Kermit Witherbee

Previous BLM assignments have included Deputy Division Chief, Fluid Minerals Division and division Magager, Fluid Minerals at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Headquarters, Washington, DC; Fluid Minerals Group Manager and Reservoir Management Branch Chief, Colorado State Office: and District Petroleum Geologist, Craig District, Craig, Colorado. Prior to joining BLM, he held positions as Exploration Geologist and Exploration Project Manager in private industry. His career with BLM has included staff and supervisory responsibilities in the oil and gas leasing and management, reservoir management evaluations, as well as national level policy development, strategic planning, and budget. He worked for the House of Representatives Resources Committee as a Congressional Fellow during the 107th Congress. He has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Geology from the State University of New York at Oneonta.