Service Area Leaders
SITE INVESTIGATION AND REMEDIATION
Robert “Bob” Kick, P.G., C.H.M.M., leads The Forrester Group’s Site Investigation and Remediation Service Area. Bob is a Professional Geologist and a hydrogeologist with more than 27 years of industry and environmental consulting experience, bringing results-oriented solutions to meet client needs.
The Forrester Group’s Site Investigation and Remediation team is composed of Professional Engineers, Professional Geologists, Certified Hazardous Materials Managers, former senior-level regulators, projects managers, and data management experts. So, when a complex problem requires more than one type of expertise, tool or approach, we are able to draw on this team to develop the most beneficial integrated solution.
Contact: bobbob #AT# forrestergroup.com or 417-864-6444, Extension 121.
LITIGATION SUPPORT SERVICES
Led by Ray Forrester, co-owner and President of The Forrester Group, our Litigation Support team includes engineers, geologists, hydrogeologists, and researchers who have worked together on environmental litigation cases and PRP issues throughout the U.S. Ray Forrester is a nationally-recognized authority in PRP identification and remedial cost allocation. He has performed all phases of investigation and remediation, negotiated at all levels of government, worked with multiple PRPs, conducted chemical fingerprinting to determine PRP liability, and performed a variety of expert work related to remediation, remedial costs, cost allocation, remedy evaluation, regulatory requirements, and other related issues.
Contact: rayray #AT# forrestergroup.com or 417-864-6444, Extension 117.
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Brian Symons, P.E., serves our clients as the leader of The Forrester Group’s Environmental Engineering Practice. As team leader of this multi-disciplinary team that includes scientists, geologists, and former senior-level regulators, he sets the strategy and ensures delivery. Through his abilities to transform complex situations into manageable projects, he can quickly filter out the non-critical elements of a persistent, multi-media environmental site issue or a complex litigation case to bring an early focus on the solution or crux of the issue.
Contact: brianbrian #AT# forrestergroup.com or 913-469-0686, Extension 412.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY COMPLIANCE AND TRAINING SERVICES
Sandra Potter, P.G., C.H.M.M, leads The Forrester Group’s Compliance team. She is an ISO 14001 EMS Lead Auditor who has delivered projects involving all phases of environmental issues, including compliance; permitting; environmental, and health and safety auditing; due diligence for acquisitions and mergers; litigation support; and site investigation and remediation under CERCLA, RCRA, and state voluntary cleanup programs.
Our compliance team includes former senior-level regulators, trained auditors, and experienced, industrial environmental managers.
Contact: sandrasandra #AT# forrestergroup.com or 417-864-6444, Extension 119.
SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTING
Kathy Rankin has over 25 years of experience in managing complex projects in the U.S. and U.K. She has led initiatives to introduce innovative service concepts in Fortune 500 industries as both an outside consultant and at Director-level within industry. She leads the sustainability practice area, which includes team members with environmental, engineering, and public decision-making expertise.
Her insights into corporate decision-making, marketing, and market research have been instrumental in her successes in supporting industry initiatives. Her more recent environmental consulting experience, combined with her understanding of internal and external business drivers gives her a unique perspective and ability to guide businesses through the transition to more sustainable business practices.
Contact: kathykathy #AT# forrestergroup.com or 417-864-6444, Extension 115.
FACILITATION, MEDIATION, AND COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS
Shawn Grindstaff, Senior Mediator for The Forrester Group, leads the Facilitation, Mediation, and Collaborative Solutions Practice. He is on the U.S. National Roster of Environmental Dispute Resolution and Consensus-Building Professionals, making him a sought-after environmental collaborative expert for a wide range of client initiatives. His commitment to publicly-inclusive consensus-building and community involvement in environmental issues has been recognized five times through city council resolutions, mayoral honors, Chamber of Commerce awards, and statewide environmental awards. Broader recognition includes a 1999 National Phoenix Award for Brownfields Site Selection and Community Impact at a restored Brownfields area in southeast Missouri. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Region VII has honored his work on three separate occasions.
Contact: shawnshawn #AT# forrestergroup.com or 636-728-1034, Extension 216.
REGULATORY ADVOCACY
Our regulatory advocacy professionals include former senior-level regulators; proven negotiators and lobbyists. Their unparalleled insight into key processes and people make them a valuable asset to our clients, an asset that saves them money.
John Young and Kevin Perry lead this team. During his 29-year career with MDNR, Mr. Young served as DEQ Director and as a leader of many agency and inter-agency teams. Mr. Perry is a lobbyist and former President of the premier state-wide business association influencing environmental policy on behalf of industrial clients.
Contact: kevinkevin #AT# forrestergroup.com or 573-636-7000, Extension 512.