Our People

As Director of the Air & Noise group, Eric is focused on the development and maintenance of a technically excellent and collaborative group of practitioners. He enjoys working with smart, capable people to solve interesting problems for clients and believes Landau’s culture provides the best place for that. Eric’s goal is to listen to coworkers and clients to fully understand what they are thinking and proceed together to a final agreed-upon product or solution. He works with a team to create a product using detailed information and defensible procedures while ensuring that the overarching goals of the project are achieved. Eric serves as the Vice Chair of the Puget Sound Chapter of the Pacific Northwest International Section of the Air & Waste Management Association.

Kaila uses her technical skills and prior industrial experience to ensure Landau clients maintain compliance with environmental permits and regulations enforced by overlapping jurisdictional agencies. Kaila loves working on projects in her community and especially appreciates collaborating with small-scale farmers and local governments to navigate complex permitting webs. She is organized, easy to work with, and has an Excel tracking spreadsheet for nearly everything! Kaila is Landau’s go-to for solid waste facility compliance projects, including landfill closure design and environmental reporting. She also offers experience and expertise on water rights due diligence, portfolio management, and transfers.

Kat has worked in the air and noise field her entire career; she started by learning the ropes of modeling and has grown to managing projects. She thrives on solving complicated challenges for local and international clients in a variety of industries, including data centers, gravel pits, and lumber and plywood. She approaches every problem with unmatched enthusiasm, and her background in sports means she loves building and collaborating in teams. She prefers a phone call over email any day! Kat’s areas of expertise include air quality compliance permitting and noise modeling.

As a geologist and a GIS analyst, Sam uses his wide range of technical skills to assist in multidisciplinary projects. His experience in fieldwork ranges from environmental drilling, groundwater well installations, and groundwater sampling to data collection using high-accuracy equipment. Sam manages environmental baseline assessment and ongoing groundwater monitoring projects. Sam also leads the Landau drone program and loves using technology to assist in how field data is collected. Currently, he is completing a graduate degree in applied geosciences at the University of Washington with a focus on coastal geomorphology. Sam aims to use his skills in geology, spatial data sciences, and geomorphology to help clients understand shoreline dynamics and meet future shoreline resiliency goals.

Allan has been with Landau Associates since 2011 and handles all things GIS. Allan enjoys creating maps and web mapping applications that tell a story for clients in all of Landau’s practice areas. Allan brings an easy-going attitude while having high standards for Landau’s cartographic products. Allan has 20+ years of working with GIS and is an expert in Esri’s ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Desktop Suite, and ArcGIS Online products. Allan has a professional working history working in the private and public sectors, including city and federal government.

Lilyann uses her technical skills and prior regulatory experience to help clients find a path forward for various permitting and compliance requirements. She likes to collaborate to ensure projects comply with requirements across multiple environmental regulatory programs. Lilyann is experienced in air permitting and compliance, including application development and regulatory review. Lilyann is also a member of the inland northwest chapter of the Air & Waste Management Association.

Lauren is the Senior Marketing Manager for Landau. She is passionate about applying her writing skills to communicate the amazing things Landau and its client partners do to foster healthy communities. Using creativity and laughter, Lauren makes marketing and communications fun for her peers. With a background in science and engineering and 18 years in the business, Lauren is able to bridge the gap between the technical details and the story behind a project. Lauren has been an active member of the American Public Works Association (APWA) Washington Chapter since 2007 and is serving on the Chapter Board as a delegate to APWA National.

JB is a recent graduate with a degree in ecological engineering, which they use at Landau to perform field tasks such as soil and groundwater sampling. They are new to the engineering field and looking to gain all the experience they can to help steer their career in the right direction. JB is a detail-oriented worker who is always striving to learn from their mentors at Landau. They have experience in GIS, field sampling, and technical writing.

Brian is a professional wetland scientist and wildlife ecologist who has worked on a diverse set of projects in his career. His role at Landau covers “all things natural resources,” which typically entails baseline assessments and classification of regulated natural resources, development of permitting strategies, creation of habitat enhancement plans, and facilitation of federal, state, and local permits. Brian is honest and direct and approaches all of his projects with a sense of responsibility and good humor. With a deep understanding of the value of functioning natural resources and the need for growth and development, he is skilled at blending these seemingly incompatible worlds and navigating the regulatory framework to get projects done without sacrificing ecosystem function.

He loves talking about wetlands, streams, fish, and wildlife and is always willing to teach others about what he describes as the “hidden world around you.” As much as he loves fieldwork, Brian spends a great deal of time counseling clients on what their options are and acquiring the necessary permits to keep projects moving forward.

Weston is a licensed geologist and brings experience as a contractor to the environmental remediation projects he works on with Landau. Weston loves working on contaminated site cleanups in the Inland Northwest that help protect the area’s natural resources. He is personable and works through problems with an easygoing attitude. Weston’s experience includes environmental site investigations, groundwater monitoring, soil and soil vapor, hazardous and non-hazardous waste characterization, underground storage tank decommissioning, groundwater injections, and groundwater treatment system maintenance.

Devan uses his technical skills to execute complex field projects for Landau clients in the Environmental Remediation group. With more than 10 years of experience in the field, he is able to share his extensive knowledge when training new staff members. He also finds time to manage Landau’s vehicle fleet and numerous pieces of equipment and supplies.

Michael’s role at Landau is to add environmental recruiting experience to support the firm’s organic growth. He is a seasoned recruiter/talent acquisition specialist focused on the environmental consulting market. Michael has a passion for the environmental stewardship mission that Landau’s experts provide to clients. His recruitment experience is based on a “headhunter” mentality to finding candidates and building a partnership, facilitating conversations with the company, and moving the candidate across the finish line. Michael is approachable and takes a partnership approach to achieve shared outcomes. He believes successful recruitment is organic rather than targeting a specific growth goal. Michael’s recruiting experience spans 4 decades—half of that in environmental markets.

Jamie’s diverse background in environmental consulting allows her to work across Landau’s Environmental Remediation and Permitting & Engineering Design groups. Jamie has also recently branched out into the Air & Noise sector, enabling her to have a hand in a wide variety of Landau’s services. She is efficient, driven, and known as an excellent technical writer. Jamie is Landau’s go-to writer for Phase I environmental site assessments and supports other environmental reporting. She also has experience in soil and groundwater sampling as well as in situ bioremediation.

Mark’s primary role is within Landau’s Air & Noise group. His focus is on helping clients navigate air quality regulations and obtain approvals needed for construction of new or modified industrial, commercial, and institutional facilities. Mark also spends a significant amount of time helping clients navigate the Environmental Policy Act (EPA), both nationally and in Washington State. Mark has spent his entire career in the Pacific Northwest developing good working relationships with regulators throughout the region; he prioritizes meeting client needs for any given project. Whether it’s balancing schedule and budget constraints, discussing public perception and compliance risks, or maximizing a facility’s operational flexibility while complying with all applicable regulations, Mark zeroes in on the client’s objectives and looks to optimize the outcomes. Permitting and compliance strategies often involve some amount of risk, be it to the schedule, operational flexibility, or project budget, and Mark helps clients understand the risk factors in order to make the best decisions for their facilities. Whether it’s a small company needing a permit on a tight budget with minimal risk or a large multinational firm navigating a potentially contentious permitting process, Mark has the breadth and depth of experience to support any project.

Joshua supports a variety of projects for Landau. He contributes to the Remediation group and indoor air monitoring projects, as well as regional groundwater monitoring, stormwater engineering, and drilling/well installation. Joshua has always enjoyed the outdoors and the Pacific Northwest and is passionate about having the opportunity to help clients and preserve the beauty of the outdoors for years to come. He listens to the needs of clients to improve project logistics and achieve optimal outcomes. Joshua is a problem-solver, employing myriad skills to craft solutions that best fit each situation.

Shauna uses her technical skills to ensure compliance with air quality and environmental noise regulations for clients in a wide range of industries. As a California native, Shauna has enjoyed getting to know her local community by working on projects across the Pacific Northwest, and doing so with a company that invests in its employees has given her the chance to grow as a consultant. Shauna adapts well to ever-changing project needs and is always happy to jump in to support her team, whether that be through meeting tight deadlines, providing training for junior staff, or traveling for fieldwork. Shauna uses her coding expertise and prior experience to streamline the creation of air dispersion and noise models and data processing tasks. She is an experienced GIS user, often supporting Landau’s graphics team with figure production.

Michael has over 30 years of experience analyzing the impacts of air emissions from industrial facilities, including emission estimations, regulatory analyses, compliance evaluations, emission control reviews, and PSD and Nonattainment New Source Review (NNSR) analyses. He has conducted comprehensive air compliance audits at multiple refineries, petrochemical, and wood product facilities, focusing on New Source Review (NSR), New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) and local and state regulations. Michael has prepared numerous PSD/NNSR and Title V permit applications for industries including oil and gas, refineries, wood product facilities, chemical plants, and power plants in Louisiana and across the United States. He is also a testifying expert in air permitting and compliance.

Carolyn describes her role at Landau as “a bit of everything.” Carolyn started at Landau doing CAD drafting. She continues to support civil design work but has transitioned into project management and field staff coordination. Carolyn finds purpose in her work when she can step back and think about the impact she has on the environment and communities around her. She loves working on environmental clean-up projects the average person doesn’t even realize is down the street from them. Carolyn has embraced her role as a mentor to new staff. Her approach of fully explaining the reasoning for a decision in the field allows her team to build context for the engineering process that will help them in the future. Carolyn appreciates it when she sees the Landau field protocol click with newer staff. Her attention to detail and memory for site-specific details help her guide field staff even when she is not on site. Carolyn still likes being in the field herself, but only if it’s raining!

Lia is an environmental scientist on the Air & Noise team with a focus in air quality permitting and compliance. Although necessary for environmental and human health protection purposes, air quality regulations can be an exhaustively detailed, demanding force on air pollution sources. Lia and her team members use their expertise to tackle projects related to these air quality requirements on behalf of various clients. Lia has been described as a positive, kind team member who is supportive and reliable and has the skills to provide quality work. She values moving projects forward by applying her technical skillset and being efficient while always taking an opportunity to learn and improve.

Jesikah uses her field and technical skills to provide Landau clients with support on environmental remediation and compliance projects. She appreciates that Landau allows her ownership of her professional development and uses that freedom to collaborate on varied and complex projects. Jesikah excels at being a team player and is stubbornly optimistic no matter the circumstances or challenges she faces. Prior to working with Landau, she worked for 2 years at a public wastewater utility, where she gained an appreciation for working through day-to-day tasks while maintaining a focus on the end goal. Jesikah’s diverse field experience makes her a resource on a variety of Landau client needs including operation and maintenance of groundwater treatment systems, small system design, complex sampling and investigation sites, and the implementation of subsurface injections for bioremediation.

As a recent graduate of the Washington State University Civil Engineering program with prior experience in fieldwork and AutoCAD programs, Christian describes himself as a Swiss Army Knife on the Landau team. He is willing to do whatever tasks are needed and helps Landau’s Permitting & Engineering Design team with graphics, design, and project management. Christian is extremely passionate about his work and is most interested in environmental design. He enjoys making a difference in society by helping to protect the environment.

Emerson works with the Environmental Remediation group at Landau, where she collects groundwater and soil samples to support remediation efforts. Her favorite part of the job is working outside on a wide variety of site-specific tasks. Emerson’s favorite question to ask in the field is “why?” She likes to think critically about the reasons things are done a certain way and is using this information to prepare for the future when she is designing remediation systems of her own.

Tina provides technical editing, document formatting, file management, and project administration at Landau. She enjoys collaborating with scientists and engineers to convey meaning clearly, consistently, and succinctly in Landau reports. Tina is a team player who keeps things on track while allowing wiggle room for last-minute deliverables. She has an eye for detail and has learned an impressive number of tricks for working with Word and Acrobat.

Penny is an environmental scientist with Landau’s data validation team. Penny has been in the environmental lab industry for 20 years. She has always enjoyed the data review aspects of lab work, making her move to Landau a natural progression in her career. Penny is a great fit because of her willingness to help her coworkers in any way she can. Penny comes to Landau with an extensive analytical laboratory background, having worked for environmental laboratories such as Pace, Empirical, SGS, and Eurofins. In addition to analyzing samples, Penny managed the organics departments, performed data review, served as laboratory project manager for clients, participated in internal and external audits, and prepared data packages.

Brenna is a project coordinator and technical editor, joining Landau from a background in literary editing. She cares, perhaps a little too much, about comma placement and introductory adverbial clauses, and she enjoys a good process document. Brenna loves to collaborate with others to find the clearest and most engaging language possible on any given project. She worked for 12 years as the editor of a literary magazine and is skilled at all editorial phases, from developmental editing to formatting and fact-checking.

Cooper is a licensed geologist-in-training, bringing previous geotechnical experience to the projects he works on at Landau. He contributes to the Remediation group in Tacoma by performing groundwater sampling, construction oversight, subsurface explorations, and bioremediation injections. Cooper enjoys being outdoors and meeting new people in the industry, working together to solve complex evolving problems. He finds field logistics coordination extremely rewarding and works hard to ensure client and coworker satisfaction.

Dantae is an agent for the Right of Way group who emphasizes effective communication, respect, and knowledge to consistently provide exceptional service to Landau’s clients and impacted property owners. Dantae joined Landau for its diverse culture of other like-minded individuals who are passionate in their field. He enjoys seeing how public infrastructure projects improve the communities they serve, and playing a key role in the life of a project is something he finds rewarding. Dantae acts as a liaison between the property owner and the client; he is receptive to property owner concerns and questions and collaborates with clients and team members to resolve issues and keep property owners well informed. Dantae is detail oriented, which aids his reviews of property records and ensures documentation complies with local, state, and federal regulations throughout the right of way acquisition process.

Sheri is an environmental scientist with the Landau data validation team. She has more than 20 years in the environmental industry. She first started at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lab in Manchester as an organics extraction technician. She moved into the private sector as an analyst, volatile organic analysis manager, and project manager. She has experience analyzing pests/polychlorinated biphenyls, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, fuels, and volatile organics. She has worked for environmental laboratories such as EPA, ARI, Spectra, ALS-Kelso (formerly Columbia Analytical), and Eurofins. As a project manager, Sheri loves reviewing data and chromatograms; Landau data specialist was the next logical step in her career. Sheri loves teamwork; with her sports background, she understands the importance of working together for a common goal. Sheri has a lot of expertise in the environmental testing field and is strong in the organics side of testing.

Elisha is a CAD designer on the Permitting & Engineering Design team. He discovered early in his career that he really enjoyed drafting and design and has worked across a number of engineering disciplines as a CAD designer. At Landau, Elisha has the opportunity to be part of a great team of people focused on the betterment of the environment. He works collaboratively with his coworkers and focuses on what he can contribute to the team. Elisha likes to find levity both at work and elsewhere to make the workday fun and productive. He is skilled in AutoCAD, MicroStation, and Civil 3D.

Morgan serves as one of the pillars of Landau’s data management team. Her typical day involves receiving laboratory deliverables and utilizing EQuIS, an environmental data management software, to load, export, and report various sets of environmental data. Upon final reporting, Morgan evaluates the quality of analytical data using her “fine-toothed comb”, ensuring reliable material is delivered to Landau’s clients. Colleagues appreciate her meticulous attention to detail and dedication to precision, facilitating accuracy in project-specific data operations. Communication with project managers and field staff is constant, allowing for a harmonious workflow regarding sample collection, sample tracking, and database tasks. Morgan comes with prior experience conducting Phase I site assessments, migratory bird evaluations, and technical report writing, but she has since pivoted into the realm of data. Her technical skill sets continue to grow since working with EQuIS and Excel on a daily basis, and she hopes to someday incorporate her knowledge of Tableau and SQL into projects at Landau.

Elyssa combines her previous experience as an environmental engineer in remediation, hydrology/hydraulics, and water resources to support remediation projects at Landau. She joined Landau to engage with a supportive and collaborative culture and work on investigations and remedy design and implementation at a variety of sites. She has extensive leadership experience and uses her training as a mindfulness and meditation teacher in her approach to working with others. Elyssa currently serves as the President of the ASCE Seattle Section and Past Chair of the national ASCE Committee on Younger Members.

Thai joined Landau to help the Environmental Remediation team successfully execute complex sediment remediation projects. He has more than 20 years of project experience in sediment, soil, and water quality investigations, fisheries biology, biological and environmental assessments, and biological and chemical data collection for contaminated terrestrial and aquatic systems. Thai enjoys collaborating with interdisciplinary teams, field scientists, and subcontractors to fulfill the objectives of diverse stakeholders, including public entities and private sector clients and regulatory agencies. He is methodical and efficient in his approach but quick to adapt to onsite challenges without sacrificing high-quality data.

Nate supports an array of environmental remediation projects around the Pacific Northwest, providing expertise on project budgeting, planning, reporting, and complex fieldwork assignments. He enjoys being presented with a problem, such as a spill, and coming up with creative ways to fix it. Nate is organized and likes to be prepared for anything. He acknowledges this line of work is not a one-person show and collaborates with other Landau staff and subcontractors to have the biggest impact on projects. He specializes in drilling and monitoring well installation, Phase II site assessments, remedial excavations, remedial chemical injections, and soil vapor extraction system installations.

Chris is a project engineer focused on air quality permitting, modeling, and compliance.

He works out of Boise as part of Landau’s Air & Noise team helping clients gain regulatory approval for their projects under the Clean Air Act. Rarely in air quality permitting do you encounter the same situation twice, and the Clean Air Act, famously convoluted, seems to have as many exceptions as rules. Chris’s organized approach and attention to detail draw him to this kind of work.

Having worked individually for much of his career, Chris enjoys the interactive environment at Landau.

Chris enjoys getting lost in a spreadsheet and making complex regulatory interpretations.

Sarah is a geologist with 12 years of experience completing environmental investigation and cleanup projects. Sarah likes organizing information and solving problems at complex sites. She appreciates working for a company that cares so much about employee involvement and client satisfaction. Sarah uses her communication and organization skills to make technical information easier to understand and connects with a variety of stakeholders to complete projects. Sarah is extremely determined and won’t give up until the problems are solved. Sarah combines skills in geology, hydrology, and chemistry to interpret soil, groundwater, and air contamination; evaluate potential cleanup options; and effectively clean up contamination in the environment. Sarah is a member of Women in Environment.

Jeff is a principal civil/environmental engineer who supports Landau’s Operations team, which is responsible for corporate strategy development, quality assurance planning, company-wide staff engagement, and support for Landau’s skilled project managers. Jeff has worked at firms of various sizes over the years, but it is Landau’s ownership culture, diverse group of clients, accomplished technical staff, and “we are in this together” attitude that makes it feel like the right place to be. Jeff enjoys working on diverse teams and getting exposed to the ever-developing depth of technical talent Landau offers with each new project opportunity. Consulting is a team sport, and Jeff’s skills as a “cat herder” come in handy from time to time. Much of his technical work involves shoreline cleanup, which provides the chance to work with staff across all the technical services groups to integrate the environmental, permitting, civil, geotechnical, and restoration aspects of the projects.

Caroline is the captain of Landau’s proposal ship, steering requests for proposals/qualifications into clear plans, turning jargon into client-friendly gold, and navigating every deadline to deliver winning bids with precision and flair. Collaborating with Caroline means clear communication and teamwork. She connects with clients and experts to simplify complex concepts into actionable insights, all while encouraging innovation and delivering high-quality, sustainable results—one proposal at a time. Caroline is the jack-of-all-trades in marketing, blending strategy, creativity, and analytics to tackle everything from campaign planning and content creation to proposal development and branding. She excels at interpreting technical requirements, transforming complex data into client-focused solutions, and crafting compelling proposals that showcase expertise, compliance, and innovation.

Dylan is a senior associate in the Environmental Remediation group and supports clients by planning and implementing site cleanups while keeping perspective along the way. Dylan enjoys working with good people—and at Landau, he has the privilege of working with both good clients and good colleagues. Dylan prioritizes clear and direct written communication but is always secretly looking for the opportunity to pick up the phone for a conversation. He helps clients negotiate the regulatory process during characterization and cleanup of properties with contaminated soil, groundwater, and sediment. Dylan was Landau’s employee of the year in 2022.

Colette started at Landau in 2008 shortly after graduating with her degree in chemical engineering from Oregon State University, and since that time she has grown to fill many roles as she developed her passions of chemistry and leadership. Some of those roles currently include the Portland Office Manager and Corporate Secretary on Landau’s Board of Directors, but one of her most rewarding roles is providing mentorship and career growth opportunities to the teams she works with. Colette is skilled in source tracing investigations, remedial investigations, and feasibility studies and has provided litigation support to projects small and large. In 2018, Colette received the Oregon State Award for Outstanding Early Career Engineers, and she loves working with clients to unravel the interactions of chemistry and the environment. She has had extensive project experience working with PCB investigations and cleanups under the Toxic Substances Control Act and is eager to apply her knowledge of chemistry and engineering to address investigation and cleanup of emerging contaminants.

Katie’s role at Landau has grown over her 8 years with the firm. She started as a full-time remediation field technician focused on soil and groundwater sampling, underground storage tank site assessments, and drilling investigations. Now, Katie manages the Tacoma office field team alongside her own projects. Katie feeds off of the can-do attitude of her colleagues to solve complex problems related to the remediation of soil and groundwater. Katie excels at “herding cats,” whether it’s multitasking on a dozen small projects or leading a small group to produce a cohesive document. Katie prepares reports documenting cleanup efforts and compliance for sites in the Pacific Northwest. She regularly collaborates with clients and regulators to tie up loose ends. Katie is a Landau Employee Stock Ownership Plan trustee and a passionate advocate for employee ownership.

Micah is a designer, web developer, and marketer with more than 20 years of experience working with companies of all sizes in branding, digital and print marketing, and search engine optimization. As a new member of the Landau team in 2023, he is excited to bring his expertise to such an important industry and join a tremendous group of professionals. Micah thrives on collaborating with experts to whittle away the excess and drill down on the core concepts that drive business. His ability to write and design for print and digital media, coupled with his front-end programming skills, separates him from the pack in the marketing space.

Anthony has more than 20 years of experience assisting industrial clients with air quality, including permitting, compliance, and reporting. He enjoys helping clients with complex permitting projects as well as everyday compliance assurance. By listening to clients’ needs and providing thoughtful, engaging communication, Anthony ensures clear expectations are defined and project goals are achieved. Specializing in air quality, Anthony is a well-rounded consultant who excels in technical writing, emissions calculations, and regulatory review.

Jamie is a senior associate with Landau out of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is an environmental consultant specializing in air permitting and compliance. Jamie gravitated to environmental consulting so he could provide solutions to challenging environmental problems while never doing the same thing twice. Regardless of the task or project, his approach centers on meeting each client’s individual needs while communicating effectively, avoiding surprises, and providing quality products. Jamie’s variety of environmental experience allows him to approach each problem/project from different angles. He has worked in industry, as a consultant, and for a regulatory agency; he has experience in different media including air, water, and waste; and he is familiar with environmental requirements in many states in the Southeast and beyond.

Dan works in Landau’s Spokane office assisting both the Environmental Remediation and Permitting & Engineering Design groups with field work, project management, and reporting. Dan chose to join Landau in 2023 because he believed the company’s values aligned near-perfectly with his own and he felt like he would be treated as more than just a number. Dan is responsive, easy to work with, and efficient, and he prides himself on helping his internal and external clients get the best product while tightly adhering to project budgets. In his past roles, Dan has assisted his clients in the setup and preparation of more than 200 Phase I and II environmental site assessments and hazardous building materials surveys, and he has broad experience in several varieties of fieldwork.

Jenny’s academic experience with remediation technologies makes her a key member of many project teams at Landau, for which she provides field sampling, design, implementation, technical writing, and project management support. While her primary reason for becoming an engineer was to help the environment, she has also developed a love for mentoring and recruiting new engineers by advising current university students, supporting her former professors, and engaging in outreach activities. Jenny is responsive, highly organized, and detail oriented. Her knowledge of chemistry and microbiology, process engineering-based education, and mechanical aptitude has made her one of Landau’s foremost experts in bioremediation design and implementation.

Randy is a principal within Landau’s Environmental Remediation group out of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  He is genuinely interested in his clients, their businesses, and using his expertise to find the best solution to their environmental and remedial needs. By actively listening to his clients and asking targeted questions, he aims to fully comprehend their objectives. Using this approach, he is able to assist clients in understanding various potential solutions, enabling them to make well-informed decisions. With more than 30 years of experience, he provides comprehensive expertise in site characterization, remediation design and implementation, groundwater program management, and permitting for solid and hazardous waste.

Samantha’s role as Marketing Coordinator is to assist with Landau’s social media presence, proposals, and conferences. Samantha leverages her background in business and social media to develop strategic campaigns that elevate brand presence, support client engagement, and showcase the amazing people at Landau. Samantha is collaborative and outgoing—she brings clear communication, creative problem-solving, and a people-first approach that fosters strong connections and teamwork. Samantha is an expert in digital marketing, content creation, and data-driven strategies with proficiency in tools like Canva, CapCut, and social media analytics platforms.

Tim joined Landau in 2023 after running his own general construction company. He brings previous experience in environmental and geotechnical consulting, where his work included environmental assessments and due diligence investigations of soil, sediment, groundwater, air, soil vapor, and building materials; construction oversight; and closure report writing. Tim is excited to jump back into the industry and work with the Landau team on more remedial action projects and long-term investigations. He likes to ask a lot of questions to best understand the process and to confirm his understanding of the project is accurate.

Throughout the course of his career, Chip has done much of what there is to do in the consulting world, from cleaning labs and all-night groundwater sampling to litigation support in front of judicial bodies. Chip currently serves the firm as its CEO—working with the whole team to peek around the corner into the future and to plot out a path. Chip chose to join Landau because the questions he was asked in his interviews gave him some insights into how Landau wanted to tap into him professionally—a very different feel from the other firms he interviewed with. Now, 25 years later, Chip is still with Landau because of the culture of personal ownership. He was entrusted with leading things that were new to the firm but with which he felt comfortable undertaking. Chip brings immense passion to his work and is good at finding shortcuts while mitigating their risks. Chip has enjoyed active memberships with the Air & Waste Management Association and Northwest Environmental Business Council. Chip currently serves on the board of directors of the Association of Washington Business.

Bill provides hydrogeological technical support and project management for a variety of projects at Landau. He likes to assist clients in managing their environmental impacts and enjoys collaborating with coworkers, communicating with clients and regulatory personnel, and connecting with vendors and subcontractors as part of the process. Bill uses his hydrogeological training and experience to conduct site assessments, develop conceptual models, and assess and implement remedial techniques. He also provides hydrogeological support for a variety of subsurface and surface water projects. Bill is a registered professional geologist in Idaho, licensed hydrogeologist in Washington, and member of the National Groundwater Association.

Throughout Tracy’s time at Landau, her role has grown from leading Human Resources to also working with corporate operations, administration, and shared services. Landau is filled with smart, dedicated, and talented people who make work fun and interesting. Tracy loves being part of a community of people who think like owners (because they are!) and who take pride in each other’s personal and professional growth. Tracy is balanced and pragmatic but also brings a sense of humor to situations. She is a strong communicator who enjoys collaborating with others to find solutions to interesting problems. She works hard to be available and accessible to her coworkers, embodying the Landau value of responsiveness. Tracy has extensive experience working with leadership teams and employees to align business strategies with people strategies. She has expertise in all aspects of Human Resources, including compensation, performance management, professional development, employee relations, talent acquisition, organizational development, and benefits. Tracy also has strong operations, planning, and problem-solving skills. Tracy is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management, the Consulting Engineering Human Resources group, and the Lake Washington Human Resource Association.

Kathryn is an environmental professional with 21 years of experience in consulting with a focus on environmental due diligence and risk assessment. Kathryn began her career in the Chicago area and in 2006 joined Landau, where she has developed a strong due diligence practice. After moving to Tennessee in 2015, Kathryn chose to continue her practice at Landau because she values the relationships she has built with her mentors and peers at the company and with her clients in the Pacific Northwest. In her work, Kathryn is known for prompt and thoughtful responses to team members and clients. She enjoys working with clients to evaluate and mitigate risk associated with real estate transactions or portfolio management. She has a passion for understanding the unique aspects of a client’s business and developing solutions that will support their current needs while minimizing risk of future liability.

Andrea is involved in Payroll/Benefits processing along with various other aspects of Human Resources strategic planning. She is happiest when she has the opportunity to build relationships, and Landau is perfect for that with its culture of connection and collaboration. Andrea is approachable, resourceful, and collaborative. She is great at problem-solving, multitasking, and servant leadership.

Ben uses his technical and coordination skills on a variety of projects ranging from environmental compliance and bioremediation field support to field operations management on regional monitoring projects. He’s passionate about making a positive impact on the environment and the people around him, and this motivates him to approach new tasks with a positive attitude. He enjoys listening to everyone’s ideas before clearly and respectfully communicating with involved parties. Ben provides high-quality field sampling and reporting to implement project goals.

Over the past 17 years, Kyle has assisted clients with obtaining air quality permits for new projects, performing air quality model evaluations, developing emission inventory, and assisting ongoing environmental compliance at a broad range of industrial facilities. Kyle enjoys distilling down complex air quality regulations to assist clients with their efforts to make products we all use in our daily lives. Kyle helps manage project risks through frequent communication with clients and effectively tracking project deliverables. Kyle is a go-to consultant for complex air quality permitting projects, where the lessons he’s learned from past new source review projects help clients meet their goals. Kyle has enjoyed being an active member of the Air & Waste Management Association.

Maddie uses her technical skills to identify wetlands, water bodies, and protected species on project sites and ensure projects adhere to local and federal regulations through in-field delineations, desktop research, and reporting. Maddie is flexible and adaptable to ever-changing conditions, whether it be in the field or at her desk, and enjoys collaborating with her coworkers and peers to solve problems. Maddie enjoys navigating the unique ecologic and jurisdictional conditions presented by each project and being involved in a variety of activities across a wide geographical and regulatory range. Maddie uses her knowledge of ecology to investigate and clearly communicate site conditions and regulatory considerations to clients in a timely manner.

Trey is a project coordinator and office assistant in the Olympia office. He provides technical editing on mostly geotechnical deliverables but helps out with other technical service groups when he can. He is always happy to learn more about different aspects of the work Landau does. Trey has a master’s degree in rhetoric and composition from Washington State University and has been working with writing for more than 8 years.

Clint has more than 25 years of remediation engineering experience at Landau, informing an innovative and practical approach to client remediation challenges. In his role as Director of Environmental Remediation, he helps to bring the right Landau experts together to develop solutions to contaminated site challenges. Clint considers himself an innovator and empiricist, learning something from each new remedial application and challenge. Clint is a regional expert in in situ remediation, especially in bioremediation of chlorinated solvents and petroleum. Clint and his team have designed and implemented custom approaches to bioremediation on more than 45 projects over the last 20 years. Landau’s experienced injection teams have delivered more than 3 million gallons of remediation substrates to contaminated aquifers for cleanup in various challenging settings, ranging from remote sites to active manufacturing facilities. Clint is a frequent presenter at regional and international remediation conferences. Early on, Clint and his team won the 2011 American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) award for environmental innovation for design and implementation of aquifer bioremediation at a Portland, Oregon site.

Adrianna brings a cross-disciplinary background to Landau. She implements curiosity and teamwork when gaining familiarity with the client’s operations, needs, and risks in order to assist clients with achieving their business goals.

Through a holistic, detail-oriented, and methodical approach to problem-solving, Adrianna defines the objectives of a problem, evaluates potential paths forward, and identifies roadblocks and uncertainties early in the planning stages in order to steer a project toward its destination.

Adrianna enjoys collaborating and connecting directly with various stakeholders throughout a project’s life cycle to navigate challenges. She enjoys talking with people, trying to find humor, and keeping a “can-do” attitude in the unexpected.

Adrianna’s technical skills include property and regulatory research, due diligence, site investigation and remediation, environmental compliance, litigation support, permitting, water quality treatment, project costing and scoping, and reporting. Throughout her career, she has worked “boots on the ground” with clients and field teams on site, in the office coordinating day-to-day tasks, and tracking trends with a long-term perspective in mind.

Tate supports a wide range of projects in the Air & Noise group. Patient and curious, he enjoys collaborating with diverse teams and learning new ways to solve challenging problems using his programming, data analysis and visualization, GIS, and technical writing skills.

Alyssa has a well-rounded role performing Phase I site assessments, SEPAs, NEPAs, and noise and air compliance work and assisting with data management for large remediation projects. She loves to get involved in different aspects of the consulting world, learning frameworks to improve the environment. She has a lifelong curiosity that is nurtured by Landau’s culture, which provides fertile ground for developing cross-discipline collaboration and solutions. She combines a calm demeanor with a respect for getting things done well and on time. Alyssa’s skill set in a wide array of projects means she can easily learn new tasks and hop into any project where support is needed. She has also enjoyed navigating new opportunities in environmental justice and sustainability assessment.

As Talent Acquisition and Engagement Partner at Landau, Jeff helps shape the future of the company by partnering with technical service directors and hiring managers to design effective hiring strategies and ensure every hiring decision supports Landau’s long-term business goals. Driven by a passion for connecting people with meaningful work, he brings a thoughtful, individualized approach to every hiring experience. Jeff blends strategic insight with hands-on execution—streamlining processes, enhancing the candidate journey, and implementing tools that improve efficiency and impact.

Known for his approachable and collaborative style, he communicates with clarity, adapts quickly to shifting priorities, and builds trust through transparency and responsiveness. His technical expertise includes ATS systems, data analytics, AI literacy, and recruitment automation. He has led initiatives that improved hiring efficiency, reduced costs, and strengthened the employer brand. Jeff holds a certification in Organizational Training and Development and is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management. He brings expertise in talent management, onboarding, people analytics, and strategic HR.

Danille manages Landau’s Data Team, which is responsible for environmental data management for Landau projects. Landau’s environmental data management process is thorough, ensuring data quality objectives are met throughout the life of a project. Danille is best at pulling threads and has never met a problem that couldn’t be solved. She really enjoys connecting people—with a solution, another person, a different perspective, or a technical resource. Danille’s favorite thing about her role is that she gets to collaborate with so many people in many different disciplines across Landau. She brings a positive, upbeat attitude to her work and is known for her “It could be fun!” catchphrase. Danille is a data manager by way of chemistry. Her diverse project background and experience on federal programs give her a breadth of understanding in analytical methodology and data quality. Danielle serves on Landau’s Board of Directors as well as the boards for Women in Environment and Wild Hearts Idaho.

Dan offers technical and project management support for engineering tasks, including stormwater and wastewater permitting and treatment applications. Dan has years of work experience in a variety of settings, including research and development laboratories, field research teams, manufacturing and logistics, construction, and engineering design, which makes him a practical and innovative water quality engineer. Dan holds a patent as an inventor of a stormwater treatment device and hopes to continue to develop new standards for how to more effectively manage wastewater. Dan’s experience includes hydrologic modeling, stormwater and wastewater treatment design, pump station and controls design, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitting, and municipal stormwater and wastewater design.

With his chemical engineering background and 30 years of environmental consulting practice (26 at Landau), Joe leads Landau’s industrial stormwater practice. In this role, Joe has developed expertise in a wide range of water quality issues and engineering design for treatment benchmarks and effluent limits. Joe combines a deep understanding of aquatic chemistry and water quality regulations/permits with a strong ability to communicate on those issues, to the degree that clients appreciate Joe’s ability to confidently guide them to the most cost-effective solution for their facility stormwater and wastewater issues. Regulators appreciate Joe’s ability to present clear analysis and engineering reports, allowing them to quickly review and ultimately approve the project plans. Joe often provides litigation support to industrial clients facing permit compliance enforcement or third-party legal action under the Clean Water Act; through that work Joe has demonstrated the ability to effectively communicate complex issues to clients and their attorneys and to effectively negotiate with the Washington State Department of Ecology, other regulators, and third-party groups. Joe has successfully assisted more than 100 industrial facilities with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit compliance and particularly enjoys finding the untapped aspects of the facility’s infrastructure (e.g., vaults, ditches, trenches) and using non-proprietary filtration media to design cost-effective treatment systems. Joe has been active with the Northwest Environmental Business Council and has presented or moderated at each of their Managing Stormwater conferences since 2008. Associations that Joe has been active with include marine industry groups such as the Northwest Marine Trade Association and PSSA. Joe was the project manager and lead engineer for the stormwater treatment design and implementation project for North Boeing Field that received the Engineering Excellence Best in State Gold Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies in the category of Originality and Innovation.

Justin specializes in wetland and stream ecology, using his experience to help clients with critical area and habitat assessments, restoration/mitigation plans, and environmental permitting compliance at all levels of government. With a lifelong passion for plants, Justin’s career has woven through agriculture, apiculture, riparian and wetland restoration, noxious weed control, and native plant propagation. Always excited to start a new challenge, Justin is easy to work with and organized; years of experience have given him a keen eye for potential obstacles on any given project. Justin excels at creating and managing restoration sites from the planning phase through implementation, monitoring, and maintenance.

Holly joined Landau to assist the growing Environmental Compliance Team and because of the culture of care for each employee as part of Landau’s larger vision. Holly entered the environmental consulting world because of her love of environmental protection, problem-solving, and working with people in all sorts of industries. Holly enjoys collaboration and has a passion for mentoring and training others. She is responsive, easy to work with, and always open to new learning opportunities, and she enjoys developing relationships with internal and external clients. Holly brings more than 10 years of environmental consulting experience to Landau with a focus on industrial stormwater, spill prevention, multi-facility compliance, and due diligence. Holly is an active participant in the Portland Chapter of Women in Environment (WIE) and has been a member of the WIE Mentoring Committee for the past 2 years.

Patrick uses his past experience in commercial building construction and land development to plan cost-effective and quality designs for clients. Patrick is excited to work on projects in a culture that encourages strong relationships with jurisdictional reviewers. Patrick is an active listener and attempts to tackle tasks with positivity and thoroughness. He sees value in active communication and collaboration internally and externally to produce the best quality and cost-effective designs for clients. Patrick is adept in AutoCAD Civil 3D as well as Navisworks for BIM coordination. He brings a unique perspective to project construction administration due to his early career experience working for a construction manager/general contractor. Patrick is a professional engineer in the State of Oregon.

Melody is an environmental consultant with a passion for helping people through science. In her professional career, she enjoys learning how things work and how she can solve problems. She has supported many types of environmental work over the years, including due diligence, remediation, and compliance. Over the past few years, Melody has discovered her fervent love of environmental compliance work, particularly in stormwater, wastewater, hazardous materials, and waste management compliance topics. She enjoys building relationships with her coworkers and clients alike and focuses on how she can support people to achieve their goals or resolve their challenges. Melody has been a member of the Pacific Northwest section of the Air & Waste Management Association and acts as the Student Program Chair. In this role, she leads the Association’s annual student Environmental Challenge where students get to connect with professionals in the environmental world and solve mock consulting-style problems for prizes.

Chris has been an active member of the Landau team for over 28 years, working on remediation cleanup projects while training new employees on field techniques and managing the corporate health and safety program. Chris loves that her work on remediation projects throughout the Northwest is helping to create a cleaner, safer, and more vibrant place to live. She enjoys working closely with clients and agencies to move a project through the various phases toward cleanup. Chris enjoys mentoring staff and watching that “aha” moment when the training pays off and the person is able to move forward with a new set of technical skills. She has worked on a wide range of environmental projects ranging from underground storage tank removals, large scale remediation investigations with complex site conditions, treatment system design and installation, and Superfund site management. Chris is involved in the Northwest Geological Society and is the current Vice President for the Puget Sound Chapter of Women in Environment following several years as the mentor chair for the organization. Ask her about either organization.

Devan is part of Landau’s Permitting & Engineering Design team and specializes in stormwater, hazardous building materials, landfill compliance, and remediation work involving groundwater monitoring. Her favorite part of what she does at Landau is supporting clients from the field. She enjoys the diversity of projects she is a part of and likes being able to play an active role in mitigating environmental impacts. She really enjoys connecting and being part of a team and is always open to gaining new skills from her peers. She is adaptive to challenges, even the ones involving confined space entry or the occasional fieldwork that requires a headlamp. Devan performs standard operating procedures with an attention to detail that allows her to effectively perform routine inspections, collect and record data, then prepare reports and document lab results.

Annie has a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan and 10 years of experience working in the air permitting and compliance practice area. Annie joined Landau in 2022 and appreciates the brilliant people she gets to work with every day. She loves to simplify her clients’ complicated permitting questions and use her technical expertise to make their lives easier. Annie has worked for a wide variety of industrial clients, providing air dispersion modeling, emission inventory calculations, and permit application and regulatory reporting expertise.

Shane is a licensed professional geologist with more than 9 years of experience managing and implementing environmental remediation projects. He enjoys providing regulatory support for clients and analyzing, planning, implementing, and evaluating solutions that meet their goals. Shane appreciates the high level of performance at Landau and values the input of the people he collaborates with. Shane focuses on client satisfaction and is the primary contact for multiple clients in Eastern Washington and beyond, taking the lead as the technical and regulatory resource for multiple projects in Washington and Idaho.

Laura manages the team of project coordinators at Landau who lead the administrative and technical editing side of project work. Laura loves problem-solving and getting the job done well the first time while working efficiently and effectively to deliver the best product possible for our clients. Laura is a communicative, proactive team member with an eye for detail, and she is skilled at multitasking and prioritizing project needs. Laura has a bachelor’s degree in mass communications and a deep love for grammar and document formatting. She also loves diving headfirst into troubleshooting any issue that may need to be solved to keep projects on track.

Benjamin is the technical lead on many of Landau’s Water Resources projects. He enjoys helping a wide range of clients—from farmers to municipalities and from developers to industry—navigate the often complex and challenging technical and regulatory world to accomplish project goals that better communities. Benjamin is passionate about mentoring junior staff and helping them develop professionally in their own careers. Benjamin’s areas of expertise include water rights applications and portfolio management, groundwater supply engineering, numerical groundwater modeling, and regional water resources planning. Ben is a member of the National Ground Water Association and the American Water Resources Association-Washington Section.

Jared works as a staff scientist in Landau’s Air & Noise group. He has a passion for technical problem-solving, and he enjoys helping clients develop regulation compliance plans that are tailored for their specific industries. He believes that collaboration with people who have varying opinions and levels of expertise is one of the keys to developing consistently high-level products. Jared specializes in air permitting and regulation compliance. He has experience in a variety of software applications, such as Microsoft Excel, Access, and Visio, used for managing emission calculations and databases and creating process flow diagrams.

Spencer Lo is a senior staff scientist in Landau’s Environmental Remediation team with experience providing field support on groundwater and soil investigations and remedial actions throughout the Puget Sound. Spencer enjoys puzzles and equates a difficult issue to a puzzle: he sees it as a challenge and enjoys working to resolve it. Spencer is a good coworker and is willing to help with any task that is given to him. He regularly troubleshoots remediation system issues and enjoys getting his hands dirty.

Heather’s primary role is within Landau’s air permitting and compliance practice in the State of Oregon, helping clients navigate air quality regulations and air permitting requirements. Heather spent almost 18 years in the Pacific Northwest as a chemical engineer and a project manager at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Region 10 (Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Idaho) serving as a national expert and regional lead for NSPS and NESHAP rules and Title V permitting under the Clean Air Act. Heather has spent her career providing regulatory technical guidance and compliance assistance to various stakeholders in government, the private sector, and many industries. Heather also brings recent consulting experience from her time in the Midwest. She is experienced with a variety of control devices and techniques, source testing, air toxics risk assessments, and air modeling. Also, as a key player at the EPA during the inception of the Oregon Air Toxics Rule, she understands why it was created and the ins and outs of the program. Heather also has many deep relationships with state, local, and federal regulators in the Pacific Northwest. This extensive experience enables her to uniquely position companies so they can expertly and efficiently navigate the Oregon Air Toxics Rule and any other air permitting or compliance effort or challenge they may face. Heather has a passion for understanding and distilling complex environmental requirements into manageable action items and communicating information in a way that is easy to understand. She has spent her career educating regulators and the regulated community about air quality requirements. She loves to help navigate challenges and provide compliance assistance so that businesses can thrive. Heather enjoys being involved with the Puget Sound Chapter of the Pacific Northwest International Section of the Air & Waste Management Association.

Steve uses his broad industrial, consulting, and business experiences to deliver thoughtful solutions to clients navigating complex environmental matters. Known for his enthusiastic client advocacy and ability to create collaborative relationships, Steve is dedicated to being a trusted advisor while providing innovative and efficient approaches to each project. His expertise spans contaminated site remediation, permitting and compliance, waste management, litigation support, and transactional due diligence projects. Steve was drawn to Landau by its longstanding reputation for prioritizing employee wellbeing and for building lasting client relationships over decades.

Cam has joined the remediation field staff as a recent college graduate who loves everything outdoors. Cam works primarily on groundwater sampling and injection projects, but he is constantly seeking new skills to be a versatile employee. Cam is a social person who loves supporting those around him. Whether that’s making new connections or celebrating others’ wins, it’s his goal to leave a positive impact on everyone. Cam is most proficient in his sampling skills in the field and his technical writing abilities in the office. This past spring, he was recognized as the Outstanding Senior in the Environmental and Ecological Sciences at Washington State University, and he graduated magna cum laude as well.

Bex is a seasoned environmental health and safety (EHS) professional with a passion for turning complex regulations into clear, actionable strategies that keep people safe and organizations compliant (and an uncanny ability to spot a noncompliant eyewash station from 50 feet away). She has spent over a decade turning regulatory chaos into order. Bex is deeply passionate about creating safer workplaces—not just checking compliances boxes but building EHS programs that genuinely protect people and empower teams to thrive. Bex’s style blends together data-driven decision-making, safety culture, and continuous improvement. Bex has led a team with care, humor, and just the right amount of controlled chaos—delivering clear, actionable results while keeping spirits high. She is able to build full-scale EHS programs from the ground up while aligning safety and compliance solutions with each client’s unique operational goals.

At Landau, John leverages almost 20 years of expertise in water treatment design, regulatory compliance, and project management to deliver innovative, client-focused solutions for industrial stormwater and wastewater projects. John does this work because he cares about clean water and a healthy environment, and Landau gives him the team and tools to make a real impact. John is a good listener who values collaboration, stays open to different ways of solving problems, and enjoys both sharing knowledge and learning from others. John’s expertise is in water quality evaluation, treatment system design, and technology selection, backed by strong leadership skills that drive successful project outcomes.

Kim’s focus at Landau is to support staff and connect them to clients in the areas of remediation, environmental health and safety, due diligence, and geotechnical services. Decades of working with clients have helped him understand their needs, enabling him to make the right connections with staff to make projects successful. Formulating these connections is the reason he continues to work. Kim enjoys solving problems in ways that create opportunities for clients. Landau’s ethos closely aligns with his, making it easy to be part of the team. Kim has been a member of many organizations, including the Air and Waste Management Association, Pacific Northwest International Section, the Portland International School, the Portland French-American School, and the Portland International High School.

Tom is a senior engineering consultant at Landau who leads water resources projects from end to end, helping to grow Landau’s surface water engineering and modeling practice and serving as a steady, trusted advisor from concept through delivery. Tom’s work pairs physical models with boots-on-the-ground pragmatism to help promote healthy, resilient waterways. Tom is currently serving as a board member for the American Water Resources Association, Washington Chapter.

Amy manages a variety of projects, focusing on air quality and noise analysis. While many of her projects involve large industrial facilities, she especially enjoys assisting affordable housing nonprofits with environmental compliance. Amy thrives in Landau’s fast-paced and varied environment and is always ready to tackle a new challenge. Amy believes that everyone, from long-time clients managing high-tech industrial facilities to new clients working at small nonprofits, deserves to work with someone who will respond quickly and completely to their requests. Amy has 25+ years of experience working in the fields of environmental permitting, law, and government records, and her most valuable skill is connecting people with the information they need to keep their projects moving forward.

John specializes in providing expert-level advice regarding contaminated land management to his clients, which range from private individuals and corporations to state and local governments. John has admired Landau since he first became an environmental consultant, watching Hank Landau serve on the state science advisory board and use good science to drive regulations. John was delighted to join the firm decades later, and he coincidentally also participates on an advisory group providing input on the state’s ongoing revisions to cleanup regulations! John takes pride in his communication skills—one client joked that they’d save John’s e-mails for pleasure-reading in the morning over breakfast—and if he’s not able to solve a client’s problem, he’s always looking to connect them with someone who can, be it an attorney or another skilled Landau team member. John has a passion for evaluating complex environmental problems with multiple stakeholders, finding the simplest fit-for-purpose solution (often requiring a color-coded Excel spreadsheet), and seeing the project through to completion. In addition to serving on the Model Toxics Control Act Stakeholder and Tribal Advisory Group, John is active in ASTM International, the National Environmental Business Council, and NAIOP.

Wendy has spent most of her career working on projects from initial conception to final completion. She likes to participate in projects at all stages, from master planning and initial conceptual design, through permitting hurdles and supporting the client and contractor during construction, to the final milestone of as-built drawing preparation for a successfully completed project. Wendy likes to use the newest technology as much as possible to streamline communication and keep things organized and on schedule. She also values phone calls and in-person collaboration, as that is often the best choice for problem-solving and moving projects forward. Wendy has worked on many different types of projects, small and large, public and private, and in different industries (industrial, commercial, retail, residential, critical area restoration, etc.). She has worked with many jurisdictions, from small towns to large cities, as well as county, state, and federal agencies. Wendy likes to work on a wide variety of projects to keep things interesting.

Ian’s role at Landau is on the Environmental Remediation team doing fieldwork in the rain, snow, hail, wind, etc. HE LOVES THOSE ELEMENTS! He does it for himself and for the current and future humans of this awe-inspiring planet. He wants this place cleaned up, and you should too. He believes that it is an enjoyable and positive experience to work with him. He’s good at not taking things personally and at not letting things stress or frustrate him when they go wrong out in the field. He hadn’t had the pleasure of working directly with coworkers for more than 5 years and has really been loving the camaraderie since joining Landau. He’d rather call someone on the phone and talk if they have time. He’s working on his technical skills, being new to this type of work, so he would say adaptability is what he does best.

Nicole is a driven and passionate hydrogeologist who specializes in groundwater resource hydrology and enjoys working on hydrogeologic site assessment and water supply development projects. It always fascinated her that groundwater was out of sight and out of mind for most people. Nicole wanted to learn how to manage, protect, and utilize this complicated subsurface resource. She has a passion for solving clients’ groundwater problems, is organized, and loves presenting and communicating to a broad audience. She has experience in aquifer and well test analyses (including well field optimization and maximum sustainable well yield predictions), groundwater modeling, wellhead protection, and water rights.

Allie has nearly 2 decades of experience leading compliance, auditing, and permitting projects across global industrial sectors. Her work reads like a blend of How It’s Made and Dirty Jobs. What sets Allie apart is her rare combination of deep technical expertise and hands-on field experience, enabling her to solve environmental challenges with creativity, precision, and a collaborative spirit. Working with Allie means partnering with someone who brings clarity, energy, and insight to every challenge while fostering collaboration and trust across teams. Allie excels at translating complex environmental regulations into practical, actionable solutions that drive compliance and reduce risk for Landau’s clients.

Sean enjoys his role as a GIS technician with Landau. He has always loved cartography and poring over maps, so he is excited to be performing GIS tasks and learning about the geographic components of the projects that Landau takes on. His previous role at Landau was as a data specialist, which he also enjoyed immensely (Sean enjoys a good spreadsheet). Before his time at Landau, he worked as a laboratory technician in his home state at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in a plant genetics laboratory. His favorite aspect of being at Landau is the collaborative nature of the company and the way everyone helps each other out.

Summer brings a background of book indexing, proofreading, customer service, and all things admin to her role as Project Coordinator at Landau. Her years of experience balancing tight turnaround times with the need for accuracy and consistency have prepared her well for ensuring that Landau’s deliverables are polished and sent out within deadline. Summer’s whole-systems thinking drives her to understand the ins and outs of Landau’s programs and functions, so she’s well equipped to step in and help as needed. She appreciates the skill-sharing reciprocity she has experienced among the PC group.

Brian is a senior associate chemical engineer who brings more than 35 years of environmental consulting experience to Landau’s Environmental Remediation team. Brian was drawn to Landau because of the “Goldilocks” size (not too big, not too small), the depth of technical expertise and staff, and the employee-owned company culture. Brian enjoys collaborating with his coworkers to help clients navigate complex due diligence and site development issues by using his expertise in remedial technology evaluation and design, site assessments, feasibility studies, and development of cleanup action plans at a wide variety of contaminated sites. Brian regularly works with state and federal regulations and has extensive experience with projects performed under Washington State’s Model Toxic Control Act.

Marilia plays a key role in streamlining the sub agreement process at Landau, ensuring efficiency and clarity from initial review through documentation and compliance. She collaborates closely with project managers, technical service groups, and Accounting to keep projects moving smoothly and to support contract close-out efforts. With more than a decade of experience in contract administration, strategic sourcing, and procurement across both public and private sectors internationally, Marilia brings a passion for building transparent processes, fostering collaboration, and minimizing contractual and budgetary risks. She chose Landau for its strong culture of teamwork and shared purpose. Colleagues describe Marilia as approachable, detail-oriented, and solutions-driven. She values open communication and teamwork, always striving to ensure everyone feels supported and aligned.

Levi is the Records Management Specialist at Landau whose primary mission is to streamline the massive flow of records coming in and out of the offices: digitizing, archiving, and organizing them for seamless access by both team members and clients. With a sharp eye developed over 8 years in the field, Levi excels at catching the smallest errors in the biggest files, ensuring nothing slips through the cracks. Working with Levi is like navigating with a GPS that cracks jokes—reliable, collaborative, and always ready to bring a little humor to the process. A strong believer in teamwork, Levi thrives in group settings and is always ready to lend a hand (or a laugh).

Christian’s role at Landau is to perform the sampling and fieldwork that is the first stage in helping clean up the planet, something he believes is possible so long as everyone works together using the tools at hand. Christian works best with people who are honest, upfront, and able to share love—that’s how he likes to carry himself every day. Christian is a very organized person and exercises those skills to produce the best possible outcome for the team and the client.

Kalpana applies her educational background in Pacific Northwest geology and former lab experience to the many roles of an environmental geologist at Landau. From borehole logging to creating geologic cross sections, Kalpana loves to problem-solve, and working in Landau’s supportive environment has allowed her to expand her skillset. She now has experience conducting fieldwork, writing reports, and task managing for groundwater, surface water, stormwater, and soil sampling events. Kalpana thinks the best part of her job is getting to collaborate with the other brilliant members of the Landau team. She has gained unique experience sampling for PFAS in soil and ground/surface water and enjoys the complexity of these projects, particularly the strict sampling requirements. She is a member of Women in the Environment and an Alumni of the University of Washington MESSAGe program.

Tim provides senior support to Landau and the Landau Air team. He has always had an interest in protecting the natural environment so he could enjoy it too. He first found his passion for the air quality profession working a summer internship during college; he has relished assisting clients in solving complex air quality issues ever since. Tim is a team player—he believes in supporting and mentoring junior staff to put them in a position to succeed. While Tim has worn many hats during his career, what he loves most is solving complex, multimedia environmental problems. He brings a broad set of technical skills and hands-on experience in the air profession, including regulatory permitting and compliance, auditing and agency negotiations, equipment troubleshooting, emissions testing, ambient monitoring, dispersion modeling, environmental assessment management, and multimedia permitting for the largest industrial facilities. Tim holds degrees in environmental engineering and chemical engineering and is also a registered mechanical engineer.

Steven provides permitting/compliance services related to local, state, and federal regulations for a variety of public, private, and municipal projects. Steven enjoys working as part of an interdisciplinary team to collaborate on solutions, educate team partners, and engage with agency staff. Steven approaches each project with optimism and recognition of stakeholder perspectives. He is well versed in environmental regulations and the acquisition of environmental permits and approvals, including shoreline permits, critical areas (wetlands/streams) permitting, biological assessments (Endangered Species Act compliance), and National and State Environmental Policy Acts compliance.

Ken is an expert field geologist and is relied upon by his colleagues to interpret borehole logs and prepare cross sections of sites where the geology is especially complex or the interpretation is critical. Ken combines a high degree of knowledge and experience to efficiently manage complex field investigations. Ken’s many, many days wandering the remote and out-of-the-way places of the Pacific Northwest with his gregarious and somewhat eccentric grandfather instilled in him the capacity to listen deeply to what others have to say and to effortlessly strike up conversations with anyone. This skill is crucial to being a good consultant, but it’s one that Ken’s children find simultaneously embarrassing and immensely useful when on vacation and in need of local knowledge on the best places to go. Ken manages field operations and provides critical field safety training for Landau employees.

Stephanie is a passionate project manager who puts her organizational and technical skills to work every day for her clients. She believes in a legacy of leaving behind a world that is better than how she found it, and Landau is a place where she can make that happen alongside like-minded individuals. Stephanie is committed to producing high-quality work and supports project teams by providing thorough and clear direction while allowing other team members to shine. She is highly skilled at planning, budgeting, and implementing environmental investigations and remedial cleanup actions that require coordination with clients, regulatory agencies, tenants, and subcontractors. Stephanie has been the administrative coordinator for an internal Landau Emerging Professionals group for the last 2 years. She has coordinated speakers and networking events for the peer-managed group, and while she has since “emerged,” she remains an advisor to the next cohort.

Kurt applies his background in computer programming and digital arts to delivering air quality and environmental noise studies for a wide range of clients. Kurt enjoys developing compelling reports and graphics to effectively communicate findings and insights discovered through in-depth data analysis. Kurt’s patience, positive attitude, and desire to collaborate with others is rooted in his belief that every perspective offers a unique understanding that can help identify and overcome challenges. Whether running complex air quality and environmental noise models on a single computer or across thousands of virtual nodes in the cloud, Kurt excels at putting computers to work.

Rhonda uses her accounting knowledge to prepare outgoing invoices, help the month-end closing process, and oversee local tax and licensing compliance. She enjoys the team environment as well as the autonomy allowed by working with a great accounting group. Rhonda approaches her work with a positive attitude and enjoys collaborating with all service groups within Landau.

With many years of experience and regulatory expertise, Piper leads many soil and groundwater remediation projects at large and complex legacy industrial sites in Washington. He also provides his clients with top-tier strategic and litigation support. After working with two large international environmental consulting firms for 5 years each, Piper is grateful for his 15 years (and counting) of involvement with Landau’s employee-owned small business where the passion, expertise, quality, and focus of his colleagues results in clients choosing Landau over many of the biggest firms in the world. Piper enjoys developing great interpersonal relationships with his clients, showing dedication to their needs, and creating a feeling that their project is the only project he ever works on (ssshhh, don’t tell them that it’s not). Piper has seen it all during his career, investigating and cleaning up everything from gas stations to ski areas, airports to milk plants, military bases to soup-canning plants, rail yards to ranches, plywood mills to shooting ranges, meat packing plants to maritime ports, mines to big box stores, aerospace manufacturing to oil & gas fields, manufactured gas plants to landfills, and dry cleaners to pizza restaurants. This breadth of experience allows Piper to provide unique project perspective and insight while supporting his clients. Piper served as president and a board member of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals for several years. He can also be found giving presentations to his peers at local or national remediation conferences.

Jessica started as a consultant fresh out of graduate school in 2011. Since then, she has supported clients with air permitting and compliance efforts in challenging regulatory environments (industry and geography) and shows no sign of stopping. Jessica is passionate about service, which is a true asset in consulting. She will pour herself into each project to obtain the best outcome for all stakeholders, and that really aligns with the Landau way. Jessica will always try to make work fun, whether it’s orchestrating a friendly competition, a themed event, or a harmless prank. She thinks it’s important to have fun as often as you can. Jessica is wired to solve problems, which allows her to adapt to whatever challenges a project brings. Jessica has been an active member of the Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) Gulf Coast Chapter since 2016, serving in multiple positions on the board and helping to plan local, regional, and international A&WMA events.

Darlene supports the Corporate Team with management of day-to-day and long-term operational needs. Her role also supports corporate quality and training objectives, resource administration, and aiding in the continued and ongoing collaboration among the Technical Services Groups, shared services staff, and accounting teams. Darlene has been with Landau for more than 14 years in administrative, operational, and accounting roles. She enjoys being part of the team-oriented company, helping others learn, and being involved in helping the company achieve goals. Darlene’s strengths are her strong organizational skills, problem-solving ability, and easygoing approach to work and professional relationships. Darlene is also skilled in project and accounting information systems.

Katie is the Technical Services Director for Landau’s Permitting & Engineering Design group. She supports the staff in her group in building relationships with coworkers and clients, growing their engineering skills, delivering profitable projects, and thinking strategically about what Landau could be doing in the future. Katie likes to solve problems by reaching out to a range of different people to get the benefit of everyone’s experience. She enjoys distilling a wide variety of information into a meaningful summary that helps point the way through a regulatory or technical challenge. She was a board member of the Washington Evergreen Chapter of the Solid Waste Association of North America from 2013 through 2023, serving as President from 2020 to 2022.

Andreas collaborates with the Air & Noise team, supporting his colleagues with emission calculations and modeling and scripting tasks for a diverse range of clients. With a background in engineering and meteorology, Andreas aims to use his skills to help his team understand the impact of meteorological phenomena on air quality and noise. Andreas is a hard worker with a growth mindset, always eager to learn and contribute positively to his team. He has field data collection and laboratory experience and brings an in-depth knowledge of global and regional weather models.

Mason works in Landau’s Air & Noise group in the Baton Rouge office. He enjoys supporting clients in a variety of industries, including renewable energy, oil and gas, chemical manufacturing, and lumber and wood products. Mason uses his technical skills and intuitive drive to tackle challenges big or small, primarily specializing in air permitting, environmental compliance, emission reporting, and regulatory analysis. Mason has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Louisiana State University and a strong background in data analysis, air permitting, quality assurance, and chemical blending.

Kristi is dedicated to helping project teams throughout the data collection and review process, from coordinating laboratory bids, writing quality assurance project plans, and tracking samples to final reporting and data quality evaluation. Kristi has developed an extensive data management skill set over her 15+ years at Landau and helps ensure that clients’ analytical data is reliable and defensible, coordinating with laboratories to further evaluate results when necessary. The majority of Landau analytical data crosses Kristi’s desk at some point. She is a detail-oriented multitasker and (project and data management) team player. She will ask lots of questions and hopes you do the same! Kristi takes the lead on in-house laboratory data verification and validation and Ecology EIM data submittals, and she manages data in EQuIS for multiple projects, large and small.

Lev handles Landau’s Accounts Payable process from vendor setup to payment, as well as vendor inquiries and various other accounting and timekeeping duties. He enjoys Landau’s flexible and congenial environment, which encourages a feeling of ownership and identification with the work. Throughout his time at Landau, Lev has excelled at being responsive and respectful while tackling accounting issues with folks from both accounting and operations. Lev specializes in Accounts Payable but also has a diverse set of exclusive responsibilities including billing unit setup and reporting, expense tracking, and time sheet tracking.

Meghan is a civil engineer specializing in facility sizing, permitting (environmental compliance and redevelopment), engineering design, and hydrological modeling, mostly for industrial facilities. Meghan enjoys the diverse projects and staff at Landau that make cohesive collaboration and innovation possible for high-quality client deliverables. Meghan is very detail oriented in her communication, establishing clear deliverables, deadlines, and general expectations for collaborating project team members and clients. Meghan has several years of experience with hydrologic modeling software (WWHM) for use in stormwater conveyance and treatment design projects, preparation of engineering design drawings, specifications, and municipality permitting packages.

As an engineer-in-training and a team member of Landau’s Permitting & Engineering Design practice, Chris primarily assists with industrial stormwater and wastewater project tasks as they relate to compliance and treatment design. He finds satisfaction in assisting clients through the various technical and regulatory challenges they experience and enjoys doing so at Landau, where interpersonal relationships and deliverable quality are valued over the bottom line. Chris completes tasks in a timely and thorough manner and does so with a good attitude and an appreciation for the services Landau is providing. With a background in chemical engineering, Chris is able to approach stormwater and wastewater treatment challenges with a deep understanding of the water chemistry that is occurring while also being able to scale that up to practical application in industrial settings. While engineering is Chris’s main focus at Landau, he also enjoys working on due diligence and hazardous building materials projects, which allow him some quality field time and technical writing opportunities.

Mike uses his technical experience, communications skills, and business acumen to build trusted relationships with clients and staff and to manage larger-scale environmental, litigation support, and transactional due diligence projects. He passionately strives to serve as a strategic business partner to his clients, and he enjoys collaborating with others to develop innovative and cost-effective approaches that are designed to meet each client’s project objectives.

Lexus supports all stages of remediation efforts in the Puget Sound region and beyond, particularly at upland and near-shore soil and groundwater sites. She loves getting her (appropriately gloved) hands dirty and feeling engaged and challenged by the ever-changing world of consulting, especially when it means bettering the health of her nearby environment and community. Lexus is detail oriented while still keeping a grasp on the big picture, and she always shows up for her team with a “never say die” attitude toward long field days and complex problems. Lexus is experienced in soil logging, groundwater well installations and sampling, and the budgeting, planning, analysis, and reporting tasks that surround her field efforts. She is also a certified Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act inspector for hazardous building material surveys. Lexus loves opportunities to make science more accessible and exciting to a wider audience and has been volunteering as a pen pal for middle schoolers in underserved schools for the past several years to talk about her STEM education and career.

Aimi primarily works as a part of the Air & Noise team, assisting in air emission calculations, compliance assessments, and noise data analyses. After growing up in Texas and working in the regulatory side of the environmental field, she has recently made a big cross-country move to see what life is like in the Pacific Northwest. She is organized both numerically and visually and so is a great go-to person for data analyses, presentations, and information gathering. If there is a good excuse to use some scripting to automate tasks or organize information, then you will find her doing exactly that. She has prior experience and training in upstream oil and natural gas production, especially relating to air monitoring in the field.

Calvin’s role is to apply the extensive technical experience and skills he has gained in his career as a project and program manager to the services Landau provides clients. He enjoys the intellectual and physical challenges of being a geologist and hydrogeologist, and he wants to contribute to the excellent and caring workplace that is Landau Associates. He enjoys working in a collaborative manner where the sharing of ideas and back-and-forth discussions result in the best solutions.

Calvin takes pride in contributing to Landau’s collaborative, caring, and high-performing workplace culture. He enjoys working in a team environment where open dialogue and shared ideas lead to the most effective and innovative solutions. His approach involves thoroughly analyzing problems, identifying optimal solutions, and ensuring successful implementation. He is an active member of the Geological Society of America and the American Institute of Professional Geologists, staying engaged with the broader scientific and professional community.

Jack just finished his junior year studying computer and data science, and he’s excited to intern this summer at Landau. He uses his experience in machine-learning to automate and streamline workflows on the Air & Noise team. Jack is proud to be at a company where his work has a positive impact on the world. He is always looking for opportunities to collaborate with others and take on new challenges.

As part of Landau’s Graphics team, Jeff uses AutoCAD, ArcGIS, and a plethora of other tools to design and create maps, drawings, and diagrams for use as both client deliverables and internal resources. Jeff has loved mapmaking since he was a child and is thrilled to have found a place where he can combine his creativity with his technical knowledge of civil and environmental engineering, all while helping to improve the local environment. Jeff is easygoing, adaptive, and not afraid to ask questions. He genuinely enjoys creating geologic cross sections and is proficient at crafting complex plan sets.

Will uses his mechanical engineering background to assess noise, vibration, and air quality, assisting in the office and out in the field. Will loves the wide variety of projects he gets to work on at Landau. Whether it’s listening to audio files after noise measurements or wading through compost to inspect biofilters, he is always eager to say yes and learn something new. Will brings a calming presence to the work he is involved in, listening and absorbing before unabashedly asking questions about anything and everything. He excels at approaching problems from multiple perspectives, an asset when approaching air and noise modeling scenarios. He is building his skill set as a programmer, writing scripts to help with air and noise modeling tasks and getting involved with data dashboards.

Erin is a senior-level environmental geologist who loves to work on challenges big and small that are important to both clients and communities. In school, Erin’s favorite subject matter was related to anthropogenic effects on the environment. In her professional career, she tackles client challenges where human interaction and geology collide. Erin enjoys mentoring young professionals by taking extra time to explain the “why” to assist in others’ growth. With over a decade of experience, Erin primarily works on active and former industrial properties with chlorinated solvent groundwater contamination where in situ bioremediation is a component of the remedy.

Ashleigh uses her 22 years of finance experience to focus on what best affects operational decisions for Landau. Working side by side with operations, Ashleigh’s key driver is to get timely and accurate information into the hands of operations. Ashleigh likes collaborating closely with project managers as well as the rest of the accounting team to push the group to the next best practice. There is no room for “this is how we have always done it.” She can usually be found with multiple spreadsheets open and enjoys working in and building out reports to help look at the business in a new way.

Kristen has 30 years of experience conducting and guiding a wide range of environmental noise services (e.g., impact and mitigation assessment, compliance measurement, source sound level characterization) for a vast array of local and national clients. Kristen loves to balance her technical skills in noise measurement and modeling with organized and understandable documentation. Kristen makes it a priority to be responsive to clients and enjoys working with clients to clarify and provide noise services tailored to their specific situations/needs. She is adept at identifying and interpreting ambiguous and/or complex noise regulations found across jurisdictions, agencies, and governments and at characterizing the potential for noise impacts, regardless of regulatory standards. Kristen is a member of the Institute of Noise Control Engineering and a recognized Washington State Department of Transportation Lead Noise Analyst and has served as a recognized noise expert at state-, county-, and municipal-level hearings.

Kevin is a senior member of Landau’s Air & Noise team and focuses his efforts on environmental noise, vibration, and (most recently) hydroacoustics. He has been consulting in this capacity for 25 years and has completed projects for industries and client types across a range locations and environments. Kevin has developed a passion for environmental noise, vibration, and hydroacoustics: each project presents unique challenges that often result in rewarding outcomes for clients. Whether it’s finding and resolving the source of an industrial noise issue that is driving complaints, designing and installing long-term monitoring systems, or ensuring that a new development will not result in impacts to nearby homes, Kevin applies the same degree of attention to detail in every project, ensuring that client needs are fully met. He enjoys learning about industries and processes that may require consulting services, and he’s been provided with the resources, staffing, and support to continue to grow the noise and vibration services offered at Landau. Whenever possible, Kevin would prefer to pick up the phone (or video chat!) before emailing with a client. He enjoys personal connections, which can often help him learn about elements of a client’s challenges that may not have been conveyed through written communications. Kevin enjoys understanding clients’ needs and will ensure that all aspects of work are completed to the highest standards of quality and professionalism. Kevin is experienced in long- and short-term monitoring, impact analysis and compliance assessments, mitigation assessment, and expert witness testimony at hearings and municipal proceedings. He is also a member of the Institute of Noise Control Engineering and a Qualified Lead Analyst for Preparation of Noise Studies for the Washington State Department of Transportation.

Eric is a director of Landau’s Water Resources group. His 30+ years of experience include a diverse range of projects and problem-solving challenges. Much of his current work focuses on water rights, water supply development, and water resource planning. Eric also has strong technical expertise in hydrogeology, groundwater flow and water quality modeling, environmental site characterization, contaminant transport, seepage and dewatering, and environmental permitting and compliance. His passion for work stems from the camaraderie of working with a goal-oriented team, the opportunity to demonstrate excellence, and projects that build community and economic infrastructure in an environmentally sustainable way.

Sarah is a hydrogeologist in Landau’s Water Resources technical services group. Her experience includes aquifer characterization, contaminant fate and transport, and historical site research. She likes to get to know the people she works with to better understand their needs and expectations. Sarah’s career started in water resources and remediation with Landau more than a decade ago. After going back to school for a master’s degree, she worked in the maritime industry for 7 years and recently re-joined Landau’s Water Resources team. She is looking forward to applying her skills in geologic interpretation to this position and adapting her skills to the West’s evolving natural resource landscape and regulatory environment. Sarah is a member of the National Groundwater Association and Women in Environment.

Connor is an environmental engineer-in-training using his experience with construction quality control assurance (QCA) and knowledge of drinking, storm, and wastewater to support project managers on a wide variety of projects. He loves to work on water projects of all forms because water is (arguably) the most important thing on the planet. Water is becoming an increasingly precarious resource to maintain, and Connor came to Landau because the firm engages in a wide variety of pollution prevention and remediation projects. Connor is a friendly person who enjoys connecting in person. He is also quick to offer himself up to support work, sometimes too much. He is versatile and enjoys learning new skills. His technical knowledge focuses on water resources, drinking/wastewater system design and analysis, watershed hydraulic modeling, riverine systems, construction QCA, data analysis, and report writing. Connor passed the Professional Engineer exam in 2023 and is steadily accumulating experience until he can apply for licensure.

Cole works with the accounting team focusing on Accounts Receivable, creating and distributing invoices. He enjoys working at Landau because of the impact he can have on the folks he works with as well as the environment. He is a quick learner and effective communicator. He is skilled at understanding the details of contracts and how to bill items accordingly.

Darius works with Landau’s Permitting & Engineering Design team. He primarily performs stormwater permit compliance site inspections and sampling, as well as stormwater pollution prevention plan updates. Darius is always interested in learning new things and takes opportunities to help Landau’s Environmental Remediation and Natural Resources teams when needed. He hopes to use these varied experiences to help find his niche at Landau while also discovering new passions for his future career. Darius is very inquisitive, curious, and easygoing—he enjoys getting to know his coworkers and likes to keep things comfortable and lighthearted for his teammates. He is a recent graduate from Washington State University, having earned a BS in Earth and environmental sciences, and is still learning new things about the consulting world.

Scott has 25+ years of experience in the environmental industry, with more than 18 of those years at Landau. He works closely with the firm’s Operational Leadership team to help execute corporate strategy and manage the firm’s risk; he also works with clients to understand their needs and match them with the appropriate resources to achieve their strategic project objectives. Before Scott joined the company, Landau had been his client for more than 7 years. In that unique position, he got to see how Landau employees worked with each other and treated their business partners. The pride of personal ownership that comes with being part of a 100 percent employee-owned firm was an opportunity he couldn’t pass up. Scott would say he is curious while listening and is comfortable with uncertainty. He is skilled at exploring opportunities to understand their upside potential versus downside risk. He is enthusiastic about organizational governance and serves (or has served) on the boards of directors for Landau, the Washington Chapter of the American Council of Engineering Companies, Architects & Engineers Legislative Council, and the Northwest Environmental Business Council and the board of trustees for the Economic Alliance of Snohomish County.

Jennifer is a Principal Environmental Scientist providing leadership and project management in the areas of Remediation, Environmental Due Diligence, and Natural Resource Permitting and Design. Jennifer assists clients in navigating complex regulatory, site development, remediation, and restoration issues. She takes the time to listen to clients, understand their risk profile and help them navigate potential environmental and regulatory risks. In Jennifer, clients can expect a partner who listens and understands their project needs in the context of their business and their constraints. Jennifer collaborates with clients to craft solutions unique to their specific project and business needs. With nearly 22 years of experience, Jennifer brings a wide range of expertise including remedial investigation and cleanup of soil; groundwater; air; and sediment, environmental due diligence (Phase I and Phase II ESA), vapor intrusion, Regulatory compliance under the Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA), Clean Water Act compliance, wetland delineation and permitting, wetland mitigation and restoration, shrub-steppe habitat assessment and mitigation. Jennifer is a member of the Stakeholder and Tribal Advisory Group for MTCA rule updates and holds a Certificate in Wetland Science and Management.

In his tenure at Landau, Chris has helped the project coordinator role evolve from strictly administrative tasks to reviewing reports with more of an emphasis on technical editing. Chris joined Landau 20+ years ago and has grown into his role of ensuring the quality of deliverables. He is a stickler for clear, accurate, and concise writing; whenever there’s a writing conundrum, Chris’s opinion is sought. He is easy to work with, has a good sense of humor, and finds the fun in improving the quality of Landau documents. Chris loves to edit technical reports with the twin goals of verifying their accuracy and making them more accessible and understandable to clients and/or non-scientists. In addition, he has taken the lead on authoring the company’s style guide along with related tasks.

Eric supports all practice areas at Landau with his wide-ranging skills in CAD, GIS, and other graphics-related software. Eric has more than 17 years of experience in mapping and design and thrives on solving many unique and complex tasks. Eric has been recognized multiple times for his strong work ethic and ability to communicate clearly and effectively with internal and external clients. He takes ownership of his work and enjoys helping others learn and grow. Eric’s strongest attributes as a CAD/GIS technician are his ability to apply a variety of software options to a single task and how effectively he communicates with project teams. Eric is a member of Autodesk Users Group International and is an Autodesk Civil 3D-Certified Professional.

Marcus is a geologist with a zeal for understanding how the rocks under our feet affect our daily lives. As part of Landau’s Water Resources technical services group, his work focuses on water rights due diligence and permitting, drought planning, and well drilling and installation, with occasional forays into oil spill numerical modeling. Marcus is driven by a passion for solving complex challenges and is dedicated to assisting farmers, governments, and industries in managing our planet’s most vital resource—water—in an effective and environmentally sustainable manner. He prides himself on his ability to explain complex issues to broad audiences while at the same time being highly detail oriented. With a background in the petroleum industry and structural geology, Marcus has shifted from managing oil fields to managing water resources. He has experience working with various forms of subsurface data and specializes in working with large, complex datasets. He is building his expertise in groundwater resources and water-related fieldwork.