Alan R. Arico, LSRP, Langan

Instructor for: Managing Remediation and Environmental Issues in Complex Transactions

Mr. Arico has over 18 years of environmental consulting and remediation experience and is a New Jersey-Licensed Site Remediation Professional (LSRP). Mr. Arico has extensive experience with efficiently managing complex remediation projects for a wide range of clients. Mr. Arico has extensive experience integrating site remediation activities with construction activities to support redevelopment projects. His diversified environmental experience has included management of environmental investigation programs for soil, ground water, sediment, and soil vapors, and design and management of remedial actions for contaminated sites. Mr. Arico has designed and implemented remedial actions for contaminated media, including bioremediation, In-Situ Chemical Oxidation (ISCO), source removal, and vapor intrusion mitigation systems.  

Candace Baker, LSRP, GEI Consultants

Instructor for: Regulatory Compliance Strategies for Tentatively Identified Compounds

Candace Baker is a Senior Professional with GEI Consultants.  She has 30 years of experience in the environmental field including 20 years in New Jersey.  She has been an LSRP for almost 10 years.  As an environmental consultant, she manages environmental remediation projects for energy, developer, municipal, industrial, and residential clients. Candace has been an active member of the LSRPA since 2016, when she joined the Communications Committee.  She is a former Vice Chair of the Communications Committee and is also a member of the Risk Management and Loss Prevention and Emerging Contaminants committees.  Candace has served as an LSRPA Board of Trustees member since 2020 and has been a member of the Executive Committee since 2021.  She is the current President of the LSRPA.

Robert S. Baranowski, Jr., Esq., Hyland Levin Shapiro LLP

Instructor for: Navigating Land Use Laws

Robert S. Baranowski, Jr., a partner, concentrates his practice on environmental and land use matters. Bob represents clients in connection with development applications, zoning and land use litigation, appellate matters, redevelopment, eminent domain and inverse condemnation actions, and administrative proceedings. Bob is also experienced in handling title insurance claims and general commercial litigation. Those who have worked with Bob describe him as a lawyer who practices at the highest levels performing like “a Swiss army knife”. Versatile, pragmatic and determined, Bob is a fierce advocate for his clients and constantly considering ways to proactively solve clients’ problems. Before entering private practice, Bob served as Deputy Attorney General with the State of New Jersey in the Division of Law, where he represented the Department of Environmental Protection. His environmental background along with his two decades of experience in land use law is a significant benefit to developer clients.

Caryn L Barnes, LSRP, Langan

Deborah Barsotti, Ph.D., DABT, Triumvirate Enviromental

Instructor for: Perimeter Air Monitoring Technical Guidance Review and Application

Deborah Barsotti, Ph.D., DABT As a Board Certified Toxicologist, Dr. Barsotti has extensive experience dealing with the toxicological and risk assessment issues surrounding a variety of relevant issues and substances including petroleum hydrocarbons, manufactured gas plants (MGP), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated dioxins and furans, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polyfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS), flavors and fragrances (including d-limonene and coumarin), petroleum hydrocarbons, chlorinated solvents, arsenic, lead, hexavalent chromium and other metals. She has been involved in determining potential liability of historical operations to environmental media including sediment. She is a recognized published expert on numerous substances including PCBs and dioxin/furan toxicity and risk assessment. She has employed risk assessment in a broad spectrum of projects, including land acquisition and sale, state risk-based cleanups (e.g., Arizona, California, Indiana, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, North Carolina, New Jersey, Florida, Wisconsin, Montana, Minnesota, Michigan and Ohio), CERCLA and RCRA remediation, indoor air problems, natural resource damage claims and litigation support and strategy including toxic tort, product liability, class action and workman's compensation claims. At Emilcott, she is responsible for developing scientifically sound perimeter air monitoring plans for remedial action that are protective of human health including addressing public health concerns.

Bill Brab, CPG, PG, AST Environmental

Instructor for: Effective Characterization and Application of Injection Based In Situ Methods in Bedrock Key Principles and Case Studies

Bill Brab, PG, CPG is a Senior Remediation Geologist for AST Environmental, Inc. in Midway, Kentucky with over 20 years of experience in environmental geology and site remediation. Bill is an expert in fractured bedrock characterization and is a recognized authority in Kentucky and Tennessee for his investigation and remediation of karst geology. He moved from environmental consulting to AST in 2011 and quickly assisted in distinguishing AST as the leading in-situ remediation technology company in the marketplace- a unique injection approach involving high resolution sampling, detailed conceptual site models, intricate and combined-remedy designs, and injection techniques. 

Inga C. Caldwell, Esq., Cole Schotz

Instructor for: Using Artificial Intelligence in Site Remediation

Inga Caldwell is an associate in Cole Schotz Environmental Department. Having previously worked in-house at an environmental consulting firm, Inga brings a highly valuable and unique perspective to her practice that marries technical insight with legal know-how. Working closely with environmental consultants to anticipate, mitigate, and manage environmental liability risks, Inga counsels clients on a wide range of environmental matters. Her Superfund practice includes cost recovery, contribution, and insurance actions, negotiating consent decrees with USDOJ and USEPA, and sediment allocation, as well as the nuts-and-bolts of day-to-day management of active Superfund sites. Inga also advises clients on transaction, permitting compliance, and remediation projects.

Caitie Cyrus, Project Manager, Verdantas

Instructor for: The Intersect Between Site Remediation and Renewable Energy Development: What Environmental Practitioners Need to Know

Caitie is an environmental consultant at Verdantas that specializes in alternative vegetation management at solar facilities, particularly providing design and consultation services for pollinator-friendly habitat, conservation grazing, and agrivoltaics projects. As a Project Manager for the renewable energy sector, Caitie also provides a variety of services to clients that includes conducting due diligence reviews and studies, land use permitting, and natural resources surveys and permitting, among others. Caitie entered the renewable energy industry as a team member and author of the Virginia Pollinator-Smart Solar Program, an initiative hosted by two state agencies (the Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Department of Environmental Quality) that incentivizes revegetating solar facilities with a suite of native plant species to support declining pollinator populations. Since the inception of that project, Caitie has focused her career on renewable energy development across the United States, including New Jersey. 

Matthew Decker, Account Manager, Triumvirate Environmental

Instructor for: Perimeter Air Monitoring Technical Guidance Review and Application

Mr. Decker has over fifteen years’ experience in the field of environmental science, with a focus on real-time monitoring.  Mr. Decker has extensive experience in community/perimeter air monitoring on a wide variety of remediation, large construction, and demolition projects.  He has designed and implemented more than 1,500 perimeter air monitoring stations over more than 250 projects.  Mr. Decker has been involved with the development of a custom real-time monitoring system and has over 10 years hands-on experience with the instrumentation used in these systems. 

Heather L. Demirjian, Esq., Cole Schotz

Instructor for: Using Artificial Intelligence in Site Remediation

Heather Demirjian is a member of Cole Schotz Environmental Department.
Heather uses her broad experience in both federal and state environmental law matters to craft creative solutions that meet her clients’ environmental needs. She has a multi-faceted practice representing clients in environmental litigation and defense actions, as well as on environmental aspects of corporate and real estate transactions. Heather is a Chambers USA ranked attorney. Her clients have described her in Chambers as “persistent, focused, knows environmental law in incredible detail and enthusiastically represents her clients.” She counsels clients using results driven advocacy while leveraging opportunities for collaboration to achieve their strategic objectives. Heather is particularly interested in how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being used in environmental law related areas, and how advancements in AI technologies may change the practice of environmental law and impact how clients do business. She recently completed a certification program on AI for Decision Making: Strategies and Applications through The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Lawra J. Dodge, P.G., LSRP, Excel Environmental Resources

Instructor for: LSRP Ethics

Lawra J. Dodge, PG, LSRP is founder and President of Excel Environmental Resources, a full-service environmental consulting and engineering firm located in North Brunswick, NJ. She is a licensed Professional Geologist (PG) and a Licensed Site Remediation Professional (LSRP) with 40 years of experience working with municipalities, redevelopment authorities, and non-profit organizations across the State as well as industrial, commercial, and residential property owners, developers, and builders. Since its inception in 2010, Ms. Dodge has served on the NJ Site Remediation Professionals Licensing (SRPL) Board that oversees the Licensed Site Remediation Professional (LSRP) Program and chairs the Board’s Continuing Education Committee.

Jeffrey Entin, LSRP, SLR Consulting

Instructor for: Navigating Land Use Laws

Jeffrey Entin has over 30 years of experience assessing, managing, and mitigating multimedia hazardous materials for private industry, investors, developers, and government entities.  Mr. Entin’s practice includes directing all phases of site investigation and remediation projects at contaminated sites. His experience includes complex ecological risk assessments, in-situ groundwater remediation, capping and closure, redevelopment of confined dredged material disposal facilities, landfills and brownfields, and linear construction. He provides environmental due diligence, industrial compliance, permitting and sustainability support, and litigation support in brownfield redevelopment, remedial cost and feasibility, contaminant migration and insurance matters.  Mr. Entin has been a LSRP since the program’s inception. He is a regular course instructor for the LSRPA.

Rodger A Ferguson, Jr., LSRP, PennJersey Environmental Consulting

Instructor for: The Intersect Between Site Remediation and Renewable Energy Development: What Environmental Practitioners Need to Know

Rodger has been the President of PennJersey Environmental Consulting since 2012. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Ursinus College in 1983 and has 30+ years’ experience in the environmental field.  Rodger is an active member of the LSRPA Steering, Risk Management and Loss Prevention, and Regulatory Outreach Committees, has served on the Board of Trustees, and was President of the LSRPA in 2018.  He has been a key participant in NJDEP stakeholder groups established for the Technical Requirements for Site Remediation, Remediation Standards, and guidance documents, including the committees established to evaluate alternative and clean fill material protocols (as stakeholder co-chair) as well as the quality assurance and analytical laboratory methodologies required for the investigation of contaminated sites. He was also the co-chair of the SRRA 2.0 task force that resulted in the statutory amendments in August 2019.  

Mark D. Fisher, CHMM, LSRP, The ELM Group, Inc.

Instructor for: Regulatory Compliance Strategies for Tentatively Identified Compounds

Mr. Fisher has over thirty years of experience in environmental risk management.  He has an environmental assessment and multi‐media remediation background, including expertise in regulatory program management and contaminated site remediation and redevelopment.  His expertise is augmented by comprehensive experience in environmental compliance assessment and program development, including ISO‐14001 and environmental management systems. Mr. Fisher is a New Jersey Licensed Site Remediation Professional (LSRP), and the lead partner of ELM’s LSRP Team.  He was a member of the Board of Trustees for the New Jersey LSRP Association (LSRPA) since the inception of the Association in 2009 through January 2017, including serving as President of the LSRPA.  He is actively involved in numerous LSRP‐related regulatory and guidance committees, including Chair of the LSRPA Regulatory Outreach Committee.  Professional experience also includes liability and cost allocation evaluations, including forensic environmental evaluations to support cost allocations/recovery actions and litigation support.   

Allison Gabala, Esq.

Timothy Hull, PG, LSRP, Princeton Geoscience

Instructor for:Effective Characterization and Application of Injection Based In Situ Methods in Bedrock Key Principles and Case Studies

Tim Hull is a Professional Geologist and NJ Licensed Site Remediation Professional with nearly 20 years of experience implementing multi-media field investigations, managing large volumes of complex data, and developing concise summaries and graphics that support remediation decision making. Currently serving as Field Team Leader for complex RCRA Corrective Action and CERCLA (Superfund) projects, Tim also has expertise in oversight of drilling, remediation, surveying and geophysics subcontractors; and preparation of various remedial phase reports. A graduate of Bates College, Tim received his training in borehole geophysics from the NGWA and equipment manufacturers. As Vice President of Princeton Geoscience’s field operations, Tim has participated in scoping for, and has implemented and developed reports for borehole geophysical logging projects supporting our consulting industry clients at dozens of fractured bedrock sites in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Along with Jim Peterson, Tim has presented continuing education training in the application of borehole geophysics to environmental site remediation to over 40 engineering and consulting firms and to several professional groups and regulatory agencies.

Matthew Karmel, Esq., Offit Kurman

Instructor for: The Intersect Between Site Remediation and Renewable Energy Development: What Environmental Practitioners Need to Know

Colleen Kokas, Sr. Dir. Real Estate and Redevelopment, AC Power LLC

Instructor for: The Intersect Between Site Remediation and Renewable Energy Development: What Environmental Practitioners Need to Know

Colleen is currently Sr. Director of Real Estate & Redevelopment at AC Power, LLC. supporting the company’s mission of becoming the leader in energizing landfills, brownfields, and Superfund sites with solar. Colleen has spent most of her career in brownfield remediation and redevelopment, gaining experience in project management, cleanup negotiations, funding, liability protection, cost recovery, renewable energy and sustainability. Before joining AC Power, Colleen worked in various programs at the NJ Department of Environmental Protection. Most notably, Colleen managed the Site Remediation’s financial incentive and brownfield redevelopment programs.  She was subsequently selected to help establish NJDEP’s Sustainability and Green Energy Office, advancing the policies that would allow for the installation of solar energy on brownfields and other contaminated sites.  Colleen also served in an executive position in the private sector, managing the acquisition of industrial properties for redevelopment. The USEPA Administrator appointed Colleen to its Environmental Finance Board and currently collaborates to advise the agency on cost efficiencies in its water programs.  Colleen served on the Board of the NJ Economic Development Authority and as Director of NJDEP’s Water Resources Coordination, overseeing the critical path of water-related permits.    Colleen previously served as USEPA Region 2 representative to the Brownfield Task Force under the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Organization (ASTSWMO), and on the National Brownfield Association Advisory Board providing input from a state government perspective on legislative, regulatory and technical advancements for brownfields on the national level. 

Justin Kowalkoski, PG, LSRP, Roux

Instructor for: Using Artificial Intelligence in Site Remediation

Justin Kowalkoski is a Principal Hydrogeologist at Roux, a New Jersey Licensed Site Remediation Professional (LSRP), and a Professional Geologist in Pennsylvania with more than 15 years of experience. He has managed large complex sites under a variety of state and federal programs including ISRA, Spill Act, UST, CERCLA, RCRA, TSCA, Act 2, and HSCA projects. In addition to the design, implementation and management of all phases of environmental investigation and remediation projects, he also conducts due diligence for real estate transactions.  He has extensive experience in soil and groundwater site investigation and remediation projects that involve complex hydrogeology/fractured bedrock aquifers, DNAPL, LNAPL, vapor intrusion, PCBs, metals, environmental forensics, and emerging contaminants.

Fayaz Lakhwala, Ph.D., Evonik Industries AG

Instructor for: Site Specific Factors to Consider While Selecting an ISCO or an ISCR Approach

Dr. Lakhwala serves as the Technical Manager within Evonik’s Soil and Groundwater Remediation business. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Environmental Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He has over 25 years of experience in the area of soil and groundwater remediation. Since 1991, he has held several positions at environmental consulting firms and environmental technology companies in the area of wastewater treatment, and soil, ground water and sediment remediation. During the last 15 years, his focus has been on the design and application of in situ chemical reduction (ISCR), in situ chemical oxidation (ISCO), enhanced reductive dechlorination (ERD), and NAPL / heavy metal stabilization technologies.

Marlene Lindhardt, LSRP, Lindhardt Environmental Consulting

Instructor for: LSRP Ethics

Ms. Lindhardt is the owner of Lindhardt Environmental Consulting, LLC and has been an Licensed Site Remediation Professionals (LSRP) since 2012. She has over 40 years of experience in the environmental industry working for the federal government, emergency response remediation contractors and engineering consultants. Ms. Lindhardt has been responsible for multiple projects ranging from preliminary assessments through site remediation for government and commercial clients. She has addressed wetlands, threatened and endangered species, and historic sites within the scope of site remediation. She is a member of the LSRPA Board of Trustees and participates in various committees including Risk Management, Governance, Contaminants of Emerging Concern, and Regulatory Outreach. Ms. Lindhardt has a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University.

Kevin Long, Principal Consultant, Terraphase Engineering

Instructor for: Calculating Alternative Remediation Standards for the Ingestion-Dermal and Inhalation Exposure Routes

Kevin has over 20 years of experience with environmental projects, with specific expertise on evaluating contaminant fate and transport in the environment, evaluating exposure to chemicals under site-specific exposure scenarios or exposure to complex and emerging chemicals. He has provided expert testimony on matters related to risk assessment and significance of potential releases of chemicals to the environment and has supported clients in conducting communication with the public, regulatory agencies, and other stakeholders. Kevin also serves as a member of the NJ Licensed Site Remediation Professionals Association (LSRPA) Remediation Standards Stakeholder Engagement team and is a member of the NJ Department of Environmental Protection’s (NJDEP) Technical Guidance team for the Development of Alternative Remediation Standards (ARS). 

David J. Miller, Esq., Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, PC

Instructor for: Managing Remediation and Environmental Issues in Complex Transactions

Dave is a shareholder in the Environmental Department at Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. headquartered in Red Bank. He has experience in the private and public sectors and focuses his practice on environmental regulatory, real estate, and corporate transactional matters. He counsels clients on site remediation, due diligence, participation in potentially responsible party groups, and interaction with the Environmental Protection Agency on Superfund matters. Dave also advises clients on the procurement of environmental permits from state and federal agencies for major commercial and industrial development. In addition, Dave litigates environmental compliance matters, especially those involving hazardous substances.

Jeffrey S. Moore, CHMM, The Elm Group, Inc.

Instructor for: Regulatory Compliance Strategies for Tentatively Identified Compounds

Mr. Moore is a Principal at The ELM Group, Inc. with over 23 years of experience as an environmental risk manager who draws on a diverse background of environmental and facilities engineering experience.  He has managed numerous projects, including large scale environmental investigations and remediation projects primarily in New Jersey, environmental and safety compliance audits, indoor air quality assessments and mitigations; subsurface vapor intrusion assessments, lead, asbestos and mold building surveys and abatements; and a number of diverse environmental due diligence projects.  Mr. Moore has served as a consultant to public and private sector clients including those in the chemical and manufacturing industries, Superfund responsible parties, construction and demolition industries; and schools and hospitals.  As a Principal at ELM, he is also responsible for the company’s internal training and professional development programs for the company, along with other senior management responsibilities. 

James L. Peterson, PG, LSRP, Princeton Geosicence

Instructor for: Understanding and Accounting for Geogenic Contaminants and Effective Characterization and Application of Injection Based In Situ Methods in Bedrock Key Principles and Case Studies

Jim Peterson is a PA and NY Professional Geologist and NJ Licensed Site Remediation Professional with 35 years of experience as an environmental consultant providing contaminated site investigation, remediation, and project management services. Jim has extensive experience applying geological characterization to site remediation. He is a past Chairman and Programming Chair for the Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists (AEG) NY–PA Chapter; the current (2024) President of the Geological Association of New Jersey (GANJ); a past member of the Technical Sounding Board for the LSRPA; and is a supporting instructor for the “Groundwater in Fractured Bedrock” continuing education class at Rutgers University.  A graduate of Colorado State University, Jim worked at two leading consulting firms, gaining diverse project experience before founding Princeton Geoscience, Inc. in 2000. 

Derek Pizarro, CPG, AST Environmental

Instructor for: Effective Characterization and Application of Injection Based In Situ Methods in Bedrock Key Principles and Case Studies

More than 18 years of experience in environmental applications, specifically heavy metals remediation; bedrock contaminant characterization; SVE system installation and optimization; cVOC contaminant transport studies; and reagent bench-scale testing and design for industrial clients and environmental sites. He has previously worked for a bedrock field services company, an ENR Top 100 Environmental Design Firm, and participated in the testing and selection of contaminant remedies for multiple CERCLA sites. Mr. Pizarro is a technical board member for the RE3 Conference, SAME Young Member, former American Foundry Society­Environmental (EHS) committee member, and heavy metals task force advisor to private industry groups.

Marc D. Policastro, Esq., Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, PC

Instructor for: Managing Remediation and Environmental Issues in Complex Transactions

Marc, Chair of the Environmental Department, is a transactional, business attorney, who focuses his practice in development, redevelopment, environmental compliance cases, corporate transactional matters, land use, zoning and business counseling. He has represented numerous national developers, manufacturers, cogeneration facilities and utilities, automobile dealerships, lenders, borrowers and municipal boards in myriad land use contexts, including commercial and residential development and due diligence matters. Marc also focuses on complex remediation cases and general environmental compliance counseling. He has significant experience in ISRA, Spill Act, LSRP, UST and related hazardous substance regulatory matters and redevelopment of contaminated sites. Marc is originally from New York City and was raised in Holmdel, NJ. He attended Christian Brothers Academy, University of Richmond and Seton Hall Law School. Marc is the author of The Remediation Wire, a blog devoted to a broad range of environmental news, laws, regulations and upcoming events in the environmental field.

Ed Putnam, Director of Redevelopment, PennJersey Environmental Consulting

Instructor for: The Intersect Between Site Remediation and Renewable Energy Development: What Environmental Practitioners Need to Know

Mr. Putnam has over 40 years experience in the contaminated site remediation field with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), and most recently with PennJersey Environmental Consulting (PEC). Since joining PennJersey Environmental Consulting in 2020 as the Director of Redevelopment, Mr. Putnam has been leading the firm’s efforts to find new opportunities for solar development on Solid Waste Landfills, Brownfields, and Historic Fill sites.

Sarah Redding, LSRP, PG, Roux

Instructor for: Using Artificial Intelligence in Site Remediation

Sara Redding is a Principal Hydrogeologist at Roux, a New Jersey Licensed Site Remediation Professional (LSRP), and a Professional Geologist (PG) in Pennsylvania. She is experienced in characterization and remediation of petroleum, chlorinated solvents, PAHs, metals, DNAPL, and LNAPL, as well as assessment of vapor intrusion conditions and emerging contaminants (i.e., PFAS, 1,4-dioxane). In addition to design and implementation of environmental investigation and remediation, Ms. Redding has experience with environmental forensics, fingerprinting, apportionment, cost-to-closure estimates, and third-party review. Ms. Redding specializes in navigating the ISRA process, management of Sites with complex hydrogeologic settings including multi-aquifer systems and fractured bedrock, management of Sites with complex data management and data evaluation needs. Ms. Redding leads the Geographic Information System (GIS) and Database department for Roux’s New Jersey operations.

Rod Ritchie, PE, PP, Dynamic Engineering Consultants

Instructor for: Navigating Land Use Laws

Rod Ritchie is the South Jersey Branch Manager at Dynamic Engineering Consultants, PC. He is a licensed Professional Engineer and Professional Planner with over 25 years of practical experience in the design and management of commercial, residential, institutional, and industrial land development projects throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Included within his areas of expertise are site layout, grading, stormwater management design, water quality design, environmental impact analysis, land development feasibility studies, and permitting to acquire sanitary sewer extensions, water main extensions, DEP and NJDOT permits, wetland permits, soil erosion control plan/SWPPP certifications, and local/county approvals.  In his career, Mr. Ritchie has worked with industrial, residential, institutional, commercial and mixed-use developers on a variety of different projects.

Susan Rosenwinkle, NJDEP - Division of Water Quality

Instructor for: PFAS Updates from Regulators and Practitioners: Challenges of Navigating the Ever-Evolving Landscape

Susan Rosenwinkel has been with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for 34 years. Susan’s current position is the Assistant Director of the Water Pollution Management Element within the Division of Water Quality. This Element includes the Bureau of Surface Water and Pretreatment Permitting as well as the Bureau of Ground Water Residuals and Permit Administration.  Both these programs manage New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits including discharges to surface water, ground water, residuals and combined sewer overflows.  Susan graduated from the College of Engineering at Rutgers University.

Keith Savel, LSRP, Triumvirate Environmental

Steve Spayd, Ph.D., MPH, PG, Diagnosis Water, LLC

Instructor for: Understanding and Accounting for Geogenic Contaminants

Steven Spayd, PhD, MPH, PG, is a hydrogeologist and public health scientist recently retired from NJDEP where he worked in the Site Remediation Program and New Jersey Geological Survey for 40 years. He worked on many sites with groundwater and well contamination with a focus on water quality and hydrogeology. Investigations ranged from Superfund and radioactive waste to leaking tanks and road salting with an emphasis on sites contaminating public supply wells and private wells. Steve helped design New Jersey’s Well Head Protection Program, was a founding member of the New Jersey Private Well Consortium, and provided technical support for regulation development. His latest work at NJDEP was on the sources and effective water treatment for geogenic contaminants, like arsenic and radionuclides, as well as public health outreach to private well owners in high-risk areas. He has also been an adjunct professor teaching geology and hydrogeology and has coauthored 17 peer-reviewed papers, a book chapter on arsenic in groundwater, and several NJ Geological Survey and NJDEP publications. Currently, he is the Founder of a startup water consulting business called Diagnosis Water, LLC, and the owner of Farmer Steve’s Popcorn.

Matthew Sweet, LSRP, Ramboll Environmental

Instructor for: Site Specific Factors to Consider While Selecting an ISCO or an ISCR Approach

Mr. Sweet is a Managing Consultant at Ramboll, a professional geologist (PG), and NJDEP Licensed Site Remediation Professional (LSRP) specializing in environmental due diligence and remediation including site characterization, remedial investigation, remedial action design and implementation. He has 23 years of experience in soil, groundwater, bedrock, and sediment investigation with an emphasis on industrial and commercial properties impacted by petroleum, chlorinated solvent, creosote coal tar, and manufactured gas plant related contaminants. He has completed environmental remediation using a variety of solutions such as in-situ stabilization, excavation, pump and treat, LNAPL and DNAPL extraction, in-situ oxidation and reduction and subsequently completed reporting to regulatory agencies.     

Jillian Terhune, Project Scientist, Langan Engineering

Instructor for: PFAS Updates from Regulators and Practitioners: Challenges of Navigating the Ever-Evolving Landscape

Jillian Terhune is a Project Scientist based in Langan’s New Haven, CT office. Jillian has twelve years of experience in the environmental industry focused primarily on regulatory compliance, permitting, and emerging contaminants. Jillian has managed regulatory programs in the water industry from source to tap, including drinking water, municipal and industrial wastewater and pretreatment, as well as environmental laboratory accreditation and certification. Her experience includes multimedia environmental compliance and permitting support for water and wastewater treatment systems, as well as regulatory support for environmental reporting technology solutions. Jillian has operated municipal wastewater and water treatment systems and developed industrial pretreatment programs up and down the East coast. Her experience in environmental permitting, managing compliance programs, and as a multimedia system operator spans municipal and industrial clients across the country. She has also co-chaired toxicology and policy subcommittee work on emerging contaminants such as PFAS as well as regional Lead and Copper response initiatives. She holds her M.S in Water Resources and Environmental Science, from the College of Charleston. 

Virginia Wong, USEPA Region 2, Clean Water Regulatory Branch

Instructor for: PFAS Updates from Regulators and Practitioners: Challenges of Navigating the Ever-Evolving Landscape

Virginia Wong is Chief of the Clean Water Regulatory Branch in the Water Division of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2. Region 2 covers New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and eight federally recognized Indian Nations. In her current position, Virginia directs and manages the entire Clean Water Act point source control program, water quality standards, and dredging, sediments and ocean disposal. Virginia graduated with a Chemical Engineering degree from the City College of New York and has over 30 years of experience in water quality, wastewater management, industrial waste, pretreatment, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit and enforcement programs.

Benjamin Zee, LSRP, Applied Earth Solutions, Inc.

Instructor for: Calculating Alternative Remediation Standards for the Ingestion-Dermal and Inhalation Exposure Routes

Benjamin is a Licensed Site Remediation Professional and project manager for Industrial, and commercial properties, retail gasoline stations, and residential remediation projects throughout NJ, eastern PA, and southern NY.  He has an academic background and expertise in Geochemistry, Biology, and Ecology, and earned a Master’s. Degree from Montclair State University. Benjamin has a decade of experience in the environmental consulting field. Working on over 500 Commercial, Public, and Residential sites for Fortune 500 companies, Small Business owners, and homeowners. He additionally has direct knowledge of rules and regulations regarding drinking water sampling including EPA/NJDEP/NJDCF lead and copper (metals) testing in schools and childcare facilities and Non-Community Water Systems.