February 4th luncheon registration may now be completed online.  Please register online by Thursday, January 30th.  You will no longer have to email our Communications Director, Mary Sitko, to register for future luncheons unless your registration needs cannot be addressed online.

Advance luncheon registration cost is $21 for non-members and $16 for members.  Students may attend free of charge.  Same-day luncheon registration cost is $25.  Note the luncheon costs have increased to accurately account for AIPG Minnesota's luncheon expenses.

The February 4th Luncheon will be sponsored by Pointmap Inc.

Presentation Title

Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience and Interior Design Updates

By:    Andrea Barker, Assistant Executive Director and

Bruce Johnson, PG Board Member, Complaint Committee Chair

Presentation Topics

-        What is the Board? What does it do?

-        How does someone get licensed?

-        Enforcement – filing a complaint, the complaint resolution process, types of violations and remedies

-        Continuing Education

-        Proposed legislation

Speaker Biographies

Andrea Barker is the Assistant Executive Director for the Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience and Interior Design where she has worked for fourteen years. Andrea’s primary work includes rule writing, database management and reporting, and outreach. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin – River Falls.

Bruce Johnson is the Professional Geologist Board member for the Minnesota Board. He has twenty-eight years of environmental, geologic and hydrogeologic experience in the professional consulting field. He is currently a Principal and Vice President at Summit Envirosolutions, Inc. with a bachelor degree in geology from the University of Minnesota. He is a licensed PG in four states and is a CGWP in Iowa.  Bruce has a long history of professional involvement through the AIPG including serving as President, Vice President, Director, Field Trip Coordinator and Annual Conference Field Trip Chair and was involved in the original rulemaking ad hoc committee for the licensing of Professional Geologists in the State of Minnesota. Bruce was appointed to the Board in 2007 where he has served on multiple committees including the Credentialing Committee, the Rules Committee and the ELSGEO Section. He has served on the Board’s Complaint Committee for the past three years and as Chair of that Committee for the past two.