 2007.
- Author, “Near a Former Superfund Site, New Business Park in Henrico Looks to Meet LEED Standards,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, December 16, 2007.