Mary has over 20 years of experience in a vast array of environmental, natural resources, threatened and endangered species, and permitting consulting services. She is experienced in all aspects of Nationwide, Isolated, and Individual Section 401/404 permits for large and small projects; coordinating with federal and state agencies for Threatened and Endangered Species and Cultural Resources. Mary also completes stream and wetland mitigation design as part of Section 401/404 permitting and prepares Categorical Exclusion, Environmental Assessment, and Section 4(f) and 6(f) documents related to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation. She is familiar with all aspects of due diligence, including performing environmental site assessments (ESAs) and screenings, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) HTRW reports, Phase II ESAs, groundwater and soil sampling, asbestos surveys, and underground storage tank services. Her experience also includes preparation of Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP) and Spill Prevention and Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) plans.

JB has over 20 years of experience with managing, designing, and building a variety of civil engineering projects. He has performed design work on many types of projects including bridge structures, culverts, roads, intersections and development sites. He has designed bridge structures including non-composite box beam, composite box beam, and steel beam with composite deck superstructures. His bridge designs have included both integral and non-integral abutments. He has also designed and overseen a broad array of bridge rehabilitation and bridge maintenance projects. His design experience also includes roadways, intersections, culverts, wingwalls on spread footings, and performing hydraulic analysis. JB also has extensive surveying experience having completed project surveys, boundary surveys, legal descriptions, plats of survey, and ODOT right-of-way plans. He has overseen the construction of dozens of projects, acting as Project Engineer, which has included Federal, OPWC, and Local Funded Projects. He has been the Project Engineer for bridge replacements, bridge rehabilitations, roadway and intersection projects, and culvert replacements. He has also been Project Manager of Federal, OPWC, and Local Funded Projects. As Project Manager he ensured all the details needed for a successful project were taken care of. This has included coordinating and ensuring that public involvement, utility relocation, environmental, permitting, and right-of-way acquisition tasks were performed. He has also been the LPA Person in Responsible Charge of well over a dozen federally funded projects.

Kathy’s expertise is in Geology/Hydrogeochemistry and Groundwater Modeling/Risk Evaluation. Over the past 30 years Kathy has managed and led a variety of site management projects that range from large, complex Remedial Investigations, Risk Assessments, Remedial Construction projects to Wellfield Design and Protection projects for industrial and municipal clients. Kathy has been in multiple roles in recent years including global account manager, senior sales manager, senior hydrogeologist, and senior program manager. Her more recent roles have been focused on management of multi-site and large complex environmental service delivery for clients domestically and internationally. In major project and program management, Kathy engages clients and teams in short and long term site strategy development in alignment with business, stakeholder, and regulatory drivers to gain targeted outcomes. Kathy also serves on the City of Dayton Environmental Advisory Board.

Mr. Timothy Fey, EI, has 5 years of experience in civil engineering and design.  He has utilized MicroStation and GEOPAK software extensively to design and produce plans for bridges, retaining walls, roadways, and rights of way (ROWs).  His transportation plan-production expertise includes both Indiana DOT projects utilizing AutoCAD and ODOT projects utilizing MicroStation.  He has prepared bridge cost estimates using AASHTO Trns•port Estimator software and has checked and corrected design calculations and structural details for multiple bridge design projects to ensure compliance with the ODOT Bridge Design Manual and Standard Bridge Drawings.  He has verified the accuracy of legal descriptions and ROW plan details for design parcels of land in roadway projects involving land acquisition.  He is knowledgeable in the design of standard ODOT and City of Columbus stormwater drainage structures.  In addition to his experience with civil design software, Mr. Fey has in-depth knowledge of 3D mechanical CAD and 2D graphic design software.

Sharon has more than 20 years of experience working in the field of environmental engineering. She has significant experience in storm water compliance and industrial air pollution control, permitting and stack testing. Her work at Stone Environmental has included compliance audits, wastewater and NPDES permitting, and preparation of environmental emergency plans for both industrial and government clients.

Dr. Michael Hoggarth, Professor in the Department of Biology and Earth Science at Otterbein University, is joining the STONE team as Principal Ecologist. He received his B.S. in Biology from Seattle Pacific University, his M.S. in Biology from the University of North Alabama, and his Ph.D. in Zoology from The Ohio State University, where he specialized in freshwater mussel ecology and systematics. He was an Environmental Scientist with the Ohio Department of Transportation, Bureau of Environmental Services from 1987-1992. He has published extensively on the life history, ecology, and systematics of mussels in the family Unionidae, including numerous peer-reviewed papers, and he is co-author of a book entitled, The Freshwater Mussels of Ohio (2009). Since leaving ODOT, he has performed thousands of aquatic assessments and mussel surveys in partnership with many ecological, environmental, and engineering firms across the Midwest. He has been a member of the Ohio Academy of Science since 1980, a Fellow of the Academy since 1999, and was President of the Academy from April, 2014 to April, 2016.

Kyle is a staff geologist who brings demonstrated capabilities to the environmental consulting industry. He has experience in environmental sampling of soil, groundwater and surface water. Additionally, he has managed general National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit applications, negotiations with state regulatory agencies along with the sampling and reporting to allow for dewatering and storm water discharge. Mr. Howe also has experience in Ohio UST Systems Release Investigation, Reporting and Compliance management. He has begun gaining experience in land surveying through deed/plat research and field surveying work using Total Station and GPS instrumentation as well.

Mr. Teagan Loew has a broad range of knowledge in the life sciences, with a focus on ecology and water resources. His previous experience includes serving as an ecologist for the Ohio EPA Division of Surface Water in the 401 Water Quality Certification Section. He is a Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS) and has experience in wetland/stream delineations, assessment and restoration, threatened and endangered species surveys, biological sampling and surveys, 401/404/nationwide permitting, mitigation plans and monitoring, GPS data collection, and geographic information system (GIS) spatial analysis. Mr. Loew is an Ohio EPA Qualified Data Collector and has served as an aquatic ecologist on several projects, sampling for macroinvertebrates, fish, and amphibians. He is also a State Approved malacologist, certified to survey Group 1 and 3 streams for freshwater mussels. In addition, Mr. Loew has performed several terrestrial surveys for threatened and endangered species, including, botanical surveys, herpetological surveys, and bird surveys. He is prequalified for Ecological Surveys, and has completed the following ODOT Courses: National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Ecological Surveys, Waterway Permits, and Project Development Process.

Janet is an experienced engineer in wastewater treatment design, industrial pretreatment program management, water treatment design, spill prevention, system inspection, and regulatory compliance. She has managed and developed standards for industrial pretreatment programs at several municipalities to ensure the protection of facilities and compliance with Ohio EPA regulations and is adept at NPDES and Permit-to-Install (PTI) submittals. She has consulted with cities, industrial leaders, and residents to advise on regulatory compliance and spill prevention, and to review complaints and drive problem resolution.

Janet has completed and passed the ODOT Bridge Inspection Training class.   Training under Jeff Baird, STONE’s lead bridge engineer, she has gained extensive experience in bridge inspection (28 bridges) in Ohio as well as load rating. Janet is familiar with the 23 metrics dictated by FHWA for compliance and the importance of bridge inspections being accurate and completed on time. As part of the bridge inspection process she has reviewed past inventory and inspection records, gathered information pertinent to field work, increasing efficiency and focus for each inspection.

Ms. Samantha Robbins has over four years of environmental consulting and engineering experience.  In this short amount of time she has managed the day-to-day on-site responsibilities for the Portsmouth Bypass Highway Realignment – recently recognized by the publication Roads and Bridges as the #4 road project in the country for 2017.  Her expertise includes environmental compliance review and monitoring, waterway permitting, agency coordination, and stormwater inspection and SWPPP review.

Sudhir has over 30 years of experience in air permitting with Division of Air Pollution Control at Ohio EPA. As a lead environmental specialist, he has worked on several New Source Reviews (NSRs), Title V permits, Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permits, Non-attainment permits, Netting, and Federally Enforceable State Operating Permits (FESOPs). He provided technical assistance to permit writers (District Offices staff), consultants, regulated community, and the public regarding laws and regulations, policies, and guidance on air pollution control and permit requirements. He was involved in interpreting federal New Source Reform (NSR) rules in order to develop Ohio’s NSR rules. In addition, he has over 8 years of experience in reviewing Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and disposal facilities (HW TSDs) permits including Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) plans. Further, he has almost 2 years of experience in reviewing pretreatment applications for Indirect Discharge and NPDES permits for industrial wastewater treatment facilities.

Hank has extensive experience in the planning and design of environmental and civil engineering projects. His environmental engineering experience includes Phase I and II environmental site assessments, design of remediation systems, and development of environmental compliance programs for industry. His civil engineering background includes the design of systems for storm water management, industrial wastewater pretreatment, and stream restoration projects.

Ms. Heather Stoller has over 7 years of experience in the environmental and engineering consulting industry.  In this time, she has managed DoD remediation projects at both Vandenberg and Nellis Air Force Bases, as well as Emergency Response teams for active leaks and spills. In addition, she has led cultural and paleontological resource teams for the Bonneville Power Company Statewide Oregon Expansion project, along with various other wind turbine projects in the Mojave Desert of California. Ms. Stoller also has experience in Ohio UST Closure and Corrective Action, site supervision, health and safety, and report preparation and management.

Mr. Brad Van Hoose 24 years of experience in civil engineering design, including development of plans for various projects within the City of Columbus. He prepares construction plans; street, storm, sanitary sewer, and water profiles; ADA curb ramp designs; grading; site balancing along with quantity calculations, and cost estimates. His project experience includes single family, multi-family, and commercial development; site utility and grading plans; preparation of storm water management reports; sanitary and storm sewer design; storm detention pond design; and compliance review. He also has experience with surveying, topographic mapping, and review of property records as well as zoning compliance.