Kentucky Environmental Conference - Speakers

John Paul Beard, Environmental Scientist, Stormwater Section, Surface Water Permits Branch, Kentucky Division of Water
John Paul Beard, graduated from the Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences Program at the University of Kentucky and has worked with the Department of Environmental Protection for 4 years. He serves as a Permit Writer with the Surface Water Permit Branch of the Division of Water. He works with a wide variety of stormwater permits from coal mining to industrial stormwater discharges. He has worked alongside Amy Van Horne and Rebecca Graves to craft the new draft of the KYR00 general permit.

Arnie Beringer, CHMM, Owner, Managing Partner, CEECO Equipment, Inc.
Arnie is an environmental engineer with over 30 years experience in the environmental, health and safety field.  After beginning his career with Ohio EPA, he then spent 20 years working in industry in various EHS roles.  In May 2011, he took over the family manufacturer's sales rep business specializing in air pollution control and engineered equipment solutions for industry.

Bethany Boehl, Environmental Consultant, Trinity Consultants, Inc.
Ms. Boehl (formerly Ms. Caspersz) is a Consultant in Trinity’s Kentucky office. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Cincinnati.  Ms. Boehl’s experience with Trinity includes permitting and regulatory compliance projects in Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, and Wisconsin among several other states. Recently, her experience has been primarily focused on National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) and New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) compliance for the chemical industry. Ms. Boehl has gained experience in a variety of other industries, such as primary aluminum manufacturing, engineered wood products industry, food and beverage, telecommunications, paper coating, fabricated metal, printing manufacturing.

Lori Carson, PE, CSP, Director of Safety, Health & Environment, Zeon Chemicals L.P.
Lori Carson has more than 30 years of experience as an environmental engineer, safety professional and radiation safety officer. She started her career and spent 14 years as an environmental engineer consultant specializing in Industrial Compliance. She then transitioned to working in the chemical manufacturing industry. Lori has been employed with Zeon Chemicals L.P. for 9+ years, currently Director of Safety, Heath & Environment.

Jennifer Cave, Esq., Attorney, Stites & Harbison PLLC
Jennifer Cave has over 20 years of experience working as an environmental consultant and attorney across the United States. As a member of the firm's Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy Service Group, she works closely with businesses to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal environmental laws and regulations. Ms. Cave advises clients on air quality, storm water, wastewater, and solid and hazardous waste permitting and compliance requirements and defends clients in administrative, civil, and criminal enforcement actions. Ms. Cave also regularly counsels equipment manufacturers on the importation and sale of mobile sources under the Clean Air Act and guides clients through transactions involving the purchase and sale of contaminated properties.

Ric Federico, PG, CHMM, CMQ/OE, Associate Principal, EnSafe Inc.
Ric has 30 years of environmental consulting experience, the last 23 of them in the Bowling Green, Kentucky office of EnSafe where he serves as an Associate Principal and corporate Quality Manager.  Ric’s practice specialties include soil and groundwater investigation & remediation; merger and acquisition support including environmental site assessment and due diligence; and vapor intrusion assessment.

Sarah Gaddis, P.G., Interim Director, Division of Water, Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection
Sarah Jon Gaddis is Interim Director of the Division of Water. Sarah most recently served as Senior Environmental Consultant in the Division of Water. She was previously the Branch Manager of DOW’s Compliance and Technical Assistance Branch which included statewide field operations and much of Kentucky’s drinking water program. Originally from Somerset, Kentucky, Sarah has a B.S. in Geology from Morehead State University, an M.S. in Geology from Miami University and is a registered professional geologist.

Nicole Galavotti, PE, Principal/Sr. Environmental Engineer, Shield Environmental Associates, Inc.
Mrs. Galavotti has accrued 25 years of experience in the environmental field in both an industrial manufacturing setting and as a consultant assisting industries. After graduating from ESF at Syracuse University, Mrs. Galavotti was responsible for the environmental department at three industrial sites for a Fortune 500 company and handled the regulatory affairs and on-site compliance issues.  Due to the multiple relocations and eagerness to work with different manufacturing operations, Mrs. Galavotti decided to work in the environmental consulting field.  As the vice-president and the leader of the Industrial Compliance Group at Shield Environmental, she is intimately familiar with multimedia permitting issues and real-world application of designs.  This intimate knowledge of how manufacturers operate allows for the identification of regulatory and compliance issues.  Coupled with over 20 years of working with Kentucky regulators and inspectors, she has become a trusted name in the industrial compliance field.

Ken Gish, Member, Stites & Harbison PLLC
Ken is a member of the Environmental, Natural Resources and Energy Service Group and Business & Finance Service Group where he assists corporate and institutional clients in meeting sustainability goals through renewable energy purchases. Ken also advises clients in the energy industry, routinely representing the firm’s utility clients in matters before the Kentucky Public Service Commission, as well as assisting renewable energy developers in all aspects of project development including negotiating offtake agreements, permitting and financing transactions. He counsels the firm’s clients in all stages of the permitting process from application to appeals before administrative bodies and in state and federal court. Ken also assists clients in managing regulatory compliance matters arising from federal, state and local laws.  Ken previously practiced in the Charlotte and Seattle offices of K&L Gates, LLP. Prior to entering law school, Ken served as a watch and division officer on USS San Juan (SSN-751), a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine.

Rebecca Goodman, Secretary, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet
Rebecca Goodman was appointed as the state’s top environmental officer in December 2019 by Governor Andy Beshear.  Secretary Goodman has spent more than four decades in service to the Commonwealth.  She most recently advocated on behalf of Kentucky utility ratepayers as the executive director of the Office of Rate Intervention within the Office of the Attorney General.  Through her work on both state and federal cases, Secretary Goodman regularly dealt with social and environmental justice issues that frequently involved low income, disadvantaged and residential customer needs. She has served as general counsel for the Kentucky Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, the Kentucky Executive Branch Ethics Commission and the Kentucky Electric Generation and Transmission Siting Board. Secretary Goodman also has served as the executive director of the Office of Legal Services at the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet after beginning her career as a staff attorney for the Kentucky Public Service Commission.  Secretary Goodman earned her Juris Doctor from Salmon P. Chase College of Law, and her Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Magna Cum Laude, from Kentucky State University.

Rebecca Graves, Environmental Scientist Advisor, Stormwater Section, Surface Water Permits Branch, Kentucky Division of Water
Rebecca Graves, has been working with the Department of Environmental Protection for 8 years.  She serves as a technical advisor in the Surface Water Permit Branch of the Division of Water providing expertise related to implementation of the Kentucky Pollution Discharge Elimination System (KPDES). She acts as a technical advisor to both fellow government employees as well as permittees and consultants.

Jarod Gregory, Managing Consultant, Trinity Consultants, Inc.
Jarod Gregory is a Managing Consultant in Trinity Consultants' Kentucky Office. Mr. Gregory has ten years of experience in environmental consulting, including extensive permitting and compliance work for the chemical industry, emission inventories, compliance plan development and implementation, chemical inventory reporting, KPDES/NPDES permitting, and odor support services. Mr. Gregory's specialties are executing complex air permitting for facilities in Kentucky and Ohio and odor projects such as conducting field analyses and developing odor control plans for facilities of all industry types across the countr. Mr. Gregory has worked in a variety of industries including electric utilities, chemical, petroleum refining, glass manufacturing, plastics manufacturing, and more. He received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and M.S. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Cincinnati, where he was awarded the Goldwater Scholarship and graduated summa cum laude.

Tony Hatton, Commissioner, Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection
Mr. Hatton is Commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection. Mr. Hatton has held a variety of positions in the public and private sector, including key positions overseeing environmental cleanups at Superfund, Department of Defense and Department of Energy sites. He holds a Master of Science in geology from Eastern Kentucky University.

Matt Huddleston, Vice President of Environmental Services, Copperhead Environmental Consulting, Inc.
Matt serves as Vice President of Environmental Services at Copperhead Consulting. He earned a doctoral degree in Environmental Toxicology from Clemson University and M.S. and B.S. degrees in Biology from Eastern Kentucky University. Matt brings over 25 years of consulting, regulatory, and academic experience to Copperhead.

Tammi Hudson, PE, Director, Division of Waste Management, Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection
Tammi is the Director of the Division of Waste Management. She has more than 25 years of experience in the public and private sectors focusing on permitting and compliance of RCRA’s hazardous waste and solid waste programs, and Clean Water Act programs. Prior to her current position, she held several engineering and management positions within the Department for Environmental Protection, and has also worked at the corporate headquarters of an electronics manufacturer and for an environmental consulting firm. Tammi earned a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering from the University of Kentucky, and she is originally from Bell County.

Philip Imber, Director, Environmental and Federal Regulatory Compliance, LG&E and KU Energy LLC
Philip Imber spent the first five years of his career in the chemical process industry as a chemical engineer. In 2001, he transitioned into the electric utility sector, joining LG&E and KU. Currently, Philip is Director of Environmental and Federal Regulatory Compliance – directing a thirty-person team responsible for the company’s strategy and compliance to air, water, waste, and critical infrastructure protection programs. Philip received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree of business from Bellarmine University.

Sarah Jarboe, Partner, English Lucas Priest & Owsley, LLP
Attorney Sarah P. Jarboe, an environmental partner at English Lucas Priest & Owsley, LLP, has focused on environmental issues for over a decade.  Her practice includes environmental permitting, enforcement matters, regulatory interpretation, environmental litigation, and negotiations. She has advised clients on various environmental matters, including the Clean Water Act sections 402 and 404, the Clean Air Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund), and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. She regularly represents clients before the Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection and her work has also involved representing clients in enforcement matters and compliance meetings with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  Sarah is a frequent speaker on environmental law topics and a published author on the topic of the Clean Water Act section 404 program.

Michael Kennedy, P.E., Director, Kentucky Division for Air Quality, Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection
Michael Kennedy became the manager for DAQ’s Permit Review Branch in March 2019.  He has been with the Energy and Environment Cabinet since 2009.  In that time, he also worked for DAQ’s source sampling and the Cabinet’s Office of Energy Policy.  Prior to working for the Division for Air Quality, he worked in the private sector as an engineer for a small but diverse manufacturing company located in his hometown of Manchester, Kentucky. Michael graduated from the University of Kentucky with a bachelor’s degree in Bio-systems and Agricultural Engineering.  He holds a PE in environmental engineering. He lives in Lexington with his wife, Heather, three daughters, and a son.

Sreenivas Kesaraju, PE, Senior Environmental Consultant, AECOM
Mr. Sreenivas (Sree) Kesaraju PE, Mr. Kesaraju is a Senior Environmental Consultant at AECOM Louisville, Kentucky office.  He has nearly 30 years of experience working with Chemical and Energy sector companies and various other Industries (Surface coating, Metallurgical, and Minerals sectors) on air permitting and air regulatory compliance. His primary areas of expertise are PSD permitting, compliance plans for MACT, NSPS, and other federal/state rules applicability and compliance analysis. Prior to joining AECOM, he worked for over 20 years for the Kentucky Division for Air Quality.  He has worked with air permitting projects for 13 states. He has worked on permitting project approvals for multiple major projects while working with Kentucky Division for Air Quality.

John Lyons, Deputy Secretary, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet
Mr. Lyons’ entire 32-year career has been spent with the Energy and Environment Cabinet.  A graduate of the Morehead State University Environmental Science program, he began his lifelong passion for everything outdoors with an entry level position with the Kentucky Division of Water in the spring of 1989.  Since that time, John has served five different governors, holding various leadership positions that include Air Quality Director, Deputy Executive Director for the Public Service Commission, Deputy Commissioner for the Department for Environmental Protection and most recently being appointed by Governor Andy Beshear to Deputy Secretary of the Cabinet in August 2020.  In addition to various policy making and administrative duties, Mr. Lyons’ strong background as a scientist is an invaluable asset in dealing with the hundreds of day-to-day issues that face the Cabinet’s 1300 employees. Over the years, John has been a member of various boards, workgroups and task forces and has made numerous presentations on a variety of energy and environmental issues throughout the state and nation.  His prior work at the state and national level has helped shape the regulatory landscape on variety of public, environmental and energy policies. He currently serves as proxy board member for Secretary Rebecca Goodman on the Kentucky River Authority and the Electric Generation and Transmission Siting Board, proxy commissioner for Lt. Governor Jacqueline Coleman on the Ohio River Sanitation Commission and Kentucky representative on the Gulf Hypoxia Task Force.

Stewart McCollam, PE, Kentucky Office Leader, ALL4
Mr. Stewart McCollam is a multi-state professionally licensed chemical engineer with over 14 years of experience in all aspects of air quality regulation with a focus on preconstruction permitting, dispersion modeling and compliance management. Mr. McCollam has assisted clients with complex air permitting and strategic compliance solutions in a multitude of industries including: distilled spirits; food and beverage manufacturing; portland cement manufacturing; commercial printing (lithographic, flexographic, & rotogravure); chemical manufacturing; glass manufacturing; and municipal solid waste landfills.

Hailey McQuaid, ESG Project Manager, The EI Group, Inc.
Hailey McQuaid is a LEED-GA-accredited ESG Project Manager at the EI Group Inc., an environmental, health, and safety consulting firm in Morrisville, NC. She is a dedicated solution-oriented professional committed to partnering with companies to foster transparent, authentic, and sustainable business practices, to build a brighter and healthier future. Hailey's expertise in sustainable business practices and decarbonizing supply chains positions her as an asset for a diverse range of clients, assisting them in formulating and implementing effective sustainability initiatives and programs.

Monica Murphy, E.I.T., Project Engineer, Shield Environmental Associates, Inc.
Ms. Murphy works as a Project Engineer specializing in Industrial Compliance. She has four years of experience in environmental engineering both as a regulator and as a consultant. She has experience in air emissions, hazardous waste, and stormwater. Prior to working for Shield, Ms. Murphy spent two years working for the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection (KDEP) in the Division of Waste Management. As a KDEP permit writer, she gained experience with RCRA and hazardous waste environmental regulations.

Jim Nester, CEO, NESTEC, Inc.
Throughout Jim's 30+ year career, he  has been introduced me to many different types of manufacturing that require solutions for VOC emission control. This application experience affords me the ability to evaluate unique operating conditions and offer the most viable solutions to meet or exceed EPA requirements while minimizing costs for the end user. At NESTEC our engineers provide over 300 years of experience in this specialized field. Our goal is to continue to grow the and provide industry with reliable service and assistance for meeting their air emissions goals, keeping in mind their need to grow and retain profitability.  Prior to starting NESTEC, Jim was employed as a National Sales Manager for GeoEnergy Corp. Jim holds a BSME from Drexel University in Philadelphia.  While maintaining participating in sales and engineering efforts, Jim is responsible for corporate management and finances.

Brian Osterman, Director, Division of Enforcement and Compliance Assistance, Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection
Brian Osterman is the Director of the Division of Enforcement. Prior to this post, He served as the branch manager of the Division of Waste Management Field Operations Branch where he led the day-to-day operations of over 80 field staff across 10 regional offices. He started his career in 2009 with the Division of Waste Management in the Underground Storage Tank Branch. He later served that division as a field inspector and environmental scientist. He received a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from the University of Kentucky. Brian is originally from the Waynesburg, KY, but now resides in Frankfort with his wife Stefanie and their two sons.

Daniel Porter, PhD, Environmental Engineer, Shield Environmental
Mr. Porter works as an Environmental Engineer in the Industrial Compliance Group with Shield Environmental Associates, Inc. He has accrued nine years of experience in environmental engineering both as a regulator at Kentucky Division for Air Quality and as a consultant. He has experience in stormwater sampling, Tier II reporting, air quality emissions analysis, air permitting, air reporting, emission inventory, source sampling, and site inspections.

Jerry Purvis, Vice President of Environmental Affairs, East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.
Jerry Purvis reports to the East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC) Chief Operations Officer & Executive Vice President with responsibility for environmental affairs.  EKPC generates over 3,500 megawatts of coal-fired, natural gas-fired and renewable energy through 2,900 plus miles of transmission serving 87 of the 120 counties in Kentucky.  This effort serves 16 Owner-Member Cooperatives with over 1,200,000 customers, industry, local business entities in rural Kentucky.  The company is one of the last remaining KY-owned electric utility companies. He has served in many roles in his 29 years of service including: Senior Engineer, Cooper Plant Maintenance Superintendent, Environmental Affair Manager 2008, promoted in 2011 to Director of Environmental Affairs, Vice President promoted 2017 and a member of the Executive Staff.  He and his staff manage environmental affairs with a proactive environmental philosophy by use of the latest environmental management system technology to mitigate risk to the environment and to serve their customers. He is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Chemistry Society, Utility Information Exchange Kentucky, National Rural Electric Association as Chair of Environmental Policy Committee, and Co-Chair of Midwest Ozone Group.  He is active in the community volunteering for EKPC Good Giving Committee, a charitable outreach and as the Executive Sponsor for the EKPC Safety Rules and Procedures team. He earned dual Bachelors of Science degrees in Chemistry from Morehead State University and Chemical Engineering from the University of Kentucky and later, a Master of Business Administration from Morehead State University.

Kennith Richardson, Emergency Response Project Manager, PECCO, Inc.
Kenny Richardson joined the PECCO team in 2020 after graduating from the University of Kentucky with a bachelor’s in natural resources and environmental science. During his time at PECCO, he has worked his way through the ranks as an environmental technician and supervisor and now as an Emergency Response Project Manager. As an environmental supervisor, Kenny oversaw several extensive remediation and natural disaster response projects.

Karen Rose, Engineering Manager - Industrial Compliance, SynTerra Corp.
Karen Rose, a Mining Engineering graduate, has more than 30 years of experience as a consultant in business environments in Kentucky and neighboring states.  Her experience includes construction oversight, mine reclamation management and design, health and safety programs, stream analysis and restoration plans, hydrology, environmental site analysis, and environmental permitting and compliance systems.  Karen has provided in-house seminars for various companies on complying with their environmental permits. Karen is in her third year instructing the UK Mining Engineering Department Course Mine Safety and Health Management and Processes. In the course Karen ensures that her students have the ability to analyze and apply mine safety regulations and performance data to develop engineering and training solutions.

Kate Shanks, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs, Kentucky Chamber
Kate Shanks is Senior Vice President of Public Affairs for the Kentucky Chamber. She has been with the Chamber since 2015 and focuses her work on energy, environment, small business, and competitiveness issues. She is a lifelong resident of Kentucky and earned both a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource Conservation and Management and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Kentucky. Prior to joining the Chamber, Kate spent nearly 12 years working for state agencies focused on energy and environmental policy and regulation and has held multiple positions relating to communications, outreach, policy analysis and design, and legislative affairs.

Joye Beth Spinks, Attorney, English, Lucas, Priest & Owlsley, LLP
Joye Beth Spinks is an environmental law Associate Attorney at English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley, LLP in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Joye Beth helps corporate clients in various industries including water treatment, agriculture, aluminum processing, scrap metal recycling, and food processing. Joye Beth advises clients on permitting, compliance, and enforcement issues under the Clean Water Act; Clean Air Act; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act or Superfund; as well as state environmental programs. Joye Beth has helped conduct and communicate findings and recommendations of environmental compliance audits for clients under the Federal Risk Management Program. Joye Beth taught high school environmental science for four years prior to becoming an attorney.

Jeff Stipe, Senior Project Manager, PECCO, Inc.
Jeff Stipe has been a long-term employee of PECCO Inc. from starting at a young age with the company in the field of environmental clean up working in the industrial cleaning industry along with the emergency response clean-up.  Jeff worked his way up the chain after a few short years to become a field supervisor for PECCO in the same industry. Jeff ran several crews and oversaw several large projects for the company. Jeff moved to the earthworks division, becoming a site foreman for landfill closure and large remediation projects. Jeff completed many tasks for PECCO on the remediation side of things before moving over to a project manager role, where he has built a team of project managers over the last four years growing the industrial cleaning along with the emergency response division of the company.

Bradley Strait, Managing Associate, Dentons
Bradley is an associate in the Environment and Natural Resources practice. His practice consists of aiding clients in a variety of environmental law related issues including permitting and regulatory compliance matters under federal, state and local laws, as well as transactional due diligence.

Robin Thomerson, Partner, Dentons
Robin is a partner in the Lexington office where she focuses her practice on environmental law issues that arise regarding permitting and compliance with the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). Robin has represented various entities, including utilities and manufacturing companies, in maintaining compliance with environmental laws. In a complex and ever-evolving regulatory environment, she is up to date on all current permitting issues and requirements.  She is experienced in working with state and local environmental permitting agencies. Robin’s experience with regulatory agencies gives her a unique perspective as she works with clients to address their needs. She served as an attorney with the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, where she represented the Kentucky Divisions of Waste and Water, and she served as the lead attorney for the Kentucky Division for Air Quality, where she handled compliance, permitting and programmatic matters.

Amy Van Horne, P.E., Environmental Engineering Supervisor, Stormwater Section, Surface Water Permits Branch, KY Division of Water
Amy Van Horne has been with the Department for Environmental Protection for 12 years, working in the Division of Water. She oversees the Kentucky Pollution Discharge Elimination System (KPDES) permitting program for all Industrial Stormwater Discharges across the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Michael Walker, PE, Vice President, Principal Engineer, The EI Group, Inc.
Mr. Walker serves as the EI’s Principal Engineer and provides senior technical expertise and leadership to support client services and staff mentoring. He also serves as the corporate practice leader for sustainability and environmental services at EI. The practice services the industrial, utility and real estate sectors with expertise in industrial environmental permitting and compliance, EMS and Program developing/auditing, environmental compliance audits, soil and groundwater contamination assessments and remediation, environmental and engineering due diligence, and energy and water sustainability studies. Mr. Walker holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from NJ Institute of Technology and a M.Eng. in Environmental Systems Engineering from Clemson University.

Christopher Ward, PE, Technical Manager, ALL4
Mr. Christopher Ward is a professional engineer with 11 years of experience in air quality permitting and compliance. His primary focus is providing strategic air quality compliance and permitting support to industrial clients. He has also provided Environmental Justice (EJ) services, working with industry partners to identify the EJ footprint of their facilities. He has extensive experience in the implementation and maintenance of digital solution tools. His air quality experience includes Title V, PSD, and minor NSR permitting; regulatory applicability determinations and gap analyses; agency negotiations; regulatory strategy development; regulatory implementation; compliance reporting; training; air emissions inventory preparation; and control technology evaluations. He has managed a number of projects for industries including chemical manufacturing, pulp and paper, wood products, and oil and gas.

Chris Wenczel, P.G., Consulting Director/Hydrogeologist with Environmental Resources Management
Mr. Wenczel is a Director/Hydrogeologist/Technical Advisor and member of ERM’s Liability Portfolio Management and Remediation Group in the Melville New York office. He received his degrees from SUNY Oneonta in 1985 (BS Geology) and Adelphi University in 1990 (MS Earth Sciences/Hydrogeology. Mr. Wenczel has 38 years of diversified experience in the environmental consulting/engineering field specializing in hydrogeology, hazardous waste management/remediation, and water supply. He currently focuses his core practice on hydrogeology and being a subject matter expert for PFAS. He is currently directing investigation and remediation of PFAS impacts to environmental media for confidential private sector clients in Kentucky, New York, New Jersey in Europe. He is a NY State licensed Professional Geologist, has served as President of the Long Island Association of Professional Geologists (LIAPG) since 2016, and is also Vice-President of the NY State Council of Professional Geologists (NYSCPG).

Michael Zimmer, PE, Principal Consultant, Trinity Consultants, Inc.
Mike Zimmer, PE is a Principal Consultant for Trinity Consultants' operations in Northern Kentucky. Mike has more than 30 years of technical experience as an environmental consultant assisting clients with air quality management, dispersion modeling, air permitting, and other environmental obligations. Mike is a registered Professional Engineer in Ohio and Kentucky. Mr. Zimmer has authored and co-authored various papers and presented at national and regional AWMA conferences, Environmental, Health & Safety Symposiums sponsored by the Manufacturer’s Educational Council (MEC), Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, and the Energy Utility Environmental Conference. Additionally, Mr. Zimmer is an instructor for Trinity’s Air Regulations and Permitting in Kentucky (and Ohio) and he earned his B.S. degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. Mike started his affiliation with AWMA 30 years ago in March of 1993 and is a KY-AWMA Chapter Board Member.