Tom has a BS in geology from Western Washington University (1983) and an MS in geological engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno (2002). In 1984, he started work with the Washington State Department of Transportation, monitoring instrumentation for the I-90 Mt. Baker Tunnel project. Tom has been employed with WSDOT since, served as the Chief Engineering Geologist, and retired in 2017. During his 30-year tenure with WSDOT, he’s had the good fortune of working with many talented professionals on a great variety of transportation-related earthwork and structure projects, as well as many landslide and rockfall remediation projects.

eHe is a past chair (2000 and 2002) of the Washington Section of AEG, and a past chair (2003-2009) of the Engineering Geology Committee for the Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences. He is licensed in Washington State as an engineering geologist, hydrogeologist, and professional (civil) engineer. In March of 2018, Tom lectured on “Geology, gravity and growth of landslides in Washington.”  (Updated Oct. 2021)

Brandy is a geoarchaeologist with King County Parks and Recreation in Renton, WA. She obtained degrees in Anthropology and Geology at SUNY Geneseo, followed by an M.A. in Geoarchaeology at Boston University. Ten years ago, Brandy moved to the Pacific Northwest to work in the field of Cultural Resources Management for a private firm in Seattle. She is extremely active in a number of Geology and Archeology groups in Puget Sound.  In Jan 2018, Brandy lectured on “Geo-Archeology in Washington—Hidden landforms and buried history.”  (Updated Oct. 2021)

Born and raised in Excelsior, Minnesota, Ned attended Dartmouth College (A.B., 1960), the University of Otago, New Zealand (M.Sc., 1961-62 supported by a Fulbright scholarship), and the University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D., 1963-66) with his field area in New Zealand

He was employed as a Geology Professor at Western Washington University from1966-1999 and subsequently was appointed as an Emeritus Professor. Over these years he supervised ~30 M.S. student theses, nearly all in the local region. His geology research interests include metamorphism, structure, plutonism, plate tectonics, while working extensively in the San Juan Islands, North Cascades, and Coast Mountains of southern B.C.

In May 2017, Ned lectured on the “Geology of the San Juan Islands, WA.”  (Updated Oct. 2021)