Many environmental fields contribute to planning, building, and operating a sustainable transportation network. The people who bring these skills and their passion to work in transportation organizations help to mitigate the environmental impacts of our expansive mobility, and identify, design and operate new mobility systems for the future. Below you will find links to 14 profiles of people working across 11 different environmental fields in transportation-related work.
- Fish, Wildlife & Rare Species
- Transit & TDM
- Bicycle & Pedestrian Initiative
- Planning &Modeling
- Water Quality
- Noise Abatement
- Hydrological Studies
- Community Impact Assessment
- Cultural Resources
- Waste Management and Remediation
- Hazardous Materials
These profiles were developed to provide guidance and inspiration to students and young professionals looking to identify future career choices in environmental fields in the transportation sector. (The information is current as of June 2019. If we receive updates they will be noted by an * next to the name, and new information will be posted at the bottom of the page.)
| Environmental Work in the Transportation Sector – Career Profiles | |||||
| Name | Title | Organization | Undergraduate Degree | Graduate Degree | Field(s) |
| Patti Kallfelz-Wertz | Environmental Scientist | VHB- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. | Ecology | 1- Fish, Wildlife & Rare Species | |
| James Brady | Environmental Biologist | Vermont Agency of Transportation | Ecology | 1- Fish, Wildlife & Rare Species | |
| Lori Zeller | Transportation Planner | Foursquare ITP | Planning, Geography | City and Regional Planning, Transportation | 2- Transit and TDM;
4- Planning & Modeling |
| Nicole Freedman | Director of Transportation Planning | City of Newton, MA | Urban Planning, Economics | 2- Transit and TDM;
3- Bicycle & Pedestrian Initiatives; 4- Planning & Modeling |
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| David Sorrell | Mobility Solutions Programs & Transportation Demand Administration | University of California, Berkeley Parking and Transportation Department | Public Administration | Organizational Development and Leadership | 2- Transit and TDM |
| Jeff Owen | Strategic Planning Coordinator | TriMet | Landscape Architecture | City and Regional Planning, Transportation | 2- Transit and TDM;
3- Bicycle & Pedestrian Initiatives; 4- Planning & Modeling |
| Emma Chapman * | Bike Train Operator | Divvy Bicycle Share | History of Art & Political Science, Architectural History & Urban Studies | MBA, Finance & Public Accounting | 2- Transit and TDM;
3- Bicycle & Pedestrian Initiatives; 4- Planning & Modeling |
| Eleni Churchill | Transportation Program Manager | Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission | Civil Engineering | Civil Engineering | 4- Planning & Modeling |
| Emily Nosse-Leirer | Planner | Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission | Urban Geography | Urban Geography | 4- Planning & Modeling |
| Robert Widley | Water Resources Engineer | VHB- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. | Environmental Studies | Water Resources Engineering | 5- Water Quality;
7-Hydrological Studies |
| Scott Edwards | Senior Associate | Cross-Spectrum Acoustics | Acoustical Engineering & Music | 6- Noise Abatement,
8- Community Impact Assessment |
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| Kaitlin O’Shea | Preservation Planner | VHB- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. | Historic Preservation | Historic Preservation | 9- Cultural Resources |
| Paige Cornell | Environmental Scientist | VHB- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. | Environmental Science, Geology, Geospatial Technologies | 10- Waste Management & Remediation;
11- Hazardous Materials |
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| Charlie Farmer | Environmental Engineer | VHB- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. | Environmental Science | Environmental Engineering |
5- Water Quality; 10- Waste Management & Remediation |
Updates:
| * Emma Chapman | Emma has started a new job in July 2019 as an Associate with Cambridge Systematics helping midwestern transportation clients work through financial planning challenges in their Transit Planning & Policy group. |
The design and collection of profiles for this page was conducted by Marissa McFadden, a UVM Graduate student working as a research assistant at the Transportation Research Center
