Board of Trustees

Brian E. Tucker

President, GeoHazards International
Palo Alto, California

Mr. Tucker is the Founder (1991) and President of GeoHazards International (GHI). Prior to his work with GHI, he was Acting State Geologist, Principal State Geologist, and Supervising Geologist of the California Geological Survey (1982-1991). He serves on the Board of Directors of the Seismological Society of America and is a Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences. In 2001 he was awarded the Gorakha Dakshin Bahu Award for service to the people of Nepal by the King of Nepal and was named a MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in 2002. He received the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation's Award for International Science and Technology Cooperation in 2007.