Kathy Goetz Troost, R.P.G., is a Research Scientist at the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at the UW. She was previously a Senior Associate at Shannon & Wilson, Inc. and was employed there as a Project Manager and Project Geologist for nineteen years. She has authored or co-authored seven of the geologic maps in the central Lowland, and she is the recognized expert on central Puget Sound Quaternary stratigraphy through her detailed work on deposits in the Seattle-Tacoma area. As a consulting geologist for Shannon & Wilson she managed environmental and geological investigations for local projects such as the new Mariners stadium, the new Seahawks stadium, State Route 16 and Tacoma Narrows bridge improvements, and the geoarchaeological investigation at West Point. more info...

Aaron Wisher is a research consultant for the project. He was previously a cartographer and application specialist for the Department of Natural Resources (Aquatic Resources Division) in Olympia Washington. He has authored or co-authored six papers ranging in topic from mineral geochemistry to slope stability to GIS in Education. Aaron completed his Masters Thesis in 1999 studying slope stability processes in managed forest areas following major "la nina" type rainfall events. more info...