Officers, Directors, Committee Chairs & Members

Section Chairperson

Eric Withjack
PTS Laboratories, Inc.
8100 Secura Way
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
dremmw@yahoo.com

Section Vice Chairperson

Steve Cheung
SteveIOR Consulting
steveior@yahoo.com

Jr. Past Section Chair

Mike Utt
Civil Engineer
17173 Coriander Ct.
Yorba Linda, CA 92886-6250
mikeutt@roadrunner.com

Sr. Past Section Chair

Vanessa Perez
Associate Mineral Resources  Engineer
State Lands Commission
200 Oceangate, 12th Floor
Long Beach, CA 90802-4331
Perezv28@gmail.com

Treasurer

Rick Finken
Long Beach Department of Oil Properties
211 E. Ocean Blvd, Suite 500
City of Long Beach 90802
richard_finken@longbeach.gov

Secretary - Board telephone numbers available by request from Secretary

Rachel Spitz
Project Manager
PTS Laboratories, Inc.
8100 Secura Way
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
Direct (562) 347-2504
CA Tel. (562) 347-250
rspitz@ptsgeolabs.com

Assistant Treasurer

Robert Visser
Belmar Engineering
25500 Hawthorne Blvd. #2155
Torrance, CA 90505
rcvbelmar@aol.com

Directors:

Director 2012

Baldev Gill
Long Beach DOP
baldev.gill@longbeach.gov

Director 2013

Dr. Steve Cheung
SteveIOR Consulting
steveior@yahoo.com

Director 2012
Petroleum Technology Forum

Leila Rashedi Vlasko
Beta Offshore
lvlasko@betaoffshore.com

Director 2014

Serge Baghkikian
serge.baghdikian@longbeach.gov

Director 2013

Craig Webster
State Lands Commission
200 Oceangate, 12th Floor
Long Beach, CA 90802-4331
craig.webster@slc.ca.gov

Director 2014

Adi Varma
Oxy Petroleum
aditya_varma@oxy.com

Program Chair
Petroleum Technology Forum

Leila Rashedi Vlasko
Beta Offshore
lvlasko@betaoffshore.com

AB Gorashi Abdulrahman, P.E.
Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources
5816 Coporate Avenue, Suite 200
Cypress, CA 90630-4731
goras9@aol.com

Scholarships

Craig Webster
State Lands Commission
200 Oceangate, 12th Floor
Long Beach, CA 90802-4331
craig.webster@slc.ca.gov

Community Outreach

Scott Hara
Oxy Petroleum
Scott_Hara@oxy.com

Membership

Jalal Torabzadeh
CSULB, ME Dept PE Prgm, 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90804
torabzad@csulb.edu

Publication Mentor

Iraj Ershaghi
USC, Chm Eng Dept
Pet Eng Prgm, USC
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1211
ershaghi@usc.edu

Richard Manuel
rmanuel@mindspring.com

Student Chapters

Devon Shay
DShay@SHPI.net

Newsletter & Web Site Editor

Larry Gilpin
SMS Materials, LVG Consultant
6112 Sonoma Drive
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
larry@4thforge.com
714-847-7119

Young Professional Liason

Chad Horton
Tiger Wireline
chad.horton@tigerhd.com

Western North American Regional Director

Sam Sarem, Ph.D.
IPRC
22605 E. La Palma Ave., Suite 520
Yorba Linda, CA 92887
sam4iprc@aol.com
(714) 692-1198

SPE Section Information Source

SPE Contact: Sections@SPE.org
Student Chapter Contact: studentactivities@SPE.org