Doug Ratcliff

Associate director of the Geology Foundation and the Jackson School of Geosciences since 2003 and assistant dean of the school since 2005, Doug Ratcliff is responsible for financial and administrative management at the two organizations which have assets of about $360 million. Previously Ratcliff served two stints as associate director of the Bureau of Economic Geology (1982-1992 and 1994-2003), working in the interim as general manager of environmental services company Hall Southwest Corporation. He has 28 years of experience in a range of positions at the Bureau of Economic Geology. Currently chairman of the Publication Committee of Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies and a member of the Tactical Operations Committee of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Ratcliff is a Certified Professional Geological Scientist No. 6933 (American Institute of Professional Geologists) and Certified Geologist No. 983 (Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists), also a Certified Lead Auditor (U.S. Department of Energy) and Certified Quality Engineer (American Society for Quality Control). He earned his B.S. in Geology at The University of Texas at Austin and M.B.A at St. Edward’s University. He has received the Bureau of Economic Geology Alumnus of the Year award (2004) and the Distinguished Service Award of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies (2002).