History
In February 1970, a group of soil and foundation engineers from Southern California met to discuss the status of the profession and to assess if there was a need to form an organization to represent the unique needs of California’s private-practice geotechnical engineering consultants. In May 1971, the Soil and Foundation Engineers Association (SAFEA) was established with a goal unlike other engineering associations: Beyond technical research and social events, SAFEA would address the key business and legislative issues necessary to advance the profession of private-practice geotechnical engineering.
That mission remains just as strong today, as decades later the organization has grown to serve thousands of geotechnical engineering consultants across the Golden State. Our name changed to The California Geotechnical Engineers Association in 1987, and we have also gone by the moniker CalGeo since 2009. The organization continues to make great strides on behalf of the profession.
CalGeo Presidents
1971 - 1972 Jack Rolston (deceased), Foundation Engineering Co.
1972 - 1973 Donald Shepardson (deceased), Shepardson Engineering Associates
1973 - 1974 Jerry Kovacs (deceased), Jerry Kovacs & Associates
1974 - 1975 Dave Turner, Life Member
1975 - 1976 Dennis Evans, (deceased), D.A. Evans, Inc.
1976 - 1977 Thomas D. Lake, T.D. Lake & Associates
1977 - 1978 Thomas Wallace, Wallace-Kuhl & Associates, Inc.
1978 - 1979 Robert Cousineau, (deceased), Soils International
1979 - 1980 Michael Mahoney, Kleinfelder, Inc.
1980 - 1981 Shelly Prager (deceased), Fugro West, Inc.
1981 - 1982 John Heneghan, Wahler Associates
1982 - 1983 James E. Likins, Geocon, Inc.
1983 - 1984 Richard Short, Harza Engineering Co. of California
1984 - 1985 Dugald R. Campbell, Agra Earth & Environmental, Inc.
1985 - 1986 R. Leonard Allen, IT Corporation
1986 - 1987 Charles "Chris" Christian, Southern Calif. Soil & Testing
1987 - 1988 Jo K. Crosby, Jo Crosby & Associates
1988 - 1989 Cyril M. "Bud" McRae, Kleinfelder, Inc.
1989 - 1990 William E. Ellis, Shepardson Engineering Associates, Inc.
1990 - 1991 David L. Pearson, Agra Earth & Environmental, Inc.
1991 - 1992 John A. Baker, Anderson Consulting Group
1992 - 1993 John E. Anderson, CH2M Hill
1993 - 1994 Gerald J. Salontai, Kleinfelder, Inc.
1994 - 1995 Barry R. Bevier, Group Delta Consultants, Inc.
1995 - 1996 John Moossazadeh, Woodward-Clyde Consultants
1996 - 1997 Lutz "Yogi" Kunze, Smith-Emery GeoServices
1997 - 1998 Michael V. Smith, Earth Systems, Inc.
1998 - 1999 Henry F. Kling, Zeiser Kling Consultants, Inc.
1999 - 2000 David R. Gius, Jr, Wallace-Kuhl & Associates
2000 - 2001 Gary C. Masterman, Professional Geotechnical Consultants, Inc.
2001 - 2002 Martha A. McDonnell, Youngdahl Consulting Group
2002 - 2003 Daniel S. Haynosch, ENGEO Incorporated
2003 - 2004 Edward F. Hill, Geotechnologies, Inc.
2004 - 2005 E. David Colbaugh, Evans, Colbaugh & Associates, Inc.
2005 - 2006 Michael J. Miller, Stoney-Miller Consultants, Inc.
2006 - 2007 Gale Paddock, Kleinfelder, Inc.
2007 - 2008 Craig Hill, Earth Systems, Inc.
2008 - 2009 Greg Silver, GMU Geotechnical
2009 - 2010 John Hoobs, Geocon
2010 - 2011 Siamak Jafroudi, Petra Geotechnical, Inc.
2011 - 2012 Rex Upp, Upp Geotechnology, Inc.
2012 - 2013 Todd Kamisky, Mid-Pacific Engineering, Inc.
2013 - 2014 Danny Cohen, J.C. Baldwin Construction Co.
2014 - 2015 Mike Laney, Terracon
2015 - 2016 Larry Taylor, Taylor Group, Inc.
2016 - 2017 Hannes Richter, Stoney-Miller Consultants, Inc.
2017 - 2018 Robert Lokteff, Blackburn Consulting
2018 - 2019 David Hamilton, Hamilton & Associates
2019 - 2020 Christopher Diaz, Diaz Yourman & Associates
2020 - 2021 Martin McIlroy, MGE Engineering Inc.
2021 - 2022 Mike Moscrop, GMU Geotechnical, Inc.
2022 - 2023 Neal Berliner, Geocon West, Inc.
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