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Ron
Suess has been involved with The Geysers for more than 40
years. He began his career at The Geysers shortly after PG&E
Unit 1 was completed. Ron began his career at The Geysers
as a Marine Biologist assigned to do fish studies in Big
Sulphur Creek. Nevertheless, his initial task at The Geysers
required him to perform the very first mass balances on PG&E
Units 1 and 2.
Ron is a staunch advocate for geothermal energy
in general and especially the geothermal industry at The
Geysers. He has advocated on behalf of The Geysers in Washington
D.C. and Sacramento.
Ron continues to provide multi-faceted services
to The Geysers and other clients with his consultant company,
RES Co. Ron is a co-owner of the Bottle Rock Power Corporation
that intends to operate its Bottle Rock Power Plant located
at The Geysers. Ron has a broad-based technical education
as well as a master's degree in theology and a Juris Doctor
degree in Law. He looks forward to engaging in ongoing
service for the benefit of the geothermal industry at The
Geysers. |
GGA
President
Ron
Suess
President, RES Co.
1275 4th St., Ste 105
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Phone 707.541.0976
Fax 707.546.9139
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Ralph
Aviles previously worked on and off-shore California in the
oil industry for both Unocal Corp. and Chevron U.S.A. He
worked for Unocal in the production engineering department
in Santa Rosa supporting Geysers field operations and held
various assignments.
In 1996 he relocated his office
to the Geysers working as a supervisor for the production
engineering, new construction and non-destructive testing
department. In 1999 after the Calpine acquisition of Unocal's
interests in the steam field, Ralph joined Calpine's Geysers
operations as a power marketing analyst and is currently
employed as a financial analyst at the Geysers. Ralph was
the GGA's finance officer from April of 1995 until June 2012. |
GGA
Vice President
Ralph
Aviles
Calpine Corporation
10350 Socrates Mine Rd.
Middletown, CA 95461
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Danielle
Matthews Seperas joined Calpine's Geysers team in 1998. Danielle
oversees Calpine's Geysers outreach efforts, interacting
with local community and working with local government on
energy and related issues. Her
responsibilities include expanding geothermal energy education
in the community, promoting The Geysers through community
tours and overseeing Calpine's Visitors Center operations.
Danielle holds a Bachelor of Science degree in History and
Government, a Master's degree in Public Administration. |
GGA
Secretary
Danielle
Matthews Seperas
Manager, Government & Community
Affairs The Geysers
CALPINE
CORPORATION
1215 K Street, Ste. 2210
Sacramento, California 95814 916.491.3377 |
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Marilyn
Sanborn's introduction to geothermal energy came in 1979,
when she hired on at (then) Union Oil Company. She assisted
with drafting in the engineering drafting department. In
1985 she accepted an offer from Harry Bain to become editor
of the brand new GGA newsletter, The Geysers Steamline,
which helped her launch her home graphics business, Windsong
Designs. Marilyn worked at Unocal until 1987. Then again
for a over the years as a temp worker as needed.
Along
with being editor, Marilyn served on the GGA membership
chairman and was a member of the board. She published The
Geysers "Steamline" for 16 years, handing it
over to Kathy Enedy in the summer of 2001. Now, she will
again continue on as virtual editor of the "Steamline",
thanks to the Internet, and resume responsibilites of Membership
Chair. She and her husband, Eric are making their home
in Oak Run, 27 miles east of Redding.
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GGA
Newsletter Editor and Membership Chairperson
Marilyn Sanborn
Windsong Designs
27445 Lookout Mountain Lane
Oak Run, CA 96069
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Louis
Capuano III was born in Santa Rosa California. He
has been around The Geysers and geothermal drilling rigs
his whole life, thanks to his father Louis Capuano Jr. Louis
III graduated from Cardinal Newman H.S. in 2000 then moved
to Louisiana where he attended Louisiana State University. After
graduating with a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering, Louis
was offered several opportunities with major oilfield service
companies. Though those opportunities were enticing,
he wanted to work alongside his father as a Drilling Engineer
at ThermaSource where he oversaw drilling operations,
designed well programs and performed project management
at the growing geothermal drilling firm.
He looks forward
to a long career in the ever growing market of Geothermal
Energy. Louis is currently working with Capuano Enginering
Consultants |
GGA
Scholarship Chairman
Louis
Capuano III
Capuano Engineering
Consultants
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
707.595.8740 |
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Nick
Voegtly has been consulting since 1999 with geothermal,
construction, commercial and government clients helping
to build safer and more complaint workplaces. He previously
worked for Unocal at The Geysers for 20 years and also
was a member of the Corporate Emergency Response Strike
Team. Prior to Unocal he worked for USGS performing geothermal
reconnaissance studies in the Western U.S.
Mr. Voegtly
has a BS in geology from the University of Oregon.
He has strongly supported the geothermal industry throughout
his career. |
GGA
SHEL Chairman
Nick Voegtly, CSP
Nick Voegtly Safety & Loss
Control
Middletown, CA
(707) 349-7233
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GGA
Public Relations
Jill Gibbs
Administrative Assistant
Calpine Geothermal Visitors Center
15500 Central Park Rd. Middletown, CA 95461
(707)987-4270
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Matt Chappell
was raised in Santa Rosa, attended college at Sonoma State University
and received his Masters Degree in Accountancy from Phoenix University. Although
he began working at the Geysers in 2010, it was nothing new to
him as his father, Ronald Chappell, worked at the Geysers for
over 25 years. In his spare time Matt enjoys mountain biking
and brewing his own beer |
Chief
Financial Officer -Treasurer
Matt Chappell
Calpine Corporation
10350 Socrates Mine Rd.
Middletown, CA 95461
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GGA
Webmaster
Dorothy Beebee PO Box 428
Forestville,
CA 95436 |
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Ben
came to The Geysers in 1978 from Union Oil's Research
Department and spent fifteen of the next twenty one years
here. Trained and registered as a petroleum engineer,
Ben was involved in research on water injection, drilling
operations, property taxation and strategic planning.
During a five year assignment with Philippine Geothermal,
he was the manager of computer services as well as reservoir
engineering. When Calpine bought Unocal's holdings in
1999, Ben set up his own reservoir engineering consultancy.
Although most of his practice now takes him far from
The Geysers, he continues to take a keen interest in
its progress. |
Ben
Barker,
benbarker@earthlink.net
(707) 838-0238 |
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Paula Blaydes
Blaydes & Assoc.
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
707 537-8727 |
Paula Blaydes,
is the Principal of Blaydes & Associates, which she started
in 1981. She provides environmental permitting and regulatory
consulting services to geosciences/engineering firms, energy
developers, utilities, and government agencies in the western
United States and internationally. She has worked on geothermal
projects throughout the western U.S. and abroad for more
than 30 years including permitting 10 geothermal power plants
in the state of California on private and federally owned
lands. In 2007, she authored the California Geothermal
Permitting Guide for the California Geothermal Energy
Collaborative/California Energy Commission and recently completed
a major revision of the Guide , which is soon-to-be-available
on the CEC website. The 2007 version is currently available
on the CDOGGR and CEC websites.
Until April, 2012, she was the Director of Environmental
Permitting and Governmental Affairs in the Santa Rosa, CA
office of GeoGlobal Energy, LLC. Before joining GGE in late
2009, she was Vice President of Environmental Permitting
and Governmental Affairs at Western GeoPower, Inc. (now Ram
Power/Western GeoPower Inc.) where she permitted the first
new power plant at The Geysers, California in 21 years, in
less than one year.
Ms. Blaydes has a B.A. in environmental studies and land use
planning from Sonoma State University. She has been a board
member of the Geysers Geothermal Association since the formation
of the organization and is a former Vice-President of both
the GGA and the Geothermal Resources Council. |
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Paul
Brophy
EGS, Inc.
Waterfall Towers
Suite A112
2455 Bennett Valley Rd
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
707.595.8760
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Steve
Burden,
Calpine
Corporation
10350 Socrates Mine Rd.
Middletown, CA 95461 |
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Boyd
Green grew up in Nebraska where he was introduced to
the energy business by uncles. He attended Iowa University
studying Geology for three years before he went into
the US Air Force for four years. After he left the Air
Force, he finished his schooling at Colorado State Teacher's
College in Greeley, Co. He worked his way through school
by working on oil rigs. After graduation, he worked in
off shore oil drilling in Taiwan. After 4 years overseas,
he returned to the US and attended the Dresser Industries
Mud School studying Leadership training and Drilling
Engineering.
He then went to work
for Macgabar and in 1980 he became the manager of Dresser
Industries Macgobar operation in The Geysers from 1980
to 1992 Boyd is past president of the GGA from 1990-91
and a current (2004) member of the Board of Directors,
as well as a current member of the Geothermal Resources
Council. He is presently Geothermal Project Manager for
MISWACO (MISWACO
is the new name for M-I Drilling Fluids). |
L.
Boyd Green
MISWACO
(M-I Drilling Fluids LLC)
P.O. Box 1369
Cobb, CA
95426 |
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Doug
Jung, PE, is Principal Engineer with Two-Phase Engineering & Research,
Inc. Doug started working at The Geysers in 1977 with Thermogenics
as Operations Engineer for the old Unit 15 area. He now
provides R&D, facility design and production optimization
consulting services to the industry.Among his contributions
includes LEAMS (low emissions atmospheric metering separator)
for drilling and well-testing, all part of an industry
effort to proactive demonstrate safer and environmentally
friendlier ways to develop geothermal energy through the
use of evolving technology. |
Doug
Jung
Two-Phase Engineering
and Research
3209 Franz Valley Rd.
Santa Rosa, CA
95404 |
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Cheri
has been involved with the Geysers since 2000. Cheri is currently
the Operations & Maintenance Manager at Bottle Rock Power. Ms.
Kendrick specializes in Air Quality, Resource Management,
Chemistry, and Plant Operations and Maintenance. Before joining
Bottle Rock, Ms. Kendrick worked at the Lake County Air Quality
Management District as the Senior Air Quality Engineer.
Prior
to that position, she served as an Air Quality Specialist
at the Mendocino Air Quality Management District. Ms.
Kendrick has twelve years of experience in the geothermal
power plant industry, beginning with positions at Calpine
Corporation as a Compliance Chemist and Power Plant Operator.
Ms. Kendrick holds a Bachelors
of Science in Biochemistry from the University of California
Davis, is a Certified Water Treatment Operator, and has received
extensive training with several certifications from the California
Air Resources Board. |
Cheri Kendrick
Operations & Maintenance
Manager
BOTTLE ROCK POWER, L.L.C.
P.O. Box 326
Cobb, CA 95426
707.928.4578
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Garratt
Sharp is a chemist who was project manager at Trident Environmental
and Engineering, Inc. While employed at PG&E, he was responsible
for much of the research and development, which lead to the
early hydrogen sulfide abatement processes.
After leaving
PG&E he has worked on geothermal projects in New Zealand,
Japan, Mexico, Indonesia, California, Utah and Nevada.
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Garratt
Sharp
Chemist / Consultant
125 Camille Ave.
Alamo, California
95407
925.838.5623 |
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Ted Wilmsen
grew up in Arcadia, CA, a small city about 20 miles east
of Los Angeles. Following High School and 3 years in the
Army, Ted returned to school and graduated from Pasadena
City College in 1966 with a degree in Instrumentation Technology.
The day after graduation he began working with the Corrosion
Research Group for Union Oil Company at their Research Center
in Orange County.
In 1972 Ted left Union Oil, moved to Santa Rosa, and began his career at The
Geysers Geothermal Project. He started working for Magma Power Company and continued
with them as they went through five different ownership phases over the next
27 years. During that period he was involved in all phases of the geothermal
steam development process at The Geysers. In 1999 Ted retired after Calpine Corporation
consolidation. Ted has been on the Board since the beginning of the GGA and has
served as Treasurer and President. |
Ted
Wilmsen
Consultant
4931 Montecito Ave.
Santa Rosa, CA
95404 |
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