On November 15th, 2022, Carey Bridges will be State Geologist of Missouri, as successor to Joe Gillman. She will direct the Missouri Geological Survey, part of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. She has been a Deputy Director for the department's Division of Environmental Quality since 2018. She was Chief of Wellhead Protection until 2012 when she became a Director in the Geological Survey. She was Chief of Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup for over five years before joining the Survey in 2011. She joined the Department in 1999, as Project Manager in the Hazardous Waste Program, overseeing Superfund, Brownfields, and Voluntary Cleanup sites. She holds a bachelor’s degree in geology from the University of Central Missouri and a master’s degree in geology from the University of Missouri - Columbia. Welcome, Carey!
https://dnr.mo.gov/communications/news/missouri-department-natural-resources-names-new-state-geologist-director-geological-survey
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