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Lexington resident elected president of Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration

Steve Gardner is president of consulting firm ECSI

Steve Gardner
Steve Gardner

LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 16, 2015) — Steve Gardner, president and CEO of Kentucky-based  ECSI, LLC— a consulting group performing civil, environmental and natural resources projects worldwide—is serving as 2015 president of the Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME), a professional society with over 15,000 members in 100 countries representing scientists, engineers and professionals serving the minerals and mining industries.

Gardner has been an active member of SME since 1975 and has attained the status of Registered Member. He has more than 40 years’ experience in mining, engineering, reclamation, environmental, health and safety issues.

He received a Bachelor’s in Agricultural Engineering and an Master’s in Mining Engineering with an Environmental Systems Certificate from the University of Kentucky. In 2011 he was inducted into the UK College of Engineering Hall of Distinction.

ECSI is a consulting group performing civil, environmental and natural resources projects worldwide.