Michael Shulters
Regional Executive
USGS Pacific Southwest
Michael Shulters has been with the USGS for 38 years and is currently the Regional Executive for the Pacific Southwest, where he has responsibility for 14 USGS science centers in Hawaii, California, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah doing basic and applied research in hydrology, earthquake and volcano hazards, geography, ecosystems, mineral and energy resources, coastal and marine geology, and astrogeology.
Prior to being appointed as Regional Executive, Mike served as the Director of the USGS California Water Science Center from 1993 to 2008.
Mike is co-creator of the USGS Multi-Hazard Demonstration project in Southern California, which has spawned new partnerships with local agencies and the public and culminated in the “Great Shakeout”, the largest ever earthquake disaster response exercise.
