WSSPC Staff

Patricia Sutch has been the Executive Director of WSSPC since August 1999. She is WSSPC's second Executive Director.  She organized the first National Earthquake Risk Management Conference held in Seattle, and the 2004, 2008, and 2012 National Earthquake Conferences.  In intervening years she organized smaller annual conferences in Sacramento, Denver, Portland, Boise, and Reno.  The 2009 Conference was held jointly with the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute in Salt Lake City, where she also served on the Program Committee.

Patti brings a wealth of relevant experience to WSSPC. She earned her B.A. degree in Earth Sciences and Anthropology from Case Western Reserve University and her M.S. degree in Engineering Geology (with a seismic hazard focus) from Stanford University. Patti has thirty years of experience in the geoscience field, non-profit organization management, and business administration.

Currently she is also Principal and President of REG Review, Inc., a company formed in 1985 to prepare geologists for the national ASBOG® geology licensing exam and California certification exams. She has been an active volunteer with the Association of Engineering and Environmental Geologists (AEG) and and the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI).  She is a California Professional Geologist, Certified Hydrogeologist, and Certified Engineering Geologist.

Stephanie Moreno joined the WSSPC staff in June 2012. She has extensive public sector experience in program development, implementation and management, and is accomplished at public outreach and advocacy.

Stephanie graduated from California State University, Stanislaus, with a degree in Social Sciences and a concentration in Administration of Justice.