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ARCO Alumni Catch Up In Anchorage |
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 ARCO alumni gathering at O’Malley’s May 14 included alumni living in LA, Denver, Dallas and Anaconda; an alumnus planning to marry August 3 along with some new faces and many alumni who have become regular attendees. About one-third of the group are employed by BP or ConocoPhillips; the others are employed elsewhere or enjoying retirement.
Chip Derrick, tanned from sailing with a friend from Cabo San Lucas to Papeete, Tahiti was there with his wife Georganna. Chip retired in Anchorage after working six years for BP. The trip tested him and his travelling partner to the max with huge waves and swirls, read the complete profile and see pictures from the excursion on ARCO Alumni (link to profile). Carolyn Ellingwood, also retired after working for COP following ARCO, brought along Archie Walker. Archie works in the Worley Parsons office in LA and is with BP as the CM for the Northern Tier Organization.
Besides BP and COP employees, Russ Doig and Dennis Bickford, both with cosponsor GCI were in attendance. Mary and Ron Smith came along. Ron is with URS in the engineering group. He works in the COP tower, so he shares that he started there in 1977 and is still working in the same building.
Dante Kumerle who has been with ASRC Energy Services for a number of years was in attendance with husband Daryl (CH2M Hill). This was their first Anchorage alumni event and they caught up with friends including Kathy Godsey who is with COP. Other new faces included Greg (Pioneer Natural Resources) and Lisa Sanders (State Farm), Patricia Lobel of Petrotechnical Resources of Alaska, Dean (BP) and Diane (FBI) Carson. Diane was a financial analyst at ARCO and Dean was with ARCO pipelines.
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 Dan Kruse was in Denver with his wife Grace to celebrate daughter Dominique's wedding. Dan and Grace are living in Brisbane, Australia where Dan is working for ConocoPhillips. Other ARCO alumni in attendance were Scott (Ryder Scott Company) and Mary Wilson, Joe (Legacy Reserves LP) and Tracey Sinner who came from Cody, Wyoming and Herb (SM Energy) and Karen Vogel. View pictures from the day in the ARCO Alumni photo gallery.
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ARCO Alum Janet Weiss takes the helm in AK |
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 Janet Weiss has been named Regional President of BP Alaska, effective February 15
Ms. Weiss most recently served in Alaska as Regional Vice President, Resources, accountable for resource progression and subsurface activities, as well as for IT. In her new role, she will be responsible for BP's oil and gas exploration, development and production activities in Alaska, as well as its interests in the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline. She will continue to be based in Anchorage. Ms. Weiss has held engineering and executive posts in both Alaska and in the Lower 48.
“BP Alaska is home to some of the most capable people in the industry and I am honored to be asked to lead them,” Ms. Weiss said. “I’ve seen first-hand what they can achieve in even the most challenging of environments.”
BP is one of Alaska’s leading investors, taxpayers and employers, with more than 2,200 employees and over 6,000 contractors. The company operates four fields on the North Slope, including Greater Prudhoe Bay, which together account for about two-thirds of the state’s oil production.
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