Education:

B.S. in Agriculture specializing in Natural Resource Conservation & Management, University of Kentucky, 1998

Professional Registration:

CHMM # 15307, 2010

CSXT Contractor/Facilitator # 11-1186

Professional Summary:

Emergency Response Division Manager / First Response Environmental Group / Nashville, TN / June 2012 to Present

Responsibilities include oversight and coordination of environmental emergency response teams for events in locations that include industrial facilities, rivers, interstate systems, among other locations. Spearhead ongoing training efforts among staff. Develop new client relations and support existing ones. Handle day to day efforts related to personnel, including advancement, discipline, and injury-related leave.

Senior Environmental Consultant / First Response Environmental Group / Nashville, TN / September 2006 to June 2012

Responsibilities included coordination of remediation efforts resulting from chemical and petroleum releases and other incidents, screening and sampling during remediation efforts, industrial sampling, report preparation to include quality assurance/quality control, client and regulatory contact, assist staff geologist, and other daily administrative duties.

Biological Support / HMB Professional Engineers / Frankfort, KY / October 2001 to September 2006

Responsbilities included assisting with stream and wetland assessments related to highway, interstate, and right-of-way expansions. Also assisted field biologists as needed with capturing, identifying and logging bat species in the Daniel Boone National Forest as part of the proposed I-66 project in Laurel and Pulaski Counties, Kentucky.

Construction Administrator / HMB Professional Engineers / Frankfort, KY / October 2001 to September 2006

Construction Administrator for all water and sewer projects designed and bid by the company. Duties included preparation of sub-contracts, service agreements, and budget revisions. Attended construction progress meetings, resolved problems, and insured all contractors and sub-contractors were paid. Other responsibilities included oversight of field inspectors, drafting change orders, obtaining utility easements, drafting funding applications for counties and municipalities, and filling in for inspectors as needed. Other duties also included assisting engineers with the final close-out of projects and marketing company services.

Underground Storage Tank Project Manager / HMB Professional Engineers / Frankfort, KY / October 2001 to September 2006

Project Manager / Certified Contractor for several hundred underground storage tank sites throughout the state of Kentucky. Supervised and planned all aspects of site investigation and remediation for these sites.

Other responsibilities included budget analysis, job set-up, planning and excecution of all field activities in accordance with Kentucky NREPC Division of Waste Management requirements, including coordination of utility surveys, preparation of site safety plans, acquisition of equipment and coordination of field personnel. Responsibilities also included final report preparation, including closure, initial abatement, initial site characterization, and environmental assessment reports.

Project Manager / Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project / HMB Professional Engineers / Frankfort, KY / October 2001 to September 2006

Project Manager responsible for review of all hazmat-related studies concerning properties affected by the eventual construction of the new bridges connecting Louisville, Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Attended meetings at the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet as needed. Made comments on reports that included an expanded Phase I and participated in budget discussions regarding the investigation methods to be used during Phase II.

Environmental Technologist / NREPC Division of Waste Management / Frankfort, KY / October 2000 to October 2001

Technical reviewer and permit writer responsible for drafting special waste and biosolid land farming permits. Other duties included reviewing land farm annual reviews submitted by consultants and municipalities, providing technical assistance to the public, and reviewing and commenting on draft regulations.

Environmental Enforcement Specialist / NREPC Division of Water / Frankfort, KY / May 1999 to October 2000

Enforcement specialist responsible for settling cases with companies and individuals that violated Kentucky’s water regulations and statutes. Duties included maintaining an enforcement database of environmental violators, drafting agreed orders and demand letters, and assisting state attorneys with building cases. Other responsibilities included developing remediation steps for violators so they could regain compliance. Also performed site visits/inspections as needed to monitor compliance with agreed orders.

Additional Training:

40-Hour OSHA HAZWOPER and all current 8-Hour Refreshers Annually

CSXT Annual Safety & Environmental Training Annually

Texas A&M Coastal Oil Spill Control Operations and Boat Training 2010

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