Photo by Adrian Heffley
Photo by Christopher Beauchamp
Photo by Christopher Beauchamp
Caving & Exploration Affiliations, Positions & Honors
(updated 01/20/11)
- The Science Museum of Long Island - 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award Receipient.
- The Preist's grotto Heritage Project - - Founder and President
- New York Caving Meetup Group - Founder, Chief Recruiter and Organizer.
- Ukrainian American Youth Caver Exchange Foundation - Founder, Board Chairman, Vertical Instructor, President and NSS Project Director.
- Proyecto Espeleologico Sierra Oxmolon - Former Executive Board Member.
- Antonio Nunez Jimenez Fundacion de la Naturaleza y El Hombre of Cuba - Current U.S. Representative.
- Explorers Club Special Skills Liaison
- NSS Metropolitan Grotto (MET) - Former Chairman, Executive Board Member, Activities Chair, and newsletter Editor & Publisher.
- Co-Author of "The Secret of Priest's Grotto" - An amazing true story of cave survival
- Explorers Club Student Initiative Committee member
- NSS Northeastern Regional Organization - Former NRO Chairman, and Organizer of the Spring 1999 NRO Event.
- Boy Scouts of America- Head Scoutmaster and Founder, Explorers Post 2050
- Explorers Club 2009 Flag Expedition-co-organizer/member: Floyd Collins Crystal Cave Restoratioin Project (in cooperation with the US National Park Service)
- Explorer's Club Public Lecture Committee - Former Committee Member
- Uni Paulista de Espeleologia of Brazil- US Representative
- Northeastern Cave Conservancy - Former Executive Board member
- WVSS - Mott Hole Exploration and Cartographic Team Leader for West Virginia Speleological Society's (WVSS) Monroe County Bulletin Update Project.
- Explorers Club 2005 Flag Expedition-organizer/member: Western Ukraine Optimist-Ozynernaya Cave Connection Project
- New River Bridge Rappel Team; in 98, 99, 2000(NERDS Team), 2002 (VBATS Team), and 2003 (UAYCEF Team)
- Membership in the National Speleological Society (NSS), The Western Ukraine Ternopol-Podilskyi Speleological Association, Proyecto Espeleologico Sierra Oxmolon , NSS Vertical Section, NSS Northeastern Regional Organization (NRO), West Virginia Area Cave Studies Association (WVACS), US Cave Conservancy (USCC), The Northeastern Cave Conservancy (NEC), Ukrainian Speleological Association, Antonio Nunez Jimenez Fundacion de la Naturaleza y El Hombre of Cuba, Uni Paulista de Espeleologia (Brazil pending), the Cuban Speleological Society, SEENI (Puerto Rico) and the following NSS Grottos;
- MET - Metropolitan Area Grotto (New York)
- NNJG - Northern New Jersey Grotto (New Jersey)
- BEG - Bald Eagle Grotto (Pennsylvania)
- NAG - Northern Arizona Grotto (Arizona)
- CCG - Central Connecticut Grotto (Connecticut)
- HHG - Helderberg Hudson Grotto (New York)
- BATS- Battlefield Area Troglodyte Society (BATS) (Virginia)
- NJTSSS - Tri-State Speleological Society (New Jersey)
Media
Coverage
The National Speleological Society News (Jan. 05, Page 6)