Mark Myers
Mark D. Myers | |
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Myers as Director of USGS, 2006 | |
| Commissioner of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission | |
| Assumed office September 24, 2021 | |
| President | Joe Biden Donald Trump |
| Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources | |
| In office December 4, 2014 – March 1, 2016 | |
| Governor | Bill Walker |
| Preceded by | Joseph Balash |
| Succeeded by | Andy Mack |
| 14th Director of the United States Geological Survey | |
| In office September 26, 2006 – January 8, 2009 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Charles G. Groat |
| Succeeded by | Marcia McNutt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1955 (age 69–70) |
| Nationality | American |
| Residence(s) | Alaska, United States |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geology |
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| Thesis | Evolution of late Cretaceous-early Tertiary depositional sequences in the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin, Canada (1994) |
| Doctoral advisor | R. Keith Crowder |
Mark D. Myers is an American geologist who currently serves as a commissioner for the U.S. Arctic Research Commission. He also served as the fourteenth Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). He was nominated by President George W. Bush on May 3, 2006, confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and sworn in September 26, 2006. Dr. Myers replaced prior director Charles G. Groat, who had resigned effective June 17, 2005.
Anticipating the inauguration of Barack Obama as U.S. president, Myers resigned as USGS director on January 8, 2009, "as is customary during a change in Administrations." On January 21, 2009, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin appointed Myers as coordinator for the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act, responsible to lead efforts to expedite state review and permitting for a proposed natural gas pipeline intended to transport natural gas from Alaska's North Slope to markets in the contiguous 48 states of the U.S.