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Thomas J. Sullivan, PE
Principal
Senior Licensing
Consultant / Senior Water Resource Engineer
Tom is the Principal in Charge of FERC / Hydroelectric Licensing and
related work at Gomez and Sullivan. In this role, Tom provides strategic
assistance to clients in conducting environmental analysis needed to
meet the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. This
strategic assistance includes licensing process design, planning and
management of technical studies, license document preparation, as well
as negotiation, facilitation and mediation services associated with
settlement agreements. Tom’s technical background includes hydrologic,
hydraulic, water quality and aquatic habitat modeling.
Jerry A. Gomez, PE
Principal
Senior Civil Engineer
Jerry is
responsible for the evaluation and design of hydroelectric power projects, dams
and flood control structures. He is approved by FERC as an Independent
Consultant to prepare Part 12 Safety Inspections and reports of hydroelectric
projects and has served as a facilitator for potential failure modes analysis
for several projects. Jerry's experience includes strategic planning, agency
negotiation, technical consultation, overview and management of environmental
studies, economic and engineering feasibility studies, along with engineering
studies and design for license compliance.
Dave Mishalanie, PE
Senior Civil Engineer
Dave is a
Senior Civil Engineer and Project Manager responsible for engineering, design
and construction projects. He has significant experience in the design,
evaluation and construction of civil and mechanical works for dams, fishways and
hydroelectric projects. He has authored several papers regarding dam
rehabilitation, post-tensioned anchor installation for dam stabilization,
fishway design and construction, and wetland enhancement. Dave is an approved
FERC Part 12 Independent Consultant for performing dam safety inspections in
accordance with FERC guidelines. He is also a facilitator for potential failure
modes analysis.
Russell Coleman, PE
Senior Civil Engineer
Russ has
several years of experience in design, evaluation and construction of civil and
mechanical works for dams, fishways and hydroelectric projects.
His
experience has been varied with a focus on the design and evaluation of civil
and mechanical works for hydraulic structures. Projects have included the
inspection, evaluation, design and construction of earth dams, hydropower
facilities, intakes, gates, and fishways. Other projects have included water
supply and wastewater collection systems, as well as bridge and highway design
and construction, bridge inspections and field inspections.
Bob Thicke
Senior Mechanical
Engineer
Bob has
extensive experience in the design and supervision of hydromechanical and civil
engineering of hydroelectric power projects. His duties have included
specification preparation, design efficiency testing, supervision of the
manufacture, installation, commissioning and maintenance of hydraulic turbines,
generators, pumps, hydraulic gates, cranes and hoists, and bridges. He has also
supervised the design of hydraulic water passages for hydroelectric power
developments including spillways and tailrace channels.
Bill Friers, PE
Senior
Structural
Engineer
Bill has
extensive experience in the design, inspection, evaluation, construction and
rehabilitation of dams, hydroelectric facilities and associated hydraulic
structures. He has served as the lead engineer for the evaluation and
design of remedial repairs for over 50 dams. Bill has been responsible for
license compliance, reservoir management, development of operating/production
philosophy for numerous hydro power plants and preparation of daily generation
schedules for those plants.
Mark Wamser, PE
Senior Water Resource Engineer
Mark has
served as a Project Manager for dam removal, water budget and FERC hydroelectric
relicensing projects. He has been responsible for guiding clients through the
licensing process, as well as through settlement discussions. Mark's technical
background includes the development of simulation models of basin-wide
river/reservoir systems and instream flow studies. The models developed were
used to determine the impact of potential operating changes on station
generation, basin-wide hydrologic regimes, and the subsequent effects on
reservoir and stream habitats.
Matt Putnam, PE
Senior Water Resource Engineer
Matt is
responsible for the hydrologic analysis of watersheds, the hydraulic and
stability analysis of dams, the preparation of environmental reports and license
applications, and the evaluation of various environmental requirements on the
economic viability of hydroelectric and water supply projects. Matt is also
experienced in the design of several site development projects. In his role as
project manager/engineer, he has been involved in all phases of projects such as
transportation, stormwater design, grading, drainage, utility, and erosion
control layout and design, as well as flood plain mapping.
Michele Stottler, PE
Senior Water Resource Engineer
Michele is
experienced in both the engineering and management aspects of civil and
environmental projects for government and commercial clients. Michele's duties
have included hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, instream flow investigations,
water quality monitoring programs, environmental analysis of water resources
projects, preparation of regulatory permits and reports, agency negotiation,
environmental report preparation, engineering reports, construction plans and
specifications, quantity and cost estimates, construction administration, and
coordination of civil design with other engineering and architectural
disciplines.
Bethann McCarthy, PE
Senior Water Resources Engineer
Bethann has significant
experience in the fields of hydrology, hydraulics, dam safety, and a wide array of
knowledge of other water resources topics such as flood mapping and channel
morphology. Her experience includes hydraulic and hydrologic modeling,
GIS-based watershed analysis and mapping, dam breach analysis, dam safety inspections
and hydraulic design for dams. Before
joining Gomez and Sullivan, she worked for several years for the new Hampshire
Department of Environmental Services, where she administered the State's
Emergency Action Plan Program and the Public Waters Program.
Matt Denno, EIT
Water Resources Engineer
Matt's background has focused on GIS
and water resources engineering. His past projects include hydrology and
hydraulics studies, dam failure inundation mapping and development of water
rights and water accounting models. He is experienced with ArcGIS,
HEC-GeoRAS, HEC-GeoHMS, HEC-RAS and HEC-HMS.
Chad Knutti, EIT
Civil Engineer
Chad is a
civil engineer with experience in analyzing concrete gravity dams for stability
along with the effectiveness of trashracks, and downstream fishway structures.
He has also conducted hydraulic evaluations on culverts and natural channels.
Chad has acquired knowledge of both CAD and GIS software.
Damian Gomez, EIT
Civil
Engineer
Damian’s
background includes civil and environmental engineering. His current duties are
comprised of hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, GIS model development,
preparation of engineering drawings, mapping and engineering analysis. He is
adept with AutoCAD, Arc View, HEC-HMS and HEC-RAS.
Rich Rosencrans, EIT
Civil
Engineer
Rich is a
civil engineer who has specialized in the field of water resources. His
academic experience includes engineering hydrology, stream restoration, open
channel flow, and stormwater design. He has experience with hydrology and
hydraulics, and has recently assessed flooding mitigation solutions for a river
in NH.
Jeremy Fennell
Junior Civil
Engineer Technician
Jeremy's background includes civil engineering
technology and basic GIS analysis. His duties are developing and modifying
drawings using AutoCAD and assisting engineers in various aspects of projects,
such as quantity analysis, cost estimates, and file formatting.
Kirk Smith
Hydrologist/Geologist/GIS
Specialist
Kirk is
experienced in performing geologic investigations, developing and testing
hydrologic models, setting up and using GIS databases, as well as managing and
preparing license and permit applications, and overseeing license compliance
studies. He has been involved in a wide variety of projects including instream
flow studies, watershed modeling, environmental analyses of hydropower project
development and operations, and preparing documents for FERC license
applications and state water quality certification.
Alex Levy
Fisheries Biologist/GIS Specialist
Alex's
background has focused on aquatic ecology experience: electro fishing surveys,
fish habitat surveys, fish passage assessments, fish identification, handling
and marking techniques, lotic and lentic water quality analyses, stream flow
measurements and bathymetry surveys. Alex also has an Advanced Diploma in GIS
and has used GIS technology to conduct spatial analysis, develop FERC Exhibit G
drawings, develop data dictionaries and collect DGPS data, and develop thematic
maps.
Jason George
Environmental Scientist
Jason has
extensive experience conducting environmental monitoring, including water
quality and biological health assessments of lakes and rivers throughout the
Northeastern U.S. He has also conducted various sediment quality and quantity
investigations in impounded rivers and natural lakes and has experience
preparing license and permit applications. Jason has also conducted
endangered species studies on shorebirds for the State of New York Department of
Environmental Conservation.
Svetlana Khitrik
GIS Program Manager
Svetlana's
(Lana) range of expertise includes developing and implementing comprehensive GIS
information systems for environmental assessments, underground storage tanks and
fuel consolidation studies, land use, and groundwater impact studies. Lana has
planned and designed field surveys including GIS coverages for environmental
sites, access roads, vegetation type and density. In addition to designing
field data collection systems using GIS and GPS units, Lana has implemented GIS
data layer collections to evaluate and summarize an area’s environmental
resources.
David Frazier
Project Manager
Dave has
extensive experience as a project manager and hydrogeologist. He has managed
the detailed GIS collection of data for vegetation sites, roads, streams, etc.,
to obtain ROW (Right-of-Way) environmental inventories along electrical
transmission corridors. Dave has also overseen the development of an
interactive database system for monitoring environmental status. He has also
overseen the installation of groundwater remedial actions involving trench and
containment wall systems, active source depletion activities, and monitoring and
extraction well systems for the delineation, capture and remediation of
subsurface contaminants.
Josh Hayes
Environmental Scientist / Deputy Project
Manager
Josh has extensive experience as an
environmental scientists. He has performed wetland and stream delineations and
functional assessments, protected species surveys and project impact analysis,
has managed an prepared numerous state and federal permit applications, and has
assisted in developing Environmental Impact Statements for roadway projects.
Josh is also experienced in wetland and stream mitigation design,
implementation, and monitoring, water quality sampling, industrial and
construction stormwater permit compliance, and local government MS4 stormwater
permit compliance.
Paul Breier
GIS Programmer
Paul's
background focuses on GIS database analysis and programming. During his studies
at State University of New York at Buffalo, Paul performed extensive research
using various GIS programs to address the issues of traffic congestion on Main
Street in Amherst, NY. Paul has also worked with the New York State Department
of Cyber Security & Critical Infrastructure Coordination where he developed
Visual Basic scripts using ArcObjects, programmed and managed a Microsoft Access
Database, and implemented data improvements in ArcGIS.
Joseph J. Nocek
Environmental Scientist / GIS Analyst
Mr. Nocek has over 10 years
of professional experience with GIS involving: GIS database creation,
maintenance and data additions. Mr. Nocek has in depth understanding of
numerous GIS formats both native and external and is very proficient at
converting dissimilar datasets into a standardized GIS. Mr. Nocek is also
well versed in complex hardcopy map production. In addition to GIS work,
Mr. Nocek has also performed field work utilizing his forestry background to
collect GPS data for habitat delineation of potential threatened and endangered
animals as well as wetland delineation.
Kendra Gorski
Environmental
Scientist
Kendra’s
background is centered on environmental and forest biology. Field experience
includes the identification of flora and fauna, biological inventory/sampling
methods for terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and the
observation/interpretation of habitats, population dynamics and ecological roles
of animals. She also investigated and researched the effect of forest stand
composition on the appearance of Beech Bark Disease.
Bill Humm
Senior
Facilitator
Bill’s
expertise is focused on performing as a professional neutral in the design and
implementation of processes to resolve environmental disputes. He is a skilled
facilitator in a wide variety of meeting types. Bill’s work has covered a broad
spectrum of environmental, land use, and energy issues, including hydropower
licensing, solid and hazardous waste management dredging, water supply for ski
area snowmaking, chemical weapons destruction, and wastewater treatment plant
siting. He is also an experienced mediator, and is on the roster of
environmental facilitators/mediators of the U.S. Institute for Environmental
Conflict Resolution.
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