Mr. Petty is presently working on his Ph.D. at the University
of Alaska Fairbanks in the school of Engineering and Mining. He holds a
Master’s degree in Executive International Business Management from the
University of Maryland University College and a Bachelor’s degree in
Geosciences from Purdue University.
Tim Petty also holds a
position as the Deputy Legislative Director for Senator James Risch of
Idaho. Previously he has serve as Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting
Assistant Secretary for Water and Science at the Department of the
Interior (DOI) during President George W. Bush administration. He has
also worked for two previous U.S. Senators in the U.S. Senate for
Senator Rich Santorum and Senator Connie Mack at the Senate Republican
Conference, the third-ranking leadership office.
Mr. Petty’s
experience has taken him from his native Indiana, where he grew up on a
farm, to the mountains and shores of Southern California and Washington
DC. He worked in the private sector for more than 10 years in
California and Indiana as a geologist and a hydrogeologist, specializing
in structural geology, surface and sub-surface water research, and
environmental risk assessment.
At DOI, Mr. Petty gave
leadership to the U.S. Geological Survey, covering the five disciplines
of Geology, Biology, Water, Geography, Geospatial Information and
supported the Bureau of Reclamation at the policy level. He provided
extensive oversight of the policy and technical spectrum of programs
such as hydrology, earthquakes, volcanoes, geospatial resources, and
surface/subsurface water-to-space observation regarding Landsat.