Chair                                               John Burgess

Vice Chair                                        Roisin Goodman

Past Chair                                      Brian Connor

Secretariat                                       Monica Lee/ Taly Hunter Williams

Treasurer                                          James Byrne

Newsletter Editor                              Gareth Ll Jones

Deputy Newsletter editor                    Niall Burke

International Liaison Officer                Mark Muller

Development Officer                           Paul Sikora

Events Officer                                    Alistair Allen

Membership officer                             Heather Murphy

 Committee Photo at AGM June 2011 in IKEA

John Burgess, Chair of GAI, currently works in the Cork office of Arup providing a leading role in delivering sustainable solutions for the built environment. With over twenty years experience in the engineering design, testing and operation of building services systems, John has implemented many low energy / renewable energy projects on projects such as The Department of Architecture in the University of New South Wales, Sydney and the Glucksman Art Gallery in University College, Cork . John graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 1984 with a B.A.I. honors degree in Mechanical Engineering, subsequently obtaining a Masters in Building Services from Sydney University, Australia. More recently, John has been active in the application of geothermal energy for heating and cooling of homes and buildings in the Cork area.

Roisi­n Goodman (EurGeol, PGeo), Vice-Chair of GAI, is an Associate Partner with the CSA / SLR Ltd. Roisin is the Coordinator for Geothermal Legislation and Regulations for the European Geothermal Energy Council and is involved with the GTR-H Project. Roisin has specialised in the renewable energies of geothermal, wind, hydro & bio-energies and also in environmental geology. Roisin has worked in the field of precious and metallic mineral exploration, resource evaluation, in Ireland, Europe, Africa and Greenland. 

Brian Connor, Past-Chair of the GAI, is a Director of Brian P.Connor and Associates ltd who are Hydrogeological, Geological and Environmental Consultants in Tramore, Co. Waterford. Brian has over 40 years experience in Applied Geology and Hydrogeology and has been involved in the development of Geothermal Energy since the 1980's. His projects have varied from looking at the utilisation of geothermal energy extracted from existing water supply sources to evaluating the potential use of Energy Piles in numerous European Countries, and involvement in major, EU funded, European Geothermal Projects. 

Taly Hunter-Williams is a Senior Hydrogeologist in the Groundwater Programme of the Geological Survey of Ireland. She has ten years experience in the Government sector, and her main areas of work during that time have been groundwater protection, including source protection zone mapping, and the initial and further characterisation phases of the Water Framework Directive. In the last few years, together with her colleagues,  she has been involved in re-establishing a geothermal programme in the GSI. 

Monica Lee is a Senior Hydrogeologist in the Geological Survey of Ireland. Monica has worked in Groundwater Section since 1999, after completing an MSc in Groundwater Vulnerability (TCD). Her main areas of work during that time have been groundwater protection, including source protection (drinking water supplies), as well as being involved with the characterisation phases of the Water Framework Directive. Monica is currently part of a team working towards re-establishing a geothermal programme in the GSI.

Gareth Ll. Jones (EurGeol, BSc, MSc, PGeo) is the Newsletter Editor of GAI. He qualified with an Honours BSc in Geology from Queens University Belfast and was awarded his MSc by Trinity College Dublin. His geological consultancy Conodate deals with geothermal energy, karst, industrial minerals and biostratigraphy. Gareth is a Geothermal Consultant with the CSA Group and Convener of the Expert Panel on Geothermal Energy of the EFG. He was President of the EFG from 1999-2002 and of the IGI from 2005-2007. Gareth was Project Manager of the GT Skills geothermal training programme from 2005-2007. 

Alistair Allen is the GAI Events Officer. A founding member of the GAI and a past president and vice president, Alistair is a Senior Lecturer in the Geology Department of UCC, and holds a BSc (Hons) and PhD in Geology. Alistair is currently supervising a number of postgraduate research projects in Geothermal Energy. Alistair is a member of the Sustainable Energy Research Network of UCC and Cork Geothermal Forum, and is leader of the Geothermal Energy Research Group in UCC. He is currently involved with Cork City Council in the assessment of geothermal resources for the Cork Docklands Redevelopment Project.