Project Manager Quality Control

KAY PANNELL, REP, REA-II

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EXPERTISE

Proven Client Satisfaction Turnkey Operations for Environmental Investigations

Regulatory Negotiation and Site Closure Scheduling, Planning, Oversight, Organization

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

MANAGEMENT

Chief Operations Officer of environmental firm for over six years

Specialization in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Navy CLEAN contracts and Superfund sites.

RCRA, CERCLA, and SARA regulatory expertise

Twenty-five years of environmental consulting experience throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

TECHNICAL

§ Regulatory relationships with EPA, Cal-EPA, DTSC, RWQCB, and City and County agencies.

§ Extensive experience in Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III environmental site investigations.

§ Extensive experience in writing and oversight of proposals, cost estimates, scheduling and planning.

EDUCATION

M.S., Geobiology, George Washington University, Washington, DC 1985

B.Sc. Geology, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 1980

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONS

National Registration of Environmental Professionals, Registered Environmental Professional No. 5800

State of California Registered Environmental Assessor - II No. 20236

CERTIFICATES

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Construction Quality Control for Contractors Certificate

EPA Superfund Innovative Technologies for Remediation of Unexploded Ordnance and Radioactive Waste

Eberline Ionizing Radiation Surveying Equipment

Tom Peters Leadership Challenge Workshop

Federal Acquisitions Regulations

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

Ms. Pannell has successfully served as Chief Operations Officer of an environmental firm since 2002. She brings 25 years of experience in all aspects of environmental consulting, including Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, Phase II Subsurface Investigations, Phase III Remedial Project Oversight, Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Studies, Superfund Site Clean-up and Case Closure. Ms. Pannell’s extensive experience in the industry has given her comprehensive knowledge of environmental regulations, laws, and remedial applications technology, which she applies on a daily basis. Ms. Pannell’s clients have included the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, various oil companies, lending institutions, and private sector individuals. Her projects have ranged from investigations of a single site underground fuel tank leak, to the technical coordination for a Superfund site, to conducting scientific research on regional geologic conditions affecting a major US military installation.

EXPERIENCE

MAIA, Alameda CA 2009-2011

Project Director. Responsible for all aspects of a project for a non-profit organization specializing in a new type of interactive play called ritual theater.

PIERS Environmental Services Inc., San Jose, CA 2002-2009

Chief Operations Officer, and Member, Board of Directors. Specializing in Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESA) for lending institutions, and City, State and County clients. Provided turnkey, cradle-to-grave environmental investigation/remediation for private sector clients. Responsible for daily operations of environmental firm. Doubled revenues in the first two years, and increased and expanded client base. Supervised employees, vendors, and subcontractors; assigned projects, edited all technical reports, and prepared and provided oversight of schedules and budgets. Maintained and expanded client relationships while coordinating marketing and sales. Responsible for hiring and termination of employees.

Stardust Studios, Hayward, CA 2000-2008

Business owner. Start-up, owned and operated production art studio. Responsible for all aspects of sales/marketing, production and quality control. Managed subcontractors.

Environmental Chemical Corporation, Burlingame, CA, 1995-1998

Quality Control Manager/Site Safety and Health Officer. Assured compliance with contract, local, state, and federal regulations through QC plans and audits for multiple national sites under US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) contracts. Provided oversight of project site health and safety program and of soil sampling and analysis for environmental and remedial activities. Projects included industrial landfill remediation, leaking underground tank investigations, asbestos and lead abatement, unexploded ordinance disposal (UXO) sampling and analysis. Prepared geotechnical plans for program managers, cost estimates for contracts, and proposal writing for contract specialists. Managed subcontractors.

PRC Environmental Management, Inc., San Francisco, CA 1992-1995

Technical Coordinator and Project Manager. Technical coordinator for Navy CLEAN remediation strategies for Operable Units at Concord Naval Weapons Station (CNWS), including remediation of a wetland environment and removal of unexploded ordnance. Trained in ionizing radiation monitoring techniques. Performed radiation survey of Mare Island Naval Station and an industrial landfill at Hunters Point Annex, Treasure Island, under Navy CLEAN contracts for WESTDIV. Provided technical audits for military installations under various Navy CLEAN contracts. Financial budget management for $13M contract for Hunters Point.

Engineering - Science, Inc., Alameda, CA 1991

Senior Geologist. Initial site assessments (ISA), including site research, regulatory agencies file searches and data syntheses. Interaction with regulatory agencies and familiarity with local, state, and federal hazardous waste legislation, ordinances and guidelines. Performed groundwater quality analyses at semiconductor industry CERCLA sites and at US Air Force Installation Restoration Program (IRP) sites.

Exceltech, Inc., Fremont, CA 1988-1991

Project Geologist. Provided petroleum industry clients with initial site investigations, including contractor supervision during groundwater and vadose monitoring well installation and soil gas surveys, definition of soil and groundwater contaminant plumes, supervision of soil aeration remediation, data synthesis and report preparation. Supervised and trained Exceltech’s field technicians. Developed in-house software to track sample technician jobs.

Earth Sciences Associates, Palo Alto, CA 1988

Staff Geologist. Performed geotechnical investigations for construction sites.

Geonomics, Inc., Campbell, CA 1986-1987

Office Manager/Staff Geologist. Programmed in-house software for report and invoice generation. Performed initial investigations and remedial activities for petroleum and solvent UST sites. Provided Geologic/flood hazard reports for real estate disclosures; drafted site maps and reports to regulatory agencies in monitoring system installations.

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