Program Committee

Chris Pecora
Program Chair
Senior Consultant, Hawcroft

Ed Zeglen
Coal & Energy Division
Chief Mine Engineer, GMS Mine Repair and Maintenance

Amar Patel
Environmental Division
Air Quality Scientist, Barr Engineering

Kim Walster
Health & Safety Division
Mine Safety Manager, Prairie State Generating Co.

Tushar Gupta
Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division
MP Materials

Jaeheon Lee
Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division
Associate Professor, Colorado School of Mines

Jenessa Haarala
Mining & Exploration Division
Principal Mining Consultant, Cementation USA Inc

Carrie Hartford
Bulk Material Handling Committee
Senior Project Engineer, Jenike & Johanson, Inc

Karishma Desai
Tailings and Mine Waste Committee
Senior Engineer, Mosaic

Ray Dorow
Tailings and Mine Waste Committee
Senior Civil Engineer, Project Manager, Stantec

Victoria Gosteva
Inclusion & Diversity Committee
Decarbonization Program Manager, Newmont Corp
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