Scott Howard, State Geologist of South Carolina

In 2020, C. Scott Howard was appointed State Geologist of South Carolina, upon the retirement of Bill Clendenin, who had fulfilled the role since 1995. Scott holds a B.S. degree from Washington and Lee University, as well as M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from University of Delaware. His expertise is in structural geology of the Appalachian Piedmont, and GIS. Scott has been with the state since 2000.

Jessica Moore, State Geologist of West Virginia

On January 1^st, 2021, Jessica Moore was appointed Director and State Geologist, West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey. Previously, since 2011, Jessica has been Program Manager, Applied Oil and Gas at the West Virginia survey in Morgantown. Her prior service includes over three years at North Carolina Geological Survey, and education mostly at West Virginia University, where Jessica was a Chesapeake Energy Scholar. Jessica is taking over after the service of Mitch Blake, who had been Director since the retirement of Mike Hohn in 2018.