Thomas Reid, Principal /Senior Technical Advisor
Mr. Reid has directed his firm and participated in much of its technical work since its inception in 1972. He has managed the performance of work on over 300 environmental impact assessments and other technical studies.
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Paula Hartman, President /Senior Project Manager
Ms. Hartman is a natural resources specialist and also a trained environmental lawyer, with over 15 years of experience as a resources planner, biologist, and attorney. Her skills apply broadly to natural resources planning, environmental impact documentation, permitting, and biological resource assessment.
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Victoria Harris, Senior Project Manager
Since joining the firm in 1981, Ms. Harris has managed over 100 CEQA Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs) and Initial Studies on diverse projects, including stream restoration projects, quarry operations, road expansions, road bridges, landfill expansions, and general plan amendments.
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Taylor Peterson, Director of Biological Analysis /Senior Project Manager
Ms. Peterson has been with the firm since 1980. Ms. Peterson applies her technical expertise and management skills in assessing the impacts of a wide range of projects including sanitary landfills, materials recovery and transfer stations, quarries, housing developments, wastewater treatment plant expansion, water well development, and high-voltage transmission line alignments.
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Barbara Beard, Director of Environmental Analysis /Senior Project Manager
Ms. Beard is an environmental planner with over 20 years of experience in preparing documentation pursuant to NEPA and CEQA. She has been Project Manager or a contributing author for environmental documents on a variety of projects.
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Kate Werner, Senior Project Manager
Ms. Werner is an environmental planner with over 20 years of experience in preparing documentation pursuant to NEPA and CEQA, and has extensive experience with planning and land use issues.
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Autumn Meisel, Senior Biologist
Autumn Meisel is an ecologist specialized in habitat assessment and management. She is competent in overall site and habitat assessment, biological monitoring, and landscape level planning and management.
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Aaron Gabbe, Ph.D., Senior Biologist
Mr. Gabbe is a Biologist with a Ph.D. in Environmental Studies from the University of California, with an emphasis in conservation biology. Aaron’ s Masters and Ph.D. work provided him with over 10 years experience conducting ecological research focused on interactions between plants and birds and applying science to conservation and restoration.
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Sara Jones, Biologist /Environmental Analyst
Ms. Jones is a biologist specializing in habitat assessments, wetland delineations, and GIS analyses. She has contributed to numerous CEQA/NEPA documents, biological constraints analyses, and rare plant and wildlife surveys.
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Christina Lau, Project Manager/Environmental Analyst
Ms. Lau has over ten years of experience writing and reviewing various types of CEQA and NEPA environmental documents. She has managed and written several CEQA and NEPA projects, ranging from categorical exemptions to EIS/EIRs, including managing the subconsultants that brought expertise to each project.
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Christopher Dugan, Senior Project Manager/Senior Environmental Analyst
Mr. Dugan is as a TRA Senior Project Manager and Senior Analyst. He has nine years experience planning, preparing, and managing environmental compliance documentation required by local, state, and federal regulations, including the California Environmental Quality Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
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Megan Kalyankar, Biologist/Environmental Analyst
Megan Kalyankar performs CEQA and NEPA analysis, the preparation of biological permits, special status species surveys, wetland monitoring and biological construction monitoring. Ms. Kalyankar has a background in biology and environmental analysis and has prepared or assisted in numerous Initial Studies and EIRs on projects ranging from golf courses and recreation areas, residential and commercial building projects and roadway and utility projects.
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Christopher Marks, Environmental Analyst
Christopher Marks recently joined TRA as an environmental planner with a specialty in land use planning. Mr. Marks has a background in both private consulting and municipal government having worked in a small City Planning Department as well as a private environmental consulting company.
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Clifford Nale, Environmental Analyst
Mr. Nale joined TRA in 2012 as a California Professional Geologist with over 18 years of professional experience as a geologist/hydrogeologist and program/project manager.
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Sarah Daniels, Biologist/Environmental Analyst
Sarah Daniels recently joined TRA as an environmental analyst and biologist, bringing her six years of experience in NEPA analysis, biological assessments, and planning documentation. She has been the project manager for city-wide planning projects, reconnaissance biological evaluations, and environmental assessments.
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Susan Schwarz, Biologist/Environmental Analyst/GIS Specialist
Ms. Schwarz joined TRA as an environmental analyst, biologist, and geographer in 2013. She brings 14 years of experience managing natural resource-related projects for Federal, private, and non-profit clients.
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Sandy Ho, Graphics and Production
Sandy Ho is an Associate at TRA with a variety of experience in graphic design, project scheduling, and administrative support. She has worked on graphics for projects such as Habitat Conservation Plans, Environmental Impact Reports and Studies, and Biological Assessments.
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Kevin Coleman, Controller
Kevin Coleman is TRA’s controller. He has worked in a variety of accounting and finance roles in Silicon Valley and Southern California. He is responsible for all finance and contract functions at TRA.
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