CSMAA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Alumni Association Board works closely with the Office of Alumni Relations to enhance relationships between alumni and the Colorado School of Mines. Board members are committed to supporting Mines’ overall interests among the entire alumni community and the world at large. Membership represents a diversity of departmental affiliations, class years, geographies, and personal backgrounds. Board positions include president, president-elect, secretary and treasurer, comprising the Executive Committee; three at-large directors; an undergraduate and graduate student representative; and a director representing Metro Denver, Rocky Mountain area, West, Southwest, Gulf Coast, Central, East and International regions. The regional and at-large positions are elected to three-year terms and the others are one-year appointments. Board members meet three times per year in person and committee meetings are held periodically throughout the year.
Standing committees of the board include Awards, Editorial Board, Executive Committee, Finance, Governance, Nominating, and Sections. The Nominating Committee welcomes your suggestions for future board members. Submit a nomination to csmaa@mines.edu.
See CSMAA bylaws for more information.
Joseph P. Mahoney, Centennial, CO. President (through February 2010)
Joe Mahoney graduated from Mines in 1986 with a BSc CPR degree, earning the Student-Athlete Renaissance Award and named to the NAIA Academic All American Football Team. After several years of work experience with Exxon and Merrick & Company, he went on to Harvard, where he earned an MBA. With 20 years’ industry experience working for companies ranging from Harvard Business School, Merrick, KN Energy (now Kinder Morgan), On-LineOffice.net, and Dale Carnegie, Joe transitioned from oil and gas to engineering to developing people to growing and guiding businesses. As a veteran of 6 start-ups, 25 acquisitions, 4 sales/dispositions, and 3 turn-arounds, Joe’s expertise lies in revitalizing companies and accelerating desired changes in challenging economic conditions and demanding industries. In 2004 Joe formed Just In CASE Business Lighthouse, LLC, a consulting business that leverages case studies from the world's leading business schools to help companies tackle their toughest problems through prescriptive case-based simulations that illuminate strategic decision-making, help navigate difficult changes, and accelerate development of cross-functional change agents/coalitions. Joe has been an active volunteer for Mines, recruiting on campus for Exxon and Merrick & Company, sponsoring summer field projects for the Math and Computer Science Department, and speaking to student and alumni groups on various topics. In 2004-05, he assisted our Alumni Association through the process of designing and implementing our Student-Alumni mentoring initiative. Joe joined the CSMAA Board of Directors as treasurer in 2007.
Julia Hoagland, New York, NY. President-elect (through February 2010)
Julia Hoagland is a senior vice president for Brown Harris Stevens Residential Sales, LLC, in New York City. Previously she had served as a partner in the Modern Luxury Living team at the Corcoran Group. Prior to her career in real estate sales, Julia served as director of marketing for two major financial industry firms and worked in derivatives on Wall Street. Julia’s problem-solving skills developed while studying engineering at the Colorado School of Mines prove invaluable to her clients and have earned her multiple top broker accolades. Julia’s philosophy is straightforward: to get the best price in the shortest time with the least amount of problems. Julia has successfully completed five marathons and has summitted Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa. She graduated with an MBA in finance and economics from the Stern School of Business at NYU in 1995. Julia is married and lives in Manhattan.
Kelly Taga, Erie, CO. Secretary (through February 2010)
Kelly graduated with honors with a BS in chemistry in December 2000. He was awarded Outstanding Chemistry Graduate at Commencement. During his time at CSM, Kelly was a participant of the CSM football team earning Academic All-Conference accolades for the 1998 and 1999 season, in addition to being named Honorable Mention All-Conference for the 1999 season. Above and beyond his athletic participation and academic studies, Kelly held the American Chemical Society (ACS) Student Club Presidency position during the 1999–2000 academic year. He also tutored at local Mitchell Elementary one day a week. After graduation, Kelly accepted a position with Accenture. He remained a business consultant within its communication and high tech industry as well as supply chain global service line for four years. The clients he worked with included Qwest, Applied Materials, Best Buy and Western Digital. Kelly then held a business analyst position for Pulte Homes for two and a half years. He is currently employed with MDC Holdings as their director of ERP and business intelligence.
Richard Mandel, Denver, CO. Treasurer (through February 2010)
Dick Mandel graduated from Mines with a PE degree in 1953 and subsequently earned an MBA from Columbia Business School in 1958. He began his professional career as a gas engineer at the Superior Oil Co. He worked for the Honolulu Oil Corp. as a special projects engineer, Signal Oil & Gas Co. as manager of corporate development, and was cofounder of Remote Computing Corp., which was later sold to URS. Dick was budget director for Coca Cola Bottling of Los Angeles and cofounded Dell Oil Co. He served as president of Superior Drilling Corp. and currently is president of American Western Group, Cross D Bar Trout Ranch and Cross D Bar Recreation Foundation. He serves on the board of Croff Enterprises. Dick describes himself, above all else, as an “incurable entrepreneur.” An incurable volunteer for the Alumni Association, Dick has served for many years on the Metro Denver Committee, including section coordinator, and has worked on many special projects for the Association and Office of Institutional Advancement, including reunion committees. Most recently Dick served as treasurer of the CSMAA and will be appointed to another one-year term.
Harvey Klingensmith, Calgary, AB, Canada. International Director (through February 2011)
"I received a Board of Trustees Scholarship to attend CSM, and that changed my life dramatically. I've been pleased and honored to be able to give back to the school in some small fashion in order to assist other young people, and I'm delighted to be working with the Alumni Association in the many vital roles they play." Harvey Klingensmith earned a BS degree in geophysical engineering and a BS degree in geological engineering from the Colorado School of Mines in 1975. Harvey has 32 years of oil and gas industry experience in a wide variety of technical and managerial positions with Texaco, Diamond Shamrock/Maxus Energy, and Coastal Oil and Gas/El Paso Oil and Gas. He formed Stone Mountain Resources Ltd. in March of 2005 and currently serves as president and CEO. Harvey is a member of the AAPG, SEG, and SPE, and has served in a variety of capacities for Mines: as a member and chairman of the advisory cmmittee for the Department of Geophysics; the immediate past chairman of the President’s Council; and the CSMAA board as a director at-large and now as an international regional director. Harvey received a Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from the school in 1991. He is an avid cyclist, and enjoys bird hunting, hiking and fishing.
Bill Warfield, Sacramento, CA. West Regional Director (through February 2012)
“Involvement with CSM has helped me get to where I am today. I believe that CSM is the ‘World’s Foremost School of Mineral Engineering’ and involvement with the Alumni Board is one way that I can help to repay everything I have gotten from CSM.” William A. Warfield was following in the footsteps of three relatives, including his father, when he graduated from Mines in 1975 with a degree in mining engineering. After graduation, Bill began his mining career with Ingersoll-Rand Equipment Company in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He has worked in the mining industry for more than 30 years with employment at Domeq Mining Equipment in Albuquerque, Thyssen Mining Construction in Denver, Strohm Equipment Company in Sacramento, Calif., and back to Ingersoll-Rand Company. In 2004, he joined Atlas Copco CMT USA in Sacramento where started as the regional sales manager of consumables for the Western United States. Today he holds the position of product manager- ground engineering products where he is responsible for all rock reinforcement and grouting products for the U.S. market. As a student at Mines, Bill was active in Blue Key, Sigma Nu, student council, homecoming 1974, assistant chairman of the 1974 Centennial E-Day celebrations and was president of the student chapter of SME. Today, he is secretary of the mining and exploration division of SME, chairman of SME’s construction materials and aggregates committee as well as being the chairman of SME’s Sierra Nevada section. Bill is also a member of ADSC, the International Association of Foundation Drilling, where he serves on two committees, and the ISEE, International Society of Explosives Engineers, where is 2008 chairman of the Golden West chapter. In 2006 he was awarded honorary membership in Sigma Phi Epsilon.
John T. Howe, Grand Junction, CO. Rocky Mountain Regional Director (through February 2010)
John graduated from Mines in 1983 with a BSc in geophysical engineering. After doing geophysical and engineering field work, John graduated from the University of Colorado School of Law in 1989, earning designation as a member of the Order of the Coif. Upon graduation from law school, John clerked for the Honorable William H. Erickson of the Colorado Supreme Court. John has been in private practice with Hoskin, Farina & Kampf, Professional Corporation, in Grand Junction since 1991 working primarily in the areas of real estate, water and health care. John has actively volunteered for a number of years as the Western Colorado section coordinator and as a regional director of the Alumni Association.
Martin Kuhn, Tucson, AZ. Southwest Regional Director (through February 2010)
Martin Kuhn graduated with a degree in metallurgical engineering and is a CSM van Diest Gold Medal Recipient (1975). After serving in the U.S. Army Chemical Corps where he commanded the 1st Chemical Detachment and was director of instruction of the CBR School in Fort Lewis, Washington, he returned to CSM and earned an M.S. (1967) and PhD (1969) in metallurgy. After graduation he joined the Anaconda Company in Tucson, Arizona, as a senior research engineer, where he developed flotation and hydrometallurgical processes. Successively he was manager-technical development center for Universal Oil Products in Tucson; vice president and general manager of Minerals Separation Corporation, Tucson; vice president and director of Mountain States Mineral Enterprises, Tucson; president and CEO of Western States Engineering, Tucson; and currently senior principal in Mineral Advisory Group and owner of KEnCon, Inc. in Tucson. He is an adjunct professor in the Mining and Geological Engineering Department at the University of Arizona. Through a company founded by his wife Priscilla, Netwest Development Corporation, Martin provided engineering and construction management services on four multi-family housing projects and seven rental retirement/assisted living projects throughout the state of Arizona. He has served as chairman, Arizona Conference of SME; chairman, Mineral Processing Division of SME; chairman of the Arizona Section and vice president of the Mining and Metallurgical Society of America (MMSA); president of the Mining Foundation of the Southwest and founder of the American Mining Hall of Fame. He currently serves on the boards of the National Mining Museum and Hall of Fame, Mining Foundation of the Southwest, the Arizona Conference, SME; Minerals Advisory Group; MMSA and KEnCon, Inc.
Paul Wareham, Golden, CO. Denver Metro Regional Director (through February 2011)
Paul Wareham earned his BSc Eng degree as a civil engineering major in 1985 and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Colorado. While at Mines, he was a Four-Year Letterman on the Varsity Football team and participated in Varsity Track and Field. Paul began his professional career at Zimmerman Metals, where he worked as a project manager, and then Sundyne Corporation (formerly Sundstrand Fluid Handling), where he held various positions including contract engineer, field service engineer, engineering manager and product line manager. From there Paul went into commercial aviation earning his Airline Transport Pilot Certificate and working first as a certificated flight instructor, then flight school manager which led to a stint as a BE-1900D First Officer with Great Lakes Aviation (dba United Express and Frontier Express). Currently, Paul continues to be an independent certificated flight instructor and is employed in water and wastewater treatment plant sales for HD Supply Waterworks (formerly Hughes Supply), based in Denver. Paul's interests lie in family, sports, golf and flying, and prior to being elected to the CSMAA board served on the CSMAA Metro Denver Committee.
Harry Briscoe, Kingwood, TX. Gulf Coast Regional Director (though February 2010)
"Membership in the CSMAA has been of significant personal and professional value to me. Lifelong interaction with Mines graduates provides opportunities to help and to be helped in ways you can't imagine." Harry J. Briscoe was raised in the Midwest, coming to Mines from Kansas in 1967. In 1970 Harry earned a B.Sc. in geological engineering, followed by an M.Sc. in geology in 1972. Upon graduation, he worked for 18 years with Tenneco Oil Co., ending up as vice president of exploration when the company was sold in 1988. Following his corporate career, he spent five years as president of a small public company working in the Gulf of Mexico, then five more as an independent with a partner. Presently he is semi-retired as an individual investor in oil and gas properties. In 1991 he founded the Hexagraph Fly Rod Company building custom-made fly-fishing rods, “providing a good excuse to go fishing around the world.” He has been a member of the board of directors of Junior Achievement in Houston and San Antonio since 1983 and active as a volunteer with CSM through the Office of Institutional Advancement and, most recently, the Alumni Association.
Barry Quackenbush, Tulsa, OK. Central Regional Director (through February 2010)
“Looking back, getting a silver certificate from Mines was the toughest thing I ever did and the best time in my life. . . . Mines prepared me for life and it couldn't have turned out better!” Barry Quackenbush graduated as a petroleum engineer in 1965. Upon graduation, he joined Panhandle Eastern Pipeline, where he worked for a total of five years, two of them in Liberal, Kansas, and three in Kansas City, Missouri. Barry joined Tenneco Oil Company in 1970, spending five years in Oklahoma City, three in Bakersfield, California, two in Houston, four in Lafayette, Louisiana, and then back to Houston until 1989 when Tenneco sold its oil subsidiary to become a tractor company, Case International Harvester. In 1989, Barry began working for Vintage Petroleum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After seventeen years, the company was sold to Occidental Petroleum, when Barry decided to retire.
Stefan Magnusson, New York, NY. East Regional Director (through February 2011)
Stefan Magnusson serves as managing director of market risk management for Rabobank International’s operations in the Americas. Immediately prior, Stefan served as senior vice president-market risk and risk policy for Cantor Fitzgerald and as chief risk officer for Gold Rock Asset Management, a Cantor Fitzgerald affiliate. Prior to joining Cantor, Stefan headed up market risk for ABN AMRO’s New York operations. Stefan also worked at Republic National Bank of New York/HSBC USA developing the enterprise-wide risk management infrastructure, covering market, credit and operational risk. While at Deutsche Bank in the early 1990s, Stefan was a desk quant/programmer for the interest rate derivatives group. He has also worked for 5 years as a geophysicist in energy exploration and development at the National Energy Company in Iceland and at the Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology in Cologne, Germany. Stefan has a BSc (1982) and MSc (1985) in geophysical engineering from Mines, as well as a graduate certificate in international finance from Fordham University. He currently serves as regional director for GARP (Global Association of Risk Professionals) and the East regional director for CSMAA.
Tracy Q. Gardner, Golden, CO. Director at Large (through February 2012)
Tracy graduated from Mines in December of 1996 with BSc degrees in math and computer sciences and chemical engineering and one year later earned a master’s degree in chemical engineering. She then went on to the University of Colorado at Boulder, where she earned her Ph.D. in 2002 in chemical engineering for her work on measuring and modeling transport in zeolite membranes. She spent the next two years in the Netherlands at the Technical University of Delft conducting research on oxygen conducting inorganic membranes as well as teaching courses in catalysis engineering. Ever since she was a sophomore at Mines, Tracy’s dream career was to teach at her alma mater, so in 2004 she returned to the Chemical Engineering Department at CSM as a lecturer/research assistant professor. Her main position is teaching, but she also continues to conduct research in the areas of catalytic membrane reactors and pedagogy. She also serves as an advisor for Freshman Success Seminar.
Jafar Tabaian, Denver, CO. Director at Large (through February 2011)
“Mines has paved the way for many opportunities for me, both professionally and personally. I am excited to give something back to a community that has given me so much. The CSMAA is committed to ensuring CSM remains a world class institution.” Jafar graduated in 2000 with a BSc in engineering, mechanical specialty and a minor in economics. While at Mines, Jafar played football and served as assistant football coach under Bob Stitt from 2001 to 2004. Professionally, Jafar has worked for Bechtel Corporation as a mechanical engineer; Accenture as both a consultant for client SBC Communications and an analyst for client Qwest Communications; and at Eyeris, Inc. as a solutions manager professional services/sales and support engineer. Jafar is currently with Newmont Mining Corporation as a business solutions manager. An active volunteer for several organizations and a member of several professional and hobby organizations, Jafar has been involved on the Denver Metro Committee and will focus his CSMAA director-at-large term on CSMAA’s technical communication needs.
Brandon Segura, Albuquerque, NM. Director at Large (through February 2010)
Upon graduation from Mines with a Met and Mat Eng degree in '06, Brandon Segura discovered an opportunity as a market analyst for a venture capital firm in Albuquerque, NM, where he gained life-changing insight about corporate mergers and acquisitions. Brandon is currently a process engineer with Poly-Flow Engineering and will soon be moving to a sales position with a promising future. With Poly-Flow, Brandon has observed several acquisitions firsthand and is adding to his already established entrepreneurial experience base. Brandon also owns a small business where he helps others create and meet their long-term goals. While at Mines, Brandon was active in many organizations including but not limited to the Minority Engineering Program, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, the CSM Ambassador Program, the Materials Science Engineering Club, and the CSM Alumni Association Mentoring Program. Brandon laid the foundation for and approached many key administrative faculty members with the concept of developing a formal connection from the Alumni Association to the student body, ultimately resulting in the CSMAA Mentor Program and eventually the CSM Student Alumni Association, or the "M"ulators program. Brandon is also involved with many non-academic related professional development programs, has volunteered for many nonprofit organizations, and is interested in public service. A recipient of the CSMAA's first ever Alumnus of the Future Award (2006), Brandon is looking forward to expanding his vision of the world and cultivating meaningful Mines connections.
Terrance Tschatschula, Denver, CO. CSM Trustee Representative
Terrance Tschatschula is the founder and president of Aspen Petroleum Products, Inc. Prior to establishing Aspen Petroleum Products in 1997, Terrance was a product development engineer for Gates Rubber Company, and was vice president for Commercial Applications Network, Inc. Mr. Tschatschula is a 1980 graduate of the University of Texas, with a B.S. in chemical engineering. Terrance has been active with the University of Texas alumni organization, helping raise over $1,000,000 for the Chemical Engineering Department. Mr. Tschatschula has also been an active volunteer with many local non-profit organizations, and is a member of the Board of Seeds of Hope Charitable Trust. Terrance was appointed to the Colorado School of Mines Board of Trustees in 2001, and was reappointed to a second four year term in March of 2005. Mr. Tschatschula currently serves as secretary of the CSM Board of Trustees. He is also a member of the Board of the Colorado School of Mines Foundation and the Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association.
Dan Baker, Graduate Student Representative (until July 2009)
Dan Baker was awarded his bachelor’s of science degree in metallurgical engineering from Mines in 2001. After graduation, he was employed by Viking Pump in Cedar Falls, IA. There he was a process metallurgist with duties starting in the steel foundry. In July of 2002, he was given additional responsibility for metallurgy in the iron foundry. In December 2005, his wife Stacy gave birth to their first daughter, Rebekah. At that point it became apparent that if the goal of returning to school to attain a higher degree were to come true, it would have to start as soon as possible. Dan returned to CSM in August of 2006 in order to pursue a PhD in metallurgy working with the Advanced Steels Products and Processing Research Center. Dan became the metallurgy representative to the Graduate Student Association for the 2007-08 academic year. At the end of the spring 2008 semester he was elected president of the GSA for the 2008-09 year. Outside of his research at Mines, Dan enjoys working on cars, shooting and hunting, and watching the Colorado Avalanche.
Zach Aman, Golden, CO. Undergraduate Student Representative (until July 2009)
Zach Aman is a senior studying chemical engineering at Colorado School of Mines, with a minor in public affairs from the Guy T. McBride Honors Program. Zach was recently accepted into the combined BS/MS program at CSM and is also pursuing his master’s degree in chemical engineering, with a focus in hydrates and flow assurance. Zach is the former editor-in-chief of The Oredigger Newspaper, where he sought to reposition the organization for long-term success through a ground-up structural redesign, development of cross-functional teams, implementation of a strategic five-year plan and utilization of comprehensive standards for personnel and content excellence. He would like to pursue a career in business leadership within the engineering and applied science fields.
Anita Pariseau, Golden, CO. Executive Director, CSMAA
“It's a real privilege to be affiliated with the Colorado School of Mines, when on any day of the week we can count on inquiring minds soaking up knowledge that will be applied to solve the world’s problems, and on any given day our well-versed alumni are engaged and valued as critical members of the extended Mines community.” Anita Pariseau has served as executive director of the Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association since November 2004 when she moved to Colorado from the Boston area. From 1996 to 2004 she headed a department for the Harvard Alumni Association and from 1989 to 1995 she worked for the Wellesley College Alumnae Association as an assistant director, publications coordinator and editorial associate of the alumnae magazine. Prior to her work in higher education, Anita worked in advertising for five years. A native of upstate New York, she graduated with a BS (cum laude) in communications management from Ithaca College. In her free time, Anita enjoys her pets, music, art, sports, cooking, gardening and travel. She’s been to Bermuda, the Windward and Leeward Islands of the Caribbean, England, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Lichtenstein, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Korea, Japan, Alaska, and eight Canadian provinces ;she has yet to visit 15 states!