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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:21:26.241212'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/randall-c-orndorff
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - "Randy earned both a bachelor\u2019s degree (1983) and master\u2019s degree\
     \ (1985) in geology from Old Dominion University."
   email: rorndorf@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - fracture (geologic)
   - folding (geologic)
   - subsidence
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - After being the recent Acting Director position for the Office of Science Quality
     and Integrity (OSQI), Randall C. Orndorff will be returning to his position
     as a research geologist for the Florence Bascom Geoscience Center.
   name: Randall C Orndorff
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-8956-5803
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/florence-bascom-geoscience-center
   organization_name: Florence Bascom Geoscience Center
   personal_statement: Career History and HighlightsRandall is a geologic mapper
     and karst specialist for the Florence Bascom Geoscience Center in Reston, VA.  His
     current projects include geologic mapping a karst research in the Shenandoah
     Valley of Virginia, Greenbrier Valley of West Virginia, and the souther Lake
     Champlain region of New York and Vermont.  As the Acting Director for the Office
     of Science Quality and Integrity from May 2016 to January 2017, Randall was
     tasked with monitoring and enhancing the integrity, quality, and health of United
     States Geological Survey science through executive oversight and development
     of strong practices, policy, and supporting programs listed below. Prior to
     Acting Director of OSQI, Randall was the Director of the Eastern Geology and
     Paleoclimate Science Center (2010-2016). In this role, he was responsible for
     overseeing geologic mapping and paleoclimate studies in the eastern United States
     as well as karst, landslide, and earthquake hazards.  From 2002 to 2010, he
     was Associate Program Coordinator for the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping
     Program. With more than 30 years at the USGS as a scientist, program coordinator,
     and science center director, he has brought a wealth of knowledge to his leadership
     roles.
   professional_experience: []
   title: Research Geologist