February 2026 – Meet Don Larson, President, WellView Services LLC PERSONAL What is your educational background? BS degree in Environmental Science – attended both Montana State University and Western Washington University What drew you to work in the environmental sector? My family background is in farming – always enjoyed working on the family farm…
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May 2025 – Meet Sarah Sieloff, Urban Planner & Senior Client Account Manager, Haley & Aldrich PERSONAL What is your educational background? I hold a BA in international relations and Spanish from Eckerd College, and a Master’s in Public Affairs from Princeton University. What drew you to work in the environmental sector? Cities. I’ve always…
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January 2025 – Meet Stephanie “Steph” Heldt-Sheller, CHMM, Senior EHS Manager at The Greenbrier Companies HQ in Lake Oswego, OR PERSONAL What is your educational background? I hold a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health from Bowling Green State University and have been a Certified Hazardous Material Manager (CHMM) since 2005. What drew you to…
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March 2024 – Meet Marc Leisenring, PE, Senior Principal Water Resources Engineer at Geosyntec Consultants in Portland, OR PERSONAL What is your educational background? I hold both a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Resource Engineering and a Master’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering. What drew you to work in the environmental sector? It’s likely a combination of factors.…
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March 2024 – Meet Owen Reese, PE, Principal Water Resources Engineer at Aspect Consulting (A Geosyntec Company) in Seattle, WA PERSONAL What is your educational background? I hold both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Washington. What drew you to work in the environmental sector? The straightforward answer…
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February 2023 – Meet Connor Smith, Anderson Environmental Contracting LLC What is your educational background? Eastern Washington University. Degrees in communications, leadership, and philosophy. What drew you to work in the environmental sector? I grew up on a wheat farm, so sustainability and an attunement to a healthy environment has been engrained (forgive the pun)…
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January 2023 What is your educational background? I completed my undergraduate degree at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota and then received my law degree with a Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law from Lewis & Clark Law School. What drew you to work in the environmental sector? After I graduated from high school,…
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January 2022 – Meet Seth Otto, Principal Planner at Maul Foster Alongi in Portland, OR What is your educational background? I have a BA in Sociology and Spanish from Linfield College, and an MS in Community and Regional Planning from The University of Texas at Austin. A Fulbright Fellowship in 2001 studying the rural to…
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June 2021 – Meet Scott Kranz, Northwest Program Manager at AECOM Technical Services in Boise, Idaho What is your educational background? MS, Hydrogeology/Hydrology, University of Nevada – Reno, 1994 and BS, Physical Science, California State University – Chico, 1992 What drew you to working in the environmental sector? I was attracted to hydrology and hydrogeology…
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May 2021 – Meet Thomas Mergy, Principal Hydrogeologist at PBS Engineering and Environmental Inc. in Seattle, WA. What is your educational background? I received my BS-Hydrogeology from University of Wisconsin, while studying under Dr. Charles Fetter as my mentor, author of Applied Hydrogeology. What drew you to working in the environmental sector? After interning with the…
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