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John Nadeau, CPG-11181

John Nadeau is completing his first year as Executive Director of the New York State Council of Professional Geologists (NYSCPG). As a professional geologist in New York, he brings a combination of talents to the Executive Director role. His years of public speaking on the topic of licensure and the profession, along with the interactions with various stakeholders in the Legislative process, have prepared him for the role at NYSCPG. John will be expanding his duties within NYSCPG for 2023 by lobbying on behalf of the organization and the profession of geology.

John began his studies of geology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute before moving to the University at Albany to obtain his Master’s degree. He is currently a Senior Geologist and a Partner at Alpha Geoscience in Clifton Park, NY, where his work focuses mainly on mining and groundwater services. He has been a member of AIPG since 2008 (CPG-11181). John served as President of the New York State Council of Professional Geologists from 2011 through 2014. John continues in the role of Legislative Chairman and has spent significant time working with the State Education Department, NYS Department of State, NYS Legislature, and our sister professions in passing legislation related to the profession of geology in New York. John was President of the Hudson Mohawk Professional Geologists’ Association from 2009 through 2011. John continues to present educational seminars throughout the state on the effects of licensing for individuals and companies offering geological services.

John received the pen certificate, signed by the NY governor, from the 2014 Bill establishing the profession of geology in New York.

After stepping away from his Legislative role at NYSCPG in 2019, John became the Executive Director of the Solution Mining Research Institute (SMRI), an

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(Members continued from page 52) international non-profit research and educational organization focusing on solution mining and the cavern storage industry. John continues to manage both SMRI and NYSCPG with the assistance of support staff at Alpha.

He currently lives in Clifton Park, New York, with his fiancé and their two daughters. In his fleeting spare time, John enjoys coaching softball, camping, traveling, and spending time with friends and family. He can always be reached at jnadeau@nyscpg.com.

Summer camping in the Adirondacks provides time to relax and recharge. Always time to hike and explore the geology with his favorite SUNY Oneonta geology student.

National Park in Northern Wales.

Nothing better than making time for family. John out to dinner with his fiancé and their two daughters.

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As I was foraging through NE/AIPG newsletters from more than twenty years ago, I found an interesting article from the Holidays 2000 newsletter. Written by the NE/AIPG editor at the time, Bob Stewart, CPG‑08332, the article was titled “Geomusika,” and explored “how geology and geologists are represented in popular music.” (You can find a scanned version of the whole article on Page 38 in this newsletter.) But Bob’s article jumpstarted my thought process as to what other songs might have been produced, since 2000, that, to some extent, involve geology.

Thanks to Bob, I went on my own exploration via the World Wide Web and uncovered a Spotify playlist, “Geology Songs,” by Dr. Hazel Gibson, a geologist and Head of Communications for European Geosciences in Germany, as well as some other interesting songs and titles in my Google search. I encourage you to listen to some of the music I discovered on the list below as well as Dr. Gibson’s playlist; personally, I like Brad Paisley’s “Geology” as well as Imagine Dragons’ “Radioactive,” to name a few. If you have a playlist or other suggestions, please write to us to be included in the newsletter we are always looking for music and/or book reviews, recent trips (like Jeff Frederick’s Family Sailing Adventure [Autumn 2022 Newsletter]), and anything or everything our members want to share!

Geology Songs

 Brad Paisley: “Geology” and “Two Feet of Topsoil”

 Los Beekeepers: “Geology Rocks”

 The Akkademiks: “Sweet Geology (aka the Mineral Song)”

 Tall Ships: “Plate Tectonics”

 Mark Swanson: “Geology”

 Philip Gibbs: “The Petroleum Age”

 Isaac Gill: “Take Two Stones (or Love is not Geology)”

 Nick Mulvey: “In the Anthropocene”

 Imagine Dragons: “Radioactive”

 Warren Smith: “Uranium Rock”

 Bjork: “Mutual Core”

 Budos Band: “Volcano Song”

 Captain Beefheart: “Petrified Forest”

 Muse: “Supermassive Black Hole”

 Ray Troll, Russel Wodehouse & the Ratfish Wranglers: “I am a Paleobotanist”

 The Sensational Alex Harvey Band: “Tale of the Giant Stone Eater”

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EVENT DETAILS:

Geology Rocks is a high energy fundraising concert event to support the New York State Council of Professional Geologists. The 2023 concert represents the third musicthemed fundraiser event and will feature the band Dead Meat, playing music made famous by the Grateful Dead.

The Venue

The concert will be held at The Coliseum, White Plains, New York, located at 15 South Broadway in White Plains. There is off street parking in a nearby parking garage.

Tickets

Tickets for this event will cost $150 and includes food and beverages for the evening. If you cannot attend, consider buying tickets for this fundraiser for friends, clients, or coworkers, to support NYSCPG.

Register here to sponsor the event!

New for 2023: companies that purchase 10 or more tickets will be listed as a song sponsor.

Sponsorships

Sponsorships information can be found here or contact Michael Burke (mburke@Langan.com) or John Nadeau (jnadeau@nyscpg.com) for more details.