MBA’s Kathryn Lee of the Fresno Office has been elected as President of the newly formed Central Chapter of the Association of Environmental Professionals. With the goal of establishing a local network of environmental professionals with diverse backgrounds and keen interests in the southern San Joaquin Valley, the foothills and mountains, the Chapter will include members previously with the Superior Chapter as well as professionals throughout Madera, Merced, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, Mono and Inyo and Kern County!
The Chapter held it’s first educational event January 17th, 2008 in Fresno. California State AEP Board President, Kent Norton (also of MBA) was on hand to celebrate the success of this first event which saw a larger than expected crowd. The topic, “How to Analyze Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Determine Significance in CEQA Documents” included a presentation by Cori Wilson of MBA’s Air Quality Group who is based in our Inland Empire office. Ms. Wilson is one of the primary authors of the Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP) paper that investigates approaches to address climate change in the context of the California Environmental Quality Act.
Board Members (from left to right): Legislative Liaison Robert Mansfield of County of Madera Planning Department, VP of Membership and Programs Julie Boyle of Provost & Pritchard Engineering Group, Inc., Secretary Joseph Mendiola of City of Lemoore Planning Department, President Kathryn Lee of Michael Brandman Associates, Newsletter Editor Kristine Johnson of Fresno Metro Flood Control District, Director Chris Enyedy of Kleinfelder, and Treasurer David Young of URS.
"The City of Bakersfield has established a long-term relationship with MBA as environmental consultants. They have successfully completed more than a dozen important environmental documents on schedule and within the budget. All important projects involve a certain degree of problem solving specific to that project. MBA has consistently demonstrated a high level of innovation in finding the solutions."
Marc Gauthier, Principal Planner
City of Bakersfield
