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Box 869999</p> <p>Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999</p> <p>**Overnight Deliveries, Fed-Ex, UPS,etc**</p> <p>420 Hackberry Lane</p> <p>Tuscaloosa, AL 35401</p> <p><i>205.349.2852</i></p> <p><i>205.349.2861 Fax</i></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Mobile</b></p> <p>4173 Commanders Drive</p> <p>Mobile, AL 36615-1421</p> <p><i>251.438.4848</i></p> <p><i>251.432.9267</i></p> <p><i>251.438.4805 Fax</i></p> </div> <!-- Right column box --> </div> <div id="middle-column"> <!-- MIDDLE COLUMN --> <div class="middle-column-box-white"> <!-- mcfbox--> <div class="middle-column-box-title-blue"> OGB Board Members</div> <p> <img src="../img/griggsweb.jpg" alt="" width="111" height="139" class="middle-column-img-left" /></p> <p class="heading"> James "Jim" Griggs</p> <p> Mr. James  Jim Griggs, a resident of Fairhope, was appointed to the Board on May 9, 2008. Mr. Griggs has had a distinguished career in state government as Director of the State Lands Division at the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. He also served as a member of the staff of the Geological Survey/State Oil and Gas Board in the mid-1970s. Mr. Griggs also had a private law practice in Mobile during the 1980s that specialized in oil and gas and real property litigation.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <img src="../img/pearsonweb.jpg" alt="" width="111" height="139" class="middle-column-img-left" /></p> <p class="heading"> Charles "Ward" Pearson</p> <p> Mr. Charles  Ward Pearson of Tuscaloosa was appointed to the Board on May 9, 2008. Mr. Pearson is a prominent attorney with a private law practice in Tuscaloosa, where he is president of the Pearson Law Firm. His areas of practice are oil and gas law, environmental law, and natural resources law. Mr. Pearson also has served as an adjunct professor of oil and gas law at the University of Alabama School of Law since 1993.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <img src="../img/Lawley.jpg" alt="" width="111" height="179" class="middle-column-img-left" /></p> <p class="heading"> Barnett Lawley</p> <p> Mr. Barnett Lawley was appointed to the Board on January 16, 2011. Mr. Lawley, a lifelong resident of Pell City, is a retired business owner who has distinguished himself as a leader in conservation-related activities and in service to his community. He co-founded the St. Clair County Chapters of Ducks Unlimited, the National Wild Turkey Federation, and Sportsmen for the Environment and served on the Board of Directors of the Alabama Wildlife Federation for six years to include two terms as Legislative Chairman/Vice-President. He most recently served as Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources from 2003 to 2011. A prominent civic leader, he has served his community in numerous capacities to include Pell City Councilman and in major leadership roles in organizations such as the Pell City Chamber of Commerce, Pell City Industrial Board, Pell City Retail Development Board, St. Clair County Airport Authority, as well as in local service clubs.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <img src="../img/nicktew03.jpg" alt="" width="111" height="118" class="middle-column-img-left" /></p> <p class="heading"> Berry H. (Nick) Tew, Jr.<a name="nick" id="nick"></a></p> <p class="heading"> State Geologist/Oil and Gas Supervisor</p> <p> Dr. Berry H. "Nick" Tew, Jr., a native Alabamian, was appointed State Geologist of Alabama in October 2002. Born in Mobile and raised in Sumter County, he has received BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Geology. As State Geologist, Dr. Tew also serves as State Oil & Gas Supervisor and Secretary of the Oil and Gas Board and is the 6th individual to serve in this position since the establishment of the Board in 1945. He has a comprehensive knowledge of Alabama's surface and subsurface geology through his 21 years of professional geological experience that includes petroleum exploration and development. He is a professional geologist licensed by the Alabama State Board of Licensure for Professional Geologists, a member of the Geological Society of America, and is a 21-year member of the American Association for Petroleum Geologists.</p> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <!-- FOOTER --> Copyright &copy; 2006 GSA/OGB | All Rights Reserved<br /> </div> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> </body> </html>