Terah Burdette
Terah Burdette is a Permitting/Quality Assurance Engineer for Arch Resources, Inc. (formerly Arch Coal, Inc.), where she has worked since 1997. Terah provides technical support to all of Arch’s Eastern Region Operations. In this capacity, she serves as a liaison between operation’s management staff and State and Federal regulatory agencies, requiring her to monitor and […]
Ruth Carraher
Ruth A Carraher is one of the founders of the Women’s Mining Coalition (WMC) and presently serves on the board of directors of this organization.After working for major and junior mining/exploration companies for more than 30 years, Ruth is currently an independent consulting geologist exploring for metals. Her work on projects in locations as diverse […]
Teresa Conner
Teresa Conner has been a member of the WMC almost since its inception. She has served the WMC as past Secretary and President. She also served on the Advisory Board for a number of years and is currently a member of the Board of Directors. She has attended numerous Fly-Ins over the years and very […]
Catherine “Katie” Heazlett
Catherine “Katie” Heazlett is a hard-rock mining environmental permitting and compliance specialist with seven years of experience. Her areas of expertise are air, water pollution, potable water, water rights permitting and compliance. Katie has a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and a Master of Science in Environmental Policy and Management with a concentration in […]
Wendy Hutchinson
Wendy Hutchinson is a rancher from Campbell County, Wyoming. She has over 35 years of experience in industrial site development, environmental management, and external affairs. She is the former Senior Vice President of External Affairs for Millennium Bulk Terminals, an operating bulk materials port on the Columbia River in Washington. Prior to that, Wendy was […]
Carolyn Clark Loder
Carolyn Clark Loder: Carolyn is the first woman of the 20th and 21st centuries to be inducted into the prestigious National Mining Hall of Fame. Carolyn has devoted her life to preserving mining viability and promoting fair treatment of native Americans and local communities, while protecting access to mineral resources on public lands. Her dedication […]
Larry Skaer
Larry Skaer has forty-three years (17 in oil & gas; 26 in mining) of legal, government affairs, management, and operations, experience in the natural resource industries on private and public lands throughout the west. He has drafted federal and state legislation, testified numerous times before various congressional and state committees on mining, environmental, public lands, […]
Debra W. Struhsacker
Debra Struhsacker is a hardrock mining policy expert with over 30 years of hands-on expertise with the environmental and public land laws and regulations pertaining to mineral exploration and mine development.Ms. Struhsacker provides environmental permitting and government relations consulting services to mineral exploration and mining clients. She has a proven track record of successfully representing […]
Cathy Suda
Cathy Suda holds an M.S. in Geology from the University of New Mexico and has worked in mineral exploration for several companies in the West. Cathy started working for what was then Cominco American (now Teck American, a subsidiary of Teck Resources Ltd.) in 1985 and remained with the company until her retirement in 2020 […]
