Board and Staff
Information about the Board, it’s composition and current members.
Members are appointed by the Governor and serve until replaced.
Board Members
Richard K. Spruill
Chairman
Term expires: 6/30/2028
Academic Geologist ,
Groundwater Management Associates, Inc.
4300 Sapphire Court, Suite 100,
Greenville, NC 27834
(252) 531-0778
| Richard@gma-nc.com
Dennis J. LaPoint
Vice Chairman
Term expires: 6/30/2026
Mining Geologist,
9601 Gates Lane,
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
(919) 969-9594
| dennis.lapoint@gmail.com
Dwain Veach
Secretary Treasurer
State Geologist,
NC Geological Survey
512 N. Salisbury St.,
Raleigh, NC 27604
919-900-0281
| dwain.veach@deq.nc.gov
Joan Smyth
Member
Term expires: 6/30/2027
Consultant Geologist, Smith-Gardner, Inc.
14 N. Boylan Avenue,
Raleigh, NC 27603
(919) 828-0577
| joan.smyth@ncblg.org
Rachel Kirkman
Member
Term expires: 6/30/2029
Consultant Geologist,
Waste Industries, LLC (a GFL Environmental Company)
4402 Suffolk Trail,
Greensboro, NC 28607
(919) 400-0668
| rachel.kirkman@ncblg.org
Hillary Goodell, PE
Public Member
Term expires: 6/30/2029
One Environmental
5212 Westminster Lane,
Fuquay Varina, NC 27526
(845) 206-8623
| hillary.goodell@ncblg.org
Administrative Staff
Barbara U. Geiger
Executive Director
NC Board for Licensing of Geologists
P.O. Box 41225,
Raleigh, NC 27629-1225
(919) 850-9669
| barbara.geiger@ncblg.org
Dawson Mazanek
Assistant to the Executive Director
NC Board for Licensing of Geologists
P.O. Box 41225,
Raleigh, NC, 27629-1225
919-850-9669
| dawson.mazanek@ncblg.org
Phillip Reynolds, Esq.
Legal Counsel
NC Department of Justice
114 W. Edenton Street,
Raleigh, NC 27603
(919) 716-6600
| preynolds@ncdoj.gov