40th Environmental Permitting Summer School: Directory

James (Jim) Keith

Company Freese and Nichols
Position Principal
Location Dallas, TX

I have over 30 years of professional experience specializing in the design, assessment, and optimization of treatment wetlands for water quality improvement. I hold B.S. and M.E. degrees in environmental engineering from the University of Florida and am a licensed professional engineer in Florida, South Carolina, and Oregon. I have had the pleasure of being part of the design team for a number of treatment wetland projects in Florida, including the Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Green Cay Wetlands, Lake Hancock Outfall Treatment Project, C-44 Reservoir/Stormwater Treatment Area, Sweetwater Wetlands Park... Read more

Company Wetland Solutions, Inc.
Position President
Location Gainesville, FL

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Kenneth Kellum

Company Sustainable Water Infrastructure Group, LLC
Position Chief Design Engineer

Carrie Kelly

Company Verdantas
Position National Practice Leader, Natural Resources & Environmental Planning
Location Tampa, FL

Karyssa Kemp

Company AtkinsRealis

Julie P. Kendig-Schrader

Julie P. Kendig-Schrader represents clients in land use and environmental matters and administrative litigation. She works with clients to create public/private partnerships for infrastructure needs, particularly those related to transportation. With sustainability concerns and initiatives cutting across virtually all sectors of business today, Julie strives to keep her clients ahead of the curve to maximize opportunities and minimize unnecessary costs and risks. Prior to joining the firm, Julie was with the South Florida Water Management District Office of Counsel.

Company Greenberg Traurig
Position Shareholder
Location Orlando, FL

Mariza Kennedy

Company Tetra Tech
Position Marketing Manager
Location Orlando

Adam Kerr

Company Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
Position Transportation Engineer
Location West Palm Beach, FL

Lori Killinger

Ms. Killinger’s practice focuses on Legislative, Administrative and Governmental representation. She represents clients before legislative and executive branches of government, regulatory agencies at the state and local levels, the Florida Cabinet and legislative and gubernatorial commissions.

Company Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A.
Position Executive Shareholder
Location Tallahassee, FL

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Christopher King

Company SCS Engineers
Position Project Director
Location Boca Raton, FL

Felicia L. Kitzmiller

As an environmental attorney, Felicia has experience in local, state, and federal environmental permitting, compliance, and permit defense. In the land use realm, Felicia develops entitlement strategy for large industrial, resource extraction, and energy operations. She often navigates compliance with and amendment of complex development approvals that have evolved over decades resulting in a patchwork of vested rights and new obligations. By uniting these often divergent practices, Felicia is able to assist clients in resolving complex land development challenges.
She has also provided clients... Read more

Company Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson
Position Shareholder
Location Tallahassee

Greg Knecht

Company The Nature Conservancy
Position Executive Director
Location Tallahassee, FL

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Ashley Kneram

Company Atwell, LLC
Position Associate Project Manager
Location Fort Myers FL

Michael Knowles

Heading up the engineering department for the Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority. We are in the process of going from 34.7 mgd to 52.7 mgd AADF through a $900M Capital Program.

Company Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority
Position Director of Engineering
Location Arcadia, FL

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Kevin Koehler

Company Dewberry

Chris Krack

Company Ecological Consulting Solutions
Position Principal Ecologist
Location Longwoods, FL

Michael Kraus

Company Herc Rentals
Position VP & Asst. General Counsel

John Kraynak

Retired from Leon County’s Environmental Services Division after serving as the Environmental Services Division Director for 23 years. I provide flood letters for development in the unincorporated area of Leon County. I also design stormwater facilities for individual single-family homes where required. I work with Leon County’s Environmental Services to provide mitigation for environmental violations. I can be reached at [email protected].

Company JPK Engineering Services
Position Owner
Location Tallahassee

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Somshekhar Kundral

Company SCS Engineers
Position Project Director
Location Miami, FL

Rommy Lahera

Company RESPEC
Position Florida Hydrogeology Practice Lead

Aaron Landry

Company JMB Ecological Offsets
Position Director of Ecological Offsets

Sarah Laroque

Providing leadership for our 100% employee-owned company. We specialize in: Invasive vegetation removal, Native planting, Mitigation projects, Shoreline/beach projects

Company EarthBalance
Position President/CEO
Location North Port, FL

Brody Larsen

Brody is an experienced environmental professional with a multidisciplinary background in Florida’s environmental industry. As the Senior Project Manager for Mitigation Marketing, he is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the mitigation process, from site identification and permitting, to bank management and credit sales. He works closely with a team of consultants and coordinates with government agencies, private companies, and non-profit organizations to ensure compliance with regulations and best practices.

Brody is well-versed in all aspects of wetland mitigation, including environm... Read more

Company Mitigation Marketing
Position Senior Project Manager

Dylan Larson

Company Miller Legg
Position Vice President
Location Ft. Lauderdale, FL

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Max Lee

Company Koogler Associates
Position President
Location Gainesville, FL

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Devin Lemke

Company RESPEC
Position Staff Hydrologist

John Lesman

Mitigation banking, UMAM, wetland delineation, permitting, compliance.

Company Bio-Tech Consulting
Position Director
Location Orlando, FL

Brian Levey

Brian advises clients on matters that arise under the Clean Water Act (CWA), Endangered Species Act (ESA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other environmental statutes. He assists applicants in obtaining and defending federal permits for complicated energy and development projects. He also advocates for clients during related litigation and administrative rulemakings, including at the US Supreme Court. He represents a diverse set of companies and trade associations from a wide variety of industry sectors, including electric utilities, oil and gas, renewables, agriculture, mining, consumer... Read more

Company Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Position Counsel
Location Washington, DC

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John Lewis

Company Icarus Ecological Services
Position Senior Project Ecologist

Terri Lewis

CereBulb empowers industrial excellence by turning complex data into strategic, actionable insights sparked by the transformative force of artificial intelligence. My focus is in: Smart Cities and specially in Critical Infrastructure of Water, Transportation and Power

Company Cerebulb
Position Principal and Strategic Advisor
Location Fort Myers Florida

Jason S. Lichtstein

Jason focuses his practice on cleanup and redevelopment of Brownfields and other contaminated sites in the Southeast U.S., which includes a broad range of environmental transactional, environmental regulatory compliance, and state incentives and policy matters. A two-time President of the Florida Brownfields Association (FBA), he has significant experience in the cleanup, redevelopment, and reuse of Brownfields and other contaminated properties. He has also been involved in the drafting, lobbying, and passage of brownfields legislation in Florida, expanding incentives for site cleanup and redevelopment... Read more

Company Akerman LLP
Position Partner
Location Atlanta, GA

Claudia Listopad

Claudia Listopad is a cross-disciplinary project manager, water resources ecologist, and certified GIS Professional specializing in the application of modeling, ecological and hydrological field assessments, monitoring program design and implementation, statistical analyses, and remote sensing to complex data sets, particularly those related to natural resources, water resources, and restoration.

She has 24 years of applicable experience, with her role of Project Manager dating back to 2007. Her interest focuses on the application of cutting-edge remote sensing technology and advanced modeling ... Read more

Company Applied Ecology, Inc.
Position President
Location Brevard County

Jeff Littlejohn

Company FL Environmental Network
Position President
Location Tallahassee

Brandyn Littleton

Company Haff Associates, Inc.
Position VP, Operations Manager

Anna Long

Company Dean Mead
Position Of Counsel
Location Orlando, FL

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Pat Lorimer

A full-service environmental, engineering, energy, and design firm completing projects nationwide. We specialize is assisting educational facilities with industrial hygiene, facilities engineering, health and safety, and security management services.

Company Partner Engineering and Science, Inc

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David Loy

I am excited to have joined CFB. Inc late last year as Environmental Director based out of our Clearwater office. I am a Certified Ecologist and ISA Certified Arborist with over 20 years of public and private sector experience with estuarine and coastal ecological restoration and design, wetland ecology, ecological functional assessments, threatened and endangered species permitting, wetland mitigation monitoring, environmental permitting, Section 7 consultations, remote sensing and benthic habitat assessments.

Over my career, I've been fortunate to have had the opportunity to not only help ... Read more

Company CFB, Inc.
Position Environmental Director
Location Clearwater

John G Lucarelli

Environmental consulting

Company Alpha Omega Training and Compliance, Inc.
Position Business Development Manager
Location Titusville, FL

William Lucas

I am CTO and cofounder of Sustainable Water Infrastructure Group. We develop and deploy advanced innovative nutrient removal systems using highly sustainable natural technologies.

Company Sustainable Water Infrastructure Group
Position CTO
Location Florida

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Tracey Ludyjan-Ybarra

Company EGS
Position senior environmental scientist
Location Tallahassee

Debbie Madden

Deborah Madden is an attorney whose practice focuses on the area of environmental law.
Deborah represents a broad range of clients, including developers, agricultural interests and public and private companies.
Deborah has experience providing legal support to clients in permitting and litigation matters involving water resources, wetlands, water supply, state and federal listed species issues, mitigation banking, state submerged lands and coastal construction. She represents clients in court proceedings and before administrative law judges on a variety of environmental permitting, compliance and regulatory claims issues... Read more

Company Gunster
Position Attorney
Location Ft. Lauderdale, FL

John Maehl

Company Martin County Board of County Commissioners
Position Ecosystem Restoration Division Manager
Location [email protected]

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Mohammed Majboor

Rey Malave

Mr. Malavé is a professional engineer with more than 43 years experience in civil engineering design. His background includes the design and permitting of infrastructure systems, including complex stormwater and utility projects, land development residential and multifamily projects, electrical substation, commercial and industrial developments, and large utility systems. In his current position, he is responsible for business development and project management for civil engineering of municipal utility and stormwater projects and for land and commercial development-related projects.

Company Dewberry
Position Associate Vice President
Location Orlando, FL

Brian Malmberg

Company Coastal Engineering Associates, Inc.
Position Director of Engineering
Location Brooksville

Sharon Mangione

As a Senior Business Development & Marketing Manager, I work closely with practice leadership to manage Greenberg Traurig's (an AM Law Top 20 firm) Global Environmental practice consisting of more than 100 attorneys serving clients from more than 30 locations in six countries around the world, including the United States, Latin America, and Europe, as well as Greenberg Traurig’s Tampa office with Labor & Employment, White Collar Defense & Special Investigations, Restructuring & Bankruptcy, Tax & Tax Credits, Corporate, Public Finance, Real Estate, Construction, and Litigation practices.

Company Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
Position Sr. Business Development / Marketing Manager
Location Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

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Doug Manson

Company Summit Land & Water
Position Founder, Managing Principal
Location Tampa

Jason Marberry

Company Action Environmental
Position Project Manager
Location Tampa/Orlando

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Mike Marino

Company FDA | PRIME AE
Position Sr. Environmental Compliance Specialist

Cara Martin

Company Southwest Florida Water Management District
Position Government and Community Affairs Office Chief
Location Brooksville, FL

Jen Mathia

Ms. Mathia has more than 17 years' expertise in environmental consulting, having worked for both private and public clients. Ms. Mathia’s background is focused in marine and freshwater biology with experience in both terrestrial and aquatic systems and expertise in field study design and execution, including impact assessments, analysis and reporting. She has extensive experience in water quality monitoring and ecological assessments within Florida and beyond. Her work focuses on water quality but also utilizes her intimate understanding of biological and ecological complexities. She has been... Read more

Company Environmental Consulting & Technology
Position Principal Scientist
Location Gainesville, FL

Jeremy McBryan

Company Ecosystem Investment Partners
Position Director, Florida Water Quality
Location Lake Worth Beach, FL

Susan McConnell

Company Environmental and Geotechnical Specialists, Inc
Position Environmental Dept Manger/Senior Environmental Scientist
Location Tallahassee

Dawn McCormick

Dawn McCormick is responsible for Communications, Stakeholder Relations and Government Affairs activities for Waste Management in Florida and coordinates the company’s Recycling Improvement initiatives in the state. She is Vice Chair of the National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) Florida Chapter, a Board Member of the Florida Recycling Partnership Foundation, and co-Chair of the Legislative Committee of Recycle Florida Today. She is a member of Leadership Florida’s Class XXXIV.

Company Waste Management Inc. of Florida
Position Director, Communications & Community Relations
Location Boca Raton, FL

Sean McGinnis

Company Lakeland Electric
Position Environmental Coordinator
Location Lakeland, FL

Hannah McGovern

Company FL Dept of Environmental Protection
Location Southwest District (Tampa)

Jan McLean

Company GrayRobinson
Position Of Council
Location Tampa, Fl

Jan McLean

Company Gray Robinson
Position Of Counsel
Location Tampa

Rob McMullen

I am an Environmental Scientist and Consulting Certified Arborist with over 38 years of experience as an environmental scientist, leader, manager, teacher, and trainer providing a broad range of environmental services. A wetland scientist and general ecologist I have expertise in coastal and marine studies including benthic dive surveys, freshwater and upland habitat assessments, and listed species surveys, evaluations and agency consultations.

My specialties also include Certified Arborist consulting services including ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ) reviews, Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESA) for contamination due diligence requirements, Project Development and Environment (PD&E) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) studies, environmental and tree permitting and permit compliance monitoring of various public or private projects... Read more

Company RS&H
Position Principal Environmental Scientist
Location Miami, Florida

Suzanne Mechler

Company CDM Smith
Position Associate

Melissa Meeker

Melissa Meeker is the Chief Executive Officer of the Water Tower in Buford, Georgia, a non-profit focused on advancing water utilities through applied research, technology advancement, workforce development, and public engagement. Melissa previously served as the CEO of the Water Environment and Reuse Foundation and was instrumental in the merger of three critical U.S. water-related research foundations. She also served as Executive Director of South Florida Water Management District and Deputy Secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Melissa has a Master of Science in Environmental... Read more

Company The Water Tower
Position Chief Executive Officer
Location Buford, GA

Rick J. Melchiori

Mr. Melchiori brings over 30 years’ experience in land acquisition, entitlement, permitting, design, and construction of industrial, commercial, and highly amenitized residential and mixed use projects. Early in his career, he founded an architectural and engineering firm and through internal development, mergers, and acquisitions grew the business to over $38 million in annual revenue in less than 10 years servicing many of the nation’s largest builders and developers. In addition, he has directed development operations for multiple divisions of a publicly traded construction and development... Read more

Company Becker Holding Corporation
Position General Manager
Location Vero Beach, FL

Mark Merkelbach

Mr. Merkelbach leads project development and implementation for SWIG. He is a civil designer and professional wetland scientist (PWS) who has managed the design and construction of hundreds of water quality projects, including some of the largest GSI projects in China. He worked with Jerome Ryan in developing the Alaska and Washington State wetland mitigation banks that have a book value of over $250 million dollars. He excels at building the right teams to navigate local politics and address technical challenges to ensure project delivery.

Company Sustainable Water Infrastructure Group, LLC.
Position COO
Location Seattle, WA

Jena Mier

Company Black & Veatch Corporation
Position Senior Environmental Project Manager
Location Melrose, FL

Jena Mier

Jena Mier is a Senior Project Manager with Black & Veatch. She has more than 36 years of experience in environmental resource permitting and licensing, with over 17 years of energy project experience, providing environmental project management for large scale energy projects including natural gas pipelines, solar energy centers, transmission lines, and power plants. At Black & Veatch Jena manages clients and environmental projects for facilities such as power generation and transmission, oil & gas pipelines and ocean terminals, water and wastewater treatment facilities, and all forms of renewable... Read more

Company Black & Veatch
Position Senior Project Manager
Location Melrose, Florida

Greta Mikell

Company RESPEC

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John Miklos

Company Bio-Tech Consulting
Location Palatka, FL

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Rich Miller

Company Forestar

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Kristen Mills

Company Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida
Location Miami, FL

Elaina Modlin

Company GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS INC
Position Senior Principal
Location Boca Raton, FL

William Mohler

ISA certified arborist, TRAQ, SWSPCP Professional Wetland Scientist, LIAF Certified Landscape Inspector, Qualified Airport Wildlife Biologist, FDEP certified stormwater and erosion control inspector, SFWMD certified airboat captain, previous NRPA certified playground and safety inspector, MOT certified, NIMS and ICS certified, GIS and NPDES trained.

Company Miller Legg
Position Biologist
Location Fort Lauderdale

RHONDA MOLL

36 years in the Analytical Testing and Regulatory Business- all while located in Florida. Consider myself not just a "sales person" but a partner, as I
have worked in every aspect of the commercial environmental laboratory in those 36 years and hope to bring that experience to all my customers, whom I really appreciate!
call me @305 407 4159 :)

Company Eurofins Southeast
Position Senior Account Executive
Location Florida

Nicole Monies

Nicole Monies is a transportation professional with over ten years of experience working for the Florida Department of Transportation in the environmental field. She has spent her FDOT career in District One as the Environmental Permits Coordinator. Nicole works in the Design Department and acquires the environmental permits from State and Federal agencies as well as coordinates with the species and resource commenting agencies. ...

Company FDOT
Position D1 Environmental Permits Coordinator
Location Bartow, FL

Brian Moore

Company GHD
Position Principal Engineer
Location Tampa, FL

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James Morris

Company Cemex Construction Materials Florida, LLC
Position Regional Environmental Manager
Location Brooksville, FL

Angela Morrison

Angela Morrison is a Senior Attorney with the global law firm Hunton Andrews Kurth, LLP. Ms. Morrison has practiced environmental law for nearly 35 years, and assists her clients with regulatory, permitting, and compliance matters at the state and federal levels relating to climate change, air quality, water use, wetland impacts and mitigation, endangered species, land use, solid and hazardous waste management and remediation, hazardous release reporting, and mining. Regulated entities that she represents cover various industry sectors, including cement, phosphate, chemical, automobile, boat, pharmaceutical... Read more

Company Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Position Senior Attorney
Location Miami

Jason Adams - MSci-PWS

Company ECS FLORIDA LLC
Position Director of Natural Resources
Location Tampa

Tom Mullin

Company Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod

Jordon Munizzi

Company Geo-Technology Associates, Inc.
Position Senior Ecologist
Location Orlando, Florida

Greg Munson

Greg Munson is a shareholder with the Gunster firm and represents regulated industries in the industrial, agricultural, mining, and utility sectors in all areas of state and federal environmental law. He represents clients before Florida’s executive branch agencies, the state’s water management districts, the Division of Administrative Hearings, the Florida governor and cabinet, EPA, and the Florida Legislature.
He twice held senior positions at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Beginning in 2011, Greg was the deputy secretary for water policy and ecosystem restoration. In... Read more

Company Gunster
Position Shareholder
Location Tallahassee, FL

Ed Murawski

Mr. Murawski has 25 years of experience in the environmental consulting field in the areas of wetlands, protected species and land use permitting. He serves as the Program Manager for Tampa Florida office and supervises a team of up 20 employees. Ed has managed projects throughout the eastern and central United States for an assortment of industry sectors including energy transmission, oil and gas, alternative energy, mining, residential/commercial/industrial development, and government agencies. He specializes in plant identification, natural habitat mapping, wetland delineations, protected species... Read more

Company Kleinfelder
Position Program Manager
Location Tampa, FL

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James Myers

Company TLP Engineering Consultants
Position Vice President
Location Orlando

Abbey Naylor

Environmental Consultant specializing in wetland and protected species permitting for land development projects.

Company Naylor Environmental Solutions
Position Principal Ecologist
Location Tampa FL

Robyn Neely

Robyn Neely focuses her practice on environmental site contamination issues related to real estate and corporate sales and acquisitions, and leases, including pre-acquisition, pre-leasing and pre-foreclosure due diligence analysis. Her practice also includes managing the investigation and remediation of contaminated properties and brownfield redevelopment including innovative solutions to risk management with risk based corrective actions... Read more

Company Akerman LLP
Position Chair, Environment and Natural Resources Practice
Location Orlando, FL

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Ginelle Nester

Company R. H. Moore & Associates, Inc.
Location Tampa, FL

Mike Nichols

Mike has an extensive background conducting jurisdictional wetland determinations and other wetlands permitting and mitigation design projects in his over 40 year career in environmental assessments. He has been employed by Florida DEP and Broward County for about half of his career while conducting private consulting for the latter part. He was instrumental in the development of the WBI (Wetlands Benefit Index - a precursor to WRAP and UMAM), one of the first wetland assessment methods to be codified in the U.S.

Company MJ Nichols & Associates
Position President
Location West Palm Beach, FL

Maribel Nicholson-Choice

Maribel is a shareholder with Greenberg Traurig’s Tallahassee office with a concentrated practice in local government, environmental, and land use law. With 30 years of experience which includes local government, environmental, land use, brownfields, construction with an emphasis in negotiating and resolving complex environmental permitting, due diligence, and litigation matters, Maribel serves as environmental and land use counsel on multi-million-dollar projects and transactions. She advises lending institutions on environmental liability, including permitting and remediation projects associated... Read more

Company Greenberg Traurig
Position Shareholder
Location Tallahassee, FL

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Fred Noble

Company Florida Department of Transportation

Ron Noble

Ron H. Noble represents clients in all areas of environmental due diligence, permitting and regulatory compliance. Other practice areas he has experience in include hazardous and solid waste regulation, wastewater treatment enforcement and permitting, environmental representation for land use and zoning matters, petroleum storage systems and negotiation of consent orders and related environmental enforcement actions with local agencies, DEP, EPA and the Department of Justice.
His representations include coordination with the full spectrum of local, state and federal regulatory agencies. Additio... Read more

Company Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Position Shareholder
Location Tampa, FL

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Kevin Noonan

Company Orlando Utilities Commission
Position Director, Legislative Affairs
Location Orlando, FL

Chad Northington

Mr. Northington currently serves as a Senior Engineer with Geosyntec and has over twenty-six years of experience as an environmental engineer in the areas of site investigation, remediation system engineering, construction, and maintenance, project management, in situ remediation design and application, implementation of innovative technologies, and technical sales and support. Mr. Northington’s site remediation activities include the design and/or implementation of various remedial technologies including soil vapor extraction (SVE) utilizing both vertical and horizontal wells, source removal... Read more

Company Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.
Position Senior Engineer

David O'Brien, PSM, CFedS, CFS

David O' Brien has more than 32 years of experience in surveying, having received a BS in Surveying Engineering from the University of Maine. He co-founded his first surveying firm in 1995, where he served as a professional surveyor and Vice President for over 10 years. He is a licensed surveyor and mapper in twelve (12) states; Certified Federal Surveyor (CFedS); and Certified Floodplain Surveyor (CFS). David started SurvTech in 2004, a geospatial firm offering land surveying, hydrographic surveying, aerial mapping (LiDAR & Imagery) with UAVs, helicopters, and airplanes, GIS, subsurface utility... Read more

Company SurvTech Solutions
Position President
Location Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

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Brittney Odom

Environmental consulting and remediation.

Company SCS Engineers
Position Vice President
Location Jacksonville, FL

Adam Olenoski

Adam is a senior environmental scientist in VHB’s Sarasota office with 22 years of experience. He has experience in a variety of ecological and hydrological monitoring projects, which include monitoring stormwater systems, measuring flows and levels, sampling surface water and groundwater, and conducting vegetation and wildlife surveys. Adam has extensive experience evaluating hydrologic data to determine hydroperiod trends. He has assisted clients with several evaluations for development of BMPs and MFLs, including discharge measurements, springs assessments, stage monitoring, and water quality... Read more

Company VHB
Position Senior Environmental Scientist

Eric Olsen

Inside and outside of Florida, Eric assists myriad business and individual clients on environmental law and regulatory matters. A Florida native, for nearly three decades Eric has focused his practice on wetland regulation, mitigation banking, stormwater regulation, consumptive use or water use permitting, water supply and underground injection control.

Beginning as a St. Johns River Water Management District in-house attorney, Eric worked with other water management districts to develop the Environmental Resource Permitting program, statutes and rules governing wetland mitigation banks, and ru... Read more

Company Gunster
Position Shareholder
Location Tallahassee