[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1747008017903{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 80px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”1906″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_rounded” css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1747008570871{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}” image_hovers=”false”][vc_custom_heading text=”Nancy Scott” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:32|text_align:center|color:%23333333″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”President / Principal Scientist” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:20|text_align:center|color:%23333333″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”15″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1561964893962{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=””]As Principal Scientist, Nancy has extensive experience managing and conducting environmental planning studies, state and federal permitting and ecological assessments. Nancy has acted as the Environmental Lead on many alternative delivery (design -build, phased design build) transportation and water resources projects totaling over $2 billion dollars. She is well versed in NEPA documentation, state and federal environmental permitting, and listed species surveys and permitting requirements.
Nancy has extensive experience in habitat restoration and mitigation design and developed and permitted thousands of acres of wetland enhancement and mitigation projects throughout the state. Her past experience working for a Water Management District gives her unique insight into the permitting process. She has built excellent relationships with regulatory staff, scientists, contractors and engineers that increases the potential for successful collaborations. She manages all aspects of environmental projects including coordinating teams of multi-disciplinary professionals.[/vc_column_text][vc_zigzag color=”custom” el_border_width=”10″ custom_color=”#918971″][vc_custom_heading text=”FUN FACT” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23371E50″ google_fonts=”font_family:Boogaloo%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1747008477554{padding-top: 35px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=””]Nancy loves music and has attended over 50 music festivals.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1747008017903{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 80px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”1884″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_rounded” css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1747008631002{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}” image_hovers=”false”][vc_custom_heading text=”Melisa Reiter” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:32|text_align:center|color:%23333333″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Chief Scientist” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:20|text_align:center|color:%23333333″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”15″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1561964893962{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=””]Ms. Reiter is a Chief Scientist with Earth Resources, Inc. based in Tampa, Florida. She has more than 31 years of experience in marine and freshwater ecology. Her specialized expertise is regulatory permitting including private development, government agencies, non-profits, and public sector clients. Her experience includes services such as marine studies, habitat assessment and evaluation, water quality studies, ecological assessments, NEPA studies, threatened and endangered species surveys, and wetland mitigation design and monitoring.
Her regulatory experience includes marine-related projects for docks and large-scale marinas, seagrass mapping and assessment, and coral reef natural resource damage assessments and monitoring. State and federal regulatory permitting experience includes roadway and pipeline corridors, large-scale subdivision permitting, project development and environment (PD&E) and habitat restoration studies. Melisa has extensive expertise in permitting and coordinating with FDEP, Water Management Districts, ACOE, USFWS, NMFS as well as other local, state, and federal agencies. She is proficient with all major environmental regulations and policies as well as state and local level regulations.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]• PROJECT MANAGEMENT
• STATE & FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING
• WETLAND DELINEATION, RESTORATION AND MONITORING
• MARINE STUDIES
• PADI DIVE RESCUE/NITROX CERTIFICATIONS – AMERICAN ACADEMY FOR UNDERWATER SCIENCES (AAUS) – SCIENTIFIC DIVER
[/vc_column_text][vc_zigzag color=”custom” el_border_width=”10″ custom_color=”#918971″][vc_custom_heading text=”FUN FACT” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23371E50″ google_fonts=”font_family:Boogaloo%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1747008477554{padding-top: 35px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=””]Melisa is an avid dog lover and has volunteered with a nonprofit agency specializing in guide and services dogs for over 12 years. Her claim to fame is being able to say she was once in the Guinness Book of Worlds records (longest underwater Uno game). The record unfortunately, has since been broken.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1747008017903{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 80px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”1913″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_rounded” css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1747008798958{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}” image_hovers=”false”][vc_custom_heading text=”Michelle Rutishauser” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:32|text_align:center|color:%23333333″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Chief Scientist” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:20|text_align:center|color:%23333333″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”15″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1561964893962{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=””]Michelle Rutishauser is a program and project manager and chief scientist with over 20 years of experience in environmental consulting, based in Tampa Florida. Michelle has spent over half her career managing multi-year continuing service contracts and working on complex projects implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) including Environmental Impact Statements, Environmental Assessments, Type 2 Categorical Exclusions as well as state-funded PD&Es.
Ms. Rutishauser’s valuable expertise includes re-evaluations for FDOT for state and federal projects, state and federal regulatory permitting, threatened and endangered species surveys, Section 7 consultation, Section 4(f) coordination/consultation, and wetland mitigation design and monitoring. She has also served as the lead scientist for complex design and design-build projects for private sector, public sector and non-profit clients.
Michelle stays up to date on local, state, and federal policies and regulations to continue serving clients.[/vc_column_text][vc_zigzag color=”custom” el_border_width=”10″ custom_color=”#918971″][vc_custom_heading text=”FUN FACT” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23371E50″ google_fonts=”font_family:Boogaloo%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1747008477554{padding-top: 35px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=””]Coming soon[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]