Growing up on a farm in rural Central New York State, I learned the values of hard work, integrity, and leaving things better than I found them. I loved to spend time outside, hiking in the woods or hunting for trilobite fossils in the Devonian shale outcrops in the gorge…
Amanda Veazey has 25 years of experience as a geologist in the oil and gas and environmental consulting industries. She is currently the Vice President of The Well Done Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Bozeman, Montana, that plugs orphaned and abandoned oil and gas wells across the United States. When she’s not hiking in the woods or measuring methane at orphaned wells, Veazey enjoys knitting, solving Wordle puzzles, and watching Scandinavian drama series on TV. She lives with her family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Photo courtesy of Photography 144.
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