ECOSYSTEM SERVICES - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Senior Water Resources Engineer
- Water Resources Engineer
Alex is a licensed water resources engineer with over a decade of experience in the fields of stream restoration, hydrologic & hydraulic modeling, storm sewer & culvert design, floodplain modeling, stormwater management and dam safety compliance. His design approach intertwines these different elements with site opportunities and constraints to create sustainable and impactful solutions.
He has led stream restoration efforts in both urban and rural watersheds utilizing natural channel design techniques. Alex relies heavily on site-specific hydrologic, hydraulic and geomorphological data to develop restoration designs that are uniquely adapted to their environment. His stormwater management experience includes the design of underground pipe detention systems, detention & retention ponds, dry swales and level spreaders. Alex has assisted multiple private and public dam owners in achieving compliance with Virginia dam safety regulations. His experience in this field includes the development of inspection reports, operation & maintenance certificate applications, dam break inundation zone studies and emergency action plans. Alex enjoys being involved throughout the life cycle of a project, from the initial field work and data collection to construction administration and post-construction monitoring and inspections.
Job Titles:
- Senior Water Resources Engineer
- Water Resources Engineer
Amy is a Water Resources Engineer designing stream restoration projects since 2008 and stormwater management projects since 2005. She has designed miles of stream restoration using natural channel design principles and process based restoration methods including beaver dam analogs and low-tech solutions. Her stormwater experience includes dozens of Low Impact Design (LID) stormwater systems in highly urbanized watersheds including many Regenerative Stormwater Conveyance (RSC), constructed wetland, and bioretention systems. She supports the design process from assessment through construction. Amy prioritizes collaboration focusing on communication and teamwork as the foundation of success. Amy is helping to expand our efforts to restore ecosystems in North Carolina while supporting our Virginia Team. In this role, she's excited to expand her knowledge of local habitats and cultivate new business opportunities.
Job Titles:
- Environmental Scientist
- Senior Environmental Scientist & Operations Manager
Annemarie is a trained environmental scientist with over a decade of experience in natural resource management. The better part of those years has been spent learning about the many complex issues facing the Chesapeake Bay and supporting restoration and protection of the Bay watershed.
Since joining Ecosystem Services in 2015 as a Project Scientist, Annemarie's role has evolved to include technical and administrative responsibilities. In her current role as a Project Manager and Operations Coordinator, she works with clients to find technically sound and feasible solutions that are clear, logical, and achievable within the budget and timeline of project funders. She then coordinates technical teams and develops workplans to implement projects.
Her work is dedicated to thoughtful management of natural resources that prioritizes inclusive and transparent goal setting. She has been fortunate to work collaboratively with partners to create multi-benefit projects that achieve measurable results for conserving and restoring rivers, wetlands, and other important ecosystems. The Linville Creek Stream Restoration Project highlights her ability to tie together habitat considerations, educational outreach, and water quality to create outcomes that are valued by diverse users. Other highlights of her work include grant and technical writing for the Upper Rapidan Eastern Brook Trout Initiative and the Rivanna Prioritization Study.
Using science as a guide, Annemarie emphasizes adaptive management and nature-based solutions. Where appropriate, she advocates for low-tech solutions that repair degraded systems by kick-starting ecological processes.
Job Titles:
- Government / Minor Environmental Science, College of William & Mary
Colin Huber is a biologist and environmental scientist with a background working in a number of distinct environments and ecosystems. From the desert southwest to the Appalachian Mountains, he has experience in conducting various types of surveys for rare and endangered bats, reptiles, amphibians, fish, plants, and insects. He has worked cooperatively with the private and public sectors on a wide array of ecological restoration projects including stream and wetland restorations, prescribed burns, bat gate installation, invasive species management plans, and pollinator plantings.
As a Staff Scientist with Ecosystem Services, he conducts environmental assessments prior to project implementation and follows up with monitoring post implementation. His respect and appreciation of the natural world and all its inhabitants drives the work he does.
Job Titles:
- Environmental Scientist & Field Services Lead
Job Titles:
- Erosion and Sediment Control Inspector
Job Titles:
- Administrator
- Erosion and Sediment Control Inspector / Stormwater Inspector
Jackson has a wide range of professional experiences that make him well-suited to creating solutions unique to Ecosystem Services. He is responsible for client invoicing, assisting with company finance & budgets, insurance administration, and fielding the day-to-day needs of the ES team.
Among the many contributions Jackson has made to improve company efficiency, he has improved the coordination between project teams and managers, clients and administrative staff by developing and organizing tools that carefully track project budgets & schedules.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder
- AOSE PSS CNMP Principal Soil Scientist
Jon is co-founder and the principal environmental scientist with more than 14 years of experience in the environmental consulting industry. His administration roles include managing the company's finances, in addition to developing business development and marketing strategies. He also serves as the firm's principal environmental scientist, serving in a Team Facilitator and Project Manager capacity. Although Jon's role has been evolving over the years, he still enjoys getting into the field and working directly with clients.
Jordan Chambers is an environmental scientist with a background in restoring Virginia's ecosystems. He has experience in monitoring restored forests, streams, and wetlands, maintaining MS4 BMPs, and developing comprehensive plans to restore various habitats throughout the state. He has worked alongside clients to provide holistic vegetation management solutions that limit the dependence on herbicide to restore native plant communities.
As a Field Technician with Ecosystem Services, he conducts environmental assessments prior to project implementation, and follows up with monitoring post implementation. As an avid woodworker and plant ecologist he enjoys playing a part in the process that restores the diversity and health of the places he loves.
Job Titles:
- Lead Stream Restoration Specialist
- Specialist
Kyle is a stream restoration specialist with over 15 years of experience in stream restoration design and construction. Kyle began his career conducting natural resource surveys and permitting, which provided a strong foundation for implementation focused design. He has studied and designed a wide range of small to large stream and river corridors in both urban and rural watersheds in the Mid-Atlantic. With each unique restoration project, Kyle focuses on developing restoration design approaches that are founded on fluvial geomorphological processes and principles and supported by the analytical assessment of hydraulics, sediment transport, and vegetation (ecohydraulics).
Job Titles:
- Environmental Planner
- Mitigation Banking Specialist
Lisa is an environmental planner with a background in field ecology, stormwater management engineering, and regulatory compliance. In her role as a mitigation banking specialist, Lisa works with our science and design department to guide projects through the regulatory process. Her strength as a communicator, understanding of land management and ecology, and experience in both regulatory and consulting roles gives her the perspective to assist our clients in establishing environmental banking projects.
Lisa has a keen interest in landscape ecology and loves to think about the big picture in conservation, particularly in the context of a changing climate. At the same time, she is fascinated by how the hyper-local site characteristics create a unique ecosystem for each project site. Lisa finds it fulfilling to be able to pull together the engineered design documents with the ecological monitoring data into a cohesive package to tell the story of each site.
Megan is an experienced design technician with a background in geographic information systems and sustainable resource management. She has honed her experience through graduate studies, technical trainings, and experience providing civil engineering services in local and federal governments. She comes to Ecosystem Services after seven years working with NRCS to draft and design conservation practices.
The Mossy Creek Restoration Project highlights her ability to collaborate with designers and project managers to provide CAD drafting and plan set management to create high quality restoration design plans. For the mitigation bank, Megan drafted details to create backwater habitat, mid channel jams, and beaver dam analog structures designed to support natural channel processes and restore habitat to the well-known trout stream.
Job Titles:
- Combined Administrator for Stormwater and Erosion & Sediment Control
Kip Mumaw enjoys working in and thinking about dynamic systems. Whether it's stream corridors and wetlands or our evolving business ecosystem, Kip finds the complexity of these environments rewarding. Kip works with our technical staff as a Team Facilitator to problem solve and coordinate our efforts across multiple disciplines and projects. In his administrative and leadership role, Kip creates value-based strategies for our company's operations that improve our culture, our resilience as a business, and our work products.
In addition to supporting project Teams, Kip continues to lead engineering and design services to many of our stormwater management and ecological restoration projects. A project that represents his technical abilities is the restoration of wetlands in the Cavalier Wildlife Management Area. The project was fascinating from a hydrologic modeling perspective - developing an integrated surface and groundwater model to predict the effect of engineered water control structures - and combined wildlife goals with flood and wildfire resiliency to mitigate the effects of our changing climate. Kip worked with project partners including the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct educational and informational presentations and site tours to communicate the outcomes and purpose of the project. Working with strong partners such as these is one of the highlights of his career.