Business Team Members

Grand Environmental Services teams with other organizations for specific tasks and resource needs. Typical collaboration includes legal review, engineering, conservation, fisheries, and hydrology. We also work with local firms for excavation and utility work, installation of erosion and sediment control, and landscaping.

We emphasize a creative team approach to project planning and permitting — managing scope of work, funding and budgets, tight timelines, and user-friendly deliverables.

We are always looking for qualified and experienced partners for upcoming projects. Contact Us today to join our growing list of team members.

PRINCIPLE TEAM MEMBERS:

Geoff Elliott, Msc.

Team Leader, NEPA Planning & Senior Scientist

• Primary Contact and Agency Liaison
• Technical Sufficiency - how much is enough?
• Project Proponent
• Strategic Environmental Planning
• Resource Assessment including Wetland Delineation
• Environmental Design
• Mitigation and Monitoring
• Grant $ Team Leader
• Broad Backroung in Natural Resource Assesment, Habitat Mapping, and Mitigation

Cindy Southway, Conservation Assistance

Communications Officer

• Webmaster & Social Media Coordinator
• Scoping and Legal Tracking
• Senior Writer/Editor
• Former Communications Officer and NEPA Coordinator for the US Forest Service, Arapaho National Forest

Becky English, Rebecca English Associates

Editorial Team Leader

• Interdisciplinary Document Management
• Environmental Policy
• Coordination with Environmental Groups

Other Business Partners:

Kent Whitmer, Grand County Title Company

Curt Thompson and Ed Duerr, Merrick Engineering

Tony Krempin & Jon Wolff, TopKnot Engineering

Kevin Vecchiarelli, JVA Engineering

ADJUNCT TEAM MEMBERS:

Dr. CHARLES H. ECCLESTON

Senior NEPA Compliance Advisor

• Specializes in NEPA
• Extensive Experience with Energy Planning for Federal Facilities
• Author and Leading Authority on Environmental Planning and Policy including Global Planning and ISO 50,000 Energy Management Systems

Dr. Robert Dello Russo, Office of Archeological Studies (in New Mexico)
Escondida Research Associates (in Colorado and Arizona)

Senior Cultural Resources Manager

• Archeologist with Broad Experience in the American Southwest Class 1, 2, and 3 Surveys
• Probabilistic Modeling for Planning, Mitigation, and Monitoring
• Time-Sensitive Resource Recovery

Dave Dean

Renewable Energy Construction Management

• Construction and Operations Manager for cascadecommunitywind.com
• Former Ski Area Planner for Winter Park Resort
• Advanced Studies in Renewable Energy Engineering at Washington Engineering Institute

Karen Frye, MSA, Frye Business Services and Systems

Chief Financial Officer

• Internal Controls and Systems Assessment
• Federal and State Program Compliance
• Budget Development, Tracking, Reporting
• Internal Audits