PROGRESS ENVIRONMENTAL - Key Persons

Jay Lawson

Job Titles:
  • Director of Natural Resources

Jeff Ballsieper

Job Titles:
  • Director of Environmental Services
  • Environmental Consultant
  • Principal Geologist / Director of Environmental Services
Education: M.B.A., Wake Forest University; M.S. Hydrogeology, North Carolina State University; B.S., Geology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Joseph S. Lawson III

Job Titles:
  • Director of Ecological Services
Education: M.B.A., Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC; M.S., Biology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; B.A., Biology, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA. Certifications and Training: Collection Protocols for Stream Mitigation and Restoration Projects; Division of Water Quality Stream Classification Method Version 2.0; Wetland Identification and Delineation; 40-Hour HAZWOPER and annual refreshers; Certified Microbial Consultant. Career Summary: Mr. Lawson has more than eighteen years of environmental experience. He is currently the Director of Natural Resources for Progress. Mr. Lawson has extensive experience interacting with regulatory personnel, local resource professionals, interest groups, and private citizens regarding environmental issues. Mr. Lawson has completed numerous UST assessments and closures, as well as Phase I ESAs per ASTM Standards. Mr. Lawson has experience in aquatic systems assessment and environmental restoration programs for municipal, state, and commercial clients. Mr. Lawson is experienced in watershed assessment and analysis, stream evaluation, restoration design and planning, stormwater monitoring, wetland delineation, wetland mitigation planning, wetland monitoring, Section 401/404 permitting, aquatic bioassessment, and water quality monitoring.