In 2012 the faculty associated with the Bioenvironmental Sciences (BESC) degree program formed the BESC Professional Board. The inaugural Board consists of former students from the BESC program, established in 1992 in the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, and other environmental professionals with connections to the program and the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) student chapter. The BESC Professional Board members represent various environmental professions the current BESC students seek to join.
The mission for the Bioenvironmental Sciences Professional Board is: Preparing excellent environmental professionals responsive to industry needs in the 21st century.
Starting in September 2012 the BESC Professional Board has established bylaws, formed committees with charters, established and contributed to an Endowed Excellence Fund for BESC, and has begun engaging the current students and faculty about enhancing the curriculum and internship and employment opportunities.
Current BESC Professional Board Members
Eric Ables
Terminals Business Unit
Kinder Morgan Inc.
Caroline Ask
Solid Waste Division Manager
City of College Station
Samantha Best
Deputy Director
Brazos Valley Solid
Waste Management Agency
Jim Coleman
Vice President at Hydrologic Monitoring
Coy Crain
Market Director
TRC Environmental Corporation
Aaron Geyer
Manager
Environmental Department
Pioneer Natural Resources
Christina Higginbotham
Senior Environmental
Specialist at Targa Resources
Randall Hodo
Criminal Investigator
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Texas Environmental Enforcement Task Force
Harrison Ireland
Global Environmental Procurement – Strategy Manager
BP
Keith Jordan
Director Operation Management, Oxy
Michelle Kirchman
Environmental Health & Safety Engineer at Flex
Leslie Loveless
Business Development
LS Energy Services and Lineal Industries, Inc
Rachel Ludicke
Environmental Due Diligence Lead
Westwood Professional Services
Juan Ludwig
Project Manager
CDS Muery
Andie Marsh
Rhizos, LLC
Ana Partin
Environmental Manager
INEOS Phenol
Heather Podlipny
Project Manager
Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
Cedric Robinson
Director of EHS Technical
Programs
Frito Lay, Inc.
John Sorkness
Quality Assurance Auditor and Project Manager
AECOM
Alice Tabor
EHS Consulting at BSI
Brittany Westphal
Manager Environmental Operations
BNSF Railway company
Caitlin Wilding
Environmental, Health, Safety and Security Manager
BASF – Beaumont Site
Matthew Zidek
Safety and Environmental Representative
EOG Resources, Inc.
Wally Zverina
Senior Project Manager
ERM
Ex-Officio Members
Doug Anderson
President, Gruene Environmental Companies
Jamie Bryan
K+L Gates LLP
Jim Formby
Project Manager, Remediation Division,Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
Bryan Gay CEO of ESE Partners, LLC
Craig Holloway
Senior Chemical Engineer
AECOM
Dawn Steph
Environmental & Neighborhood Services Liaision, City of Sugar Land
Tom Chappel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, BESC Program
Sam Murdock
Academic Program Coordinator, BESC Program
Wonbo Shim, Ph.D.
Department Head and Professor of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, BESC Program, Texas A&M University
Katie Stoddard, Ph.D.
Instructional Associate Professor of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, BESC Program
Heather Wilkinson, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, BESC Program, Texas A&M University