Rich Ortt, AASG President, 2019-2020

Richard Allen Ortt, Jr., Director of the Maryland Geological Survey, is the 2019-2020 AASG President. Rich has been with the Survey since 1992, where he has worked on geologic engineering topics such as erosion, transport, deposition and accumulation in reservoirs and shipping channels. Rich holds a degree in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. He and his wife Janine have four children.