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Environmental Career Path Profiles

Many environmental fields contribute to planning, building, and operating a sustainable transportation network. The people who bring these skills and their passion to work in transportation organizations help to mitigate the environmental impacts of our expansive mobility, and identify, design and operate new mobility systems for the future. A report available from the University of Vermont Transportation Research Center specifically focuses on how to attract a new generation of transportation workers into these environmental career pathways.

Below are links to 14 interview profiles of professionals that are working within 11 different fields of environmental-based transportation work, including:

  1. Fish, Wildlife & Rare Species
  2. Transit & TDM
  3. Bicycle & Pedestrian Initiative
  4. Planning & Modeling
  5. Water Quality
  6. Noise Abatement
  7. Hydrological Studies
  8. Community Impact Assessment
  9. Cultural Resources
  10. Waste Management & Remediation
  11. Hazardous Materials

These profiles are offered to help guide and inspire students and young professionals who might be evaluating future career choices in either environmental or transportation fields.

Environmental Work in the Transportation Sector – Career Profiles

Name

Title Organization Undergraduate Degree Graduate Degree

Field(s)

Patti Kallfelz-Wertz Environmental Scientist VHB- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. Ecology 1- Fish, Wildlife & Rare Species
James Brady Environmental Biologist Vermont Agency of Transportation Ecology 1- Fish, Wildlife & Rare Species
Lori Zeller Transportation Planner Foursquare ITP Planning, Geography City and Regional Planning, Transportation 2- Transit and TDM;

4- Planning & Modeling

Nicole Freeman Director of Transportation Planning City of Newton, MA Urban Planning, Economics 2- Transit and TDM;

3- Bicycle & Pedestrian Initiatives; 4- Planning & Modeling

David Sorrell Mobility Solutions Programs & Transportation Demand Administration University of California, Berkeley Parking and Transportation Department Public Administration Organizational Development and Leadership 2- Transit and TDM
Jeff Owen Strategic Planning Coordinator TriMet Landscape Architecture City and Regional Planning, Transportation 2- Transit and TDM;

3- Bicycle & Pedestrian Initiatives;

4- Planning & Modeling

Emma Chapman Bike Train Operator Divvy Bicycle Share History of Art & Political Science, Architectural History & Urban Studies MBA, Finance & Public Accounting 2- Transit and TDM;

3- Bicycle & Pedestrian Initiatives; 4- Planning & Modeling

Eleni Churchill Transportation Program Manager Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission Civil Engineering Civil Engineering 4- Planning & Modeling
Emily Nosse-Leirer Planner Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission Urban Geography Urban Geography 4- Planning & Modeling
Robert Widley Water Resources Engineer VHB- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. Environmental Studies Water Resources Engineering 5- Water Quality;

7-Hydrological Studies

Scott Edwards Senior Associate Cross-Spectrum Acoustics Acoustical Engineering & Music 6- Noise Abatement,

8- Community Impact Assessment

Kaitlin O’Shea Preservation Planner VHB- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. Historic Preservation Historic Preservation 9- Cultural Resources
Paige Cornell Environmental Scientist VHB- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. Environmental Science, Geology, Geospatial Technologies 10- Waste Management & Remediation;

11- Hazardous Materials

Charlie Farmer Environmental Engineer VHB- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. Environmental Science Environmental Engineering 5- Water Quality;

10- Waste Management & Remediation

The design and collection of profiles for this page was conducted by Marissa McFadden, a UVM graduate student working as a research assistant at the Transportation Research Center through funding from the National Center for Sustainable Transportation at UC Davis.

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