Anna Shaughnessy is the president-elect of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG). She has held leadership roles in exploration and advanced technology at Mobil, Saudi Aramco, Texaco and Kerr-McGee. After 30 years in the energy industry, she transitioned to the academic sector as she became the Executive Director of MIT’s Earth Resources Laboratory (ERL). She retired from ERL in 2018 and is currently a consultant. Shaughnessy received her undergraduate from the U. of Gothenburg in Sweden and her M.Sc. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Her wide work experience has offered her a great appreciation for the role of applied geophysics in industry, academia and society today, and toward a sustainable future.