Meet our leadership team:
Our goal is to provide clients with a level of personal commitment and company reliability not found elsewhere. Together with our Senior Associates and technical and operational professionals, we are always aspiring to enhance our capabilities so we can better serve our clients’ needs.
Meet our technical and operational professionals:
The Ascent in-house team consists of many devoted professionals who are more than just highly qualified and competent environmental, planning, urban design, natural resources, and climate change consultants. These environmental professionals also believe in the firm’s basic values and contribute strongly every day to making Ascent a caring, nimble, supportive, forward-thinking, enjoyable, and original company.
Adriana Alba
Proposal Manager
Corey Alling
Graphics and
Communications Specialist
Carlos Alvarado
Wildlife Biologist
Jazmin Amini
Transportation and
Environmental Planner
Dimitri Antoniou, AICP
Air Quality, Climate Change,
and Noise Specialist
Jessica Babcock
Environmental Planner
Christine Babla, AIA, AICP, LEED AP
Director of Urban Design
and Planning, San Diego
Sean Bechta
Senior Environmental
Project Manager
Tammie Beyerl
Senior Botanist and
Wetland Ecologist
Heather Blair
Senior Environmental
Project Manager
Kristi Black, JD
Senior Environmental
Project Manager
Lily Bostrom
Senior Environmental Planner
Lisa Bradford
Project Accountant
Stacey Bradford
Senior Lead Project Accountant
Pam Brillante
Biologist
Jessica Buehrle
Senior Lead Project Accountant
Kirsten Burrowes
Environmental Planner
Latonya Carson
Project Accountant
Alta Cunningham
Architectural Historian/
Environmental Planner
Kathleen Cuschieri
Biologist/
Environmental Planner
Mike Eng
Senior Natural Resources Specialist
Suzanne Enslow
Senior Project Manager
Jim Foust
Marketing Coordinator
Allison Fuller
Wildlife Biologist
Claudia Garcia
Environmental Planner
Matthew Gelbman, AICP
Planner
Heidi Gen Kuong, AICP
Planner/
Project Manager
Nanette Hansel
Senior Project Manager
Steve Henderson
Senior Wildlife Biologist
Tasha Hengl
Contracts Administrator
Sarah Henningsen
Environmental Planner
Shannon Hickey
Botanist and
Wetland Ecologist
Brenda C. Hom
Air Quality and
Climate Change Specialist
Shaurya Johari
Climate Change Analyst
Kelley Kelso, CPESC
Environmental Scientist
J. Austin Kerr
Senior Air Quality,
Climate Change,
and Noise Specialist
Jamie Kirchner
Administrative Assistant
Hannah Kornfeld, AICP
Air Quality and
Climate Change Specialist
Rachel Kozloski, CPSS
Soil Scientist/
Environmental Planner
Dan Krekelberg
Climate Planning Specialist
Gayiety Lane
Document Production Specialist
Sangwoo Lee, AICP, LEED AP
Senior Urban Designer
Adam Lewandowski, AICP
Senior Project Manager
Erin Longo
Senior Project Accountant
Kai Lord-Farmer
Air Quality and
Climate Change Analyst
Chris Lovett, PhD
Air Quality and Noise Specialist
Marianne Lowenthal
Environmental Planner
Tiffany Lunday
Environmental Planner
Masury Lynch
Environmental Analyst
Andrew Martin
Senior Environmental Planner
Michele Mattei
Document Production Specialist
Jim Merk
Editor/Project Coordinator
Lisa Merry
GIS Specialist/
Resource Analyst
Zachary Miller, AICP
Transportation and
Environmental Planner
Richa Nanavati
Environmental Planner
Phi V. Ngo
GIS Specialist/
Resource Analyst
Jessica Mitchell, AICP
Environmental Planner
Chelsey Payne, AICP
Director of Urban Design
and Planning, Sacramento
Brian Perry
Senior Publications
and Graphics Specialist
Rebecca Pope
Research Analyst
Fred Pree
Senior Lead Project Accountant
Tracy Prybyla, PACE
Office Administrator
Lara Rachowicz, PhD
Senior Environmental Project Manager/Senior Ecologist
Cori Resha, JD
Environmental Planner
Juan Reynoso
Public Health Planner/
Urban Planner
Charlie Richmond
Senior Environmental
Director
Sam Ruderman
Climate Change Analyst
Francisca (Fran) Ruger
Senior Environmental
Project Manager
Christy Ryan, CPSM
Marketing Manager
Parminder Sarow
Project Accountant
Carrie Simmons
Environmental Analyst
John Singlaub
Senior Environmental Planner
Andrea Shephard, PhD
Senior Environmental Project Manager
Kristen Stoner
Environmental Project Manager
Anh Thai, LEED AP
Senior Planner and
Urban Designer
Ted Thayer
Wildlife Biologist
Kim Untermoser
Planner
Andrea Villarroel
Urban Designer
Alyssa Way
Air Quality and
Climate Change Analyst
Ricky Williams, AICP
Transportation and
Environmental Planner
Julia Wilson
Air Quality and
Climate Change Specialist
Suzanne Wirth
Marketing Administrator
Angie Xiong
Environmental and
Sustainability Planner
Emilie Zelazo
Environmental Planner/
Cultural Resource
Specialist