Kay Crouch
President

Education:
B.S., Biology, 1975, Stephen F. Austin State University
M.S., Biology/Aquatic Ecology, 1978, Stephen F. Austin State University
Duke University, Nichols School of Environmental and Earth Sciences, 2004-05, NEPA Courses

Other Training:
Wetland Delineation Training, Texas A & M Extension Service, 1995
OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER Training, 1993, Current with 8-Hour Refresher 2008
TxDOT 404/401 Wetland Permitting Training, August 2005
Preparing and Documenting Environmental Impact Analysis, Duke University 2004
Implementation of NEPA, Duke University 2005
Accounting for Cumulative Effects in the NEPA Process, Duke University 2005
Socio-Economic Impact Analysis for NEPA, Duke University 2005

Professional Experience Summary

Kay Crouch co-founded Crouch Environmental Services, Inc. (CESI) in 1993.  The company provides wetland delineation, permitting and mitigation, environmental site assessment, public involvement, and other general environmental consulting services to a variety of clients in private industry as well as local, state and federal agencies.  The company has completed over 700 environmental projects since its start-up. Ms. Crouch has 31 years of experience performing wetland investigations, including delineations in accordance with the 1987 U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Wetlands Delineation Manual.  She has procured dozens of Clean Water Act Section 404 permits and Clean Water Act 401 Water Quality Certifications (404/401 permits), prepared countless NEPA documents, and performed hundreds of Environmental Site Assessments. 

Ms. Crouch has performed wetland delineations and procured 404/401 permits for the Port of Houston Authority, Harris County Flood Control District, the Harris County Public Infrastructure Department, Exxon Land Development, Inc., Initial DSI Trucking, Sullivan Enterprises, and many other clients.  She has performed wetland determinations and wetland delineations for all of the clients listed above, as well as for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Houston Independent School District, the Texas Department of Transportation, Texas Parks and Wildlife, ExxonMobil and numerous private developers. Her extensive permitting experience includes procurement of USACE 404/401 and Nationwide wetland permits, RCRA permits, Section 10 permits, Coastal Zone Management Area Determinations, Coast Guard Bridge Permits, and Texas General Land Office easements. 

Environmental inventories and preparation of documents complying with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) are another area of specialization for Ms. Crouch.  She has prepared dozens of NEPA documents since 1978.  Recently, she prepared all or part of NEPA documents for transportation projects (TxDOT and Harris County), liquid natural gas facilities (Freeport LNG for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Vista Del Sol project for ExxonMobil), and port facilities (the Bayport Container Terminal and Cargo Road for the USACE and the Port of Houston Authority).  Currently, she is involved in the preparation of an Environmental Assessment for a dredged material placement area for the Port of Houston Authority.

Ms. Crouch has extensive experience in community relations and public outreach.  Since 1999, she has provided public involvement support to the Galveston District of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Clear Creek Flood Damage Reduction project, the Greens Bayou Flood Damage Reduction project, the Sims Bayou Recreation Plan, and the Colorado River Locks Project.  She has planned and facilitated several public meetings in compliance with NEPA, including scoping and interim public meetings for flood damage reduction and transportation projects.

Recent projects include:

• Phase I and Phase II ESA for the Haden Road/Diamond Alkali Road project, Harris County, Texas
  
  
• Environmental Assessment for Beltway 8 Dredged Material Disposal Area at Jacintoport
  
  
• Environmental Impact Statement, Freeport Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Facility
  
  
• Stolthaven Mitigation Project, Armand Bayou Nature Center, Harris County, Texas
  
  
• Wetlands Delineation and Permitting, Atascocita Site, Harris County, Texas
  
  
• Wetlands, Phase II -- Roadway Improvement Project, Haden Road, Harris County, Texas
  
  
• Wetlands Delineation and Permitting – Improvement of Garth Road, Harris County, Texas
  
  
• Wetlands Delineation, Permitting and Mitigation – Barge Terminal on Cedar Bayou, Chambers County, Texas
  
  
• METRO Solutions Light Rail Project – Public Involvement
  
  
• Clear Creek General Reevaluation Report – Flood Damage Reduction – Public Involvement
  
  
• METRO Solutions Light Rail Project – Communications and Marketing, Public Involvement
  
  

                                                                                                        



Greg Crouch
Vice President

Education:
B.A., Biology, Minor in Cultural Anthropology, 1974, Sam Houston State University
M.S., Biology/ Ecology, 1977, Stephen F. Austin State University
M.B.A., Business, 1990, University of Texas at Austin
Duke University, 2004-05, 100-Hour NEPA Training

Professional Experience Summary

Mr. Greg Crouch has 32 years of experience conducting biological assessments, including wetlands delineations and endangered species surveys.  He has significant permitting and regulatory liaison experience, including USACE Section 404/401 permits for major development projects.  He has also performed hundreds of environmental site assessments (Phase I and II), asbestos assessments, prepared dozens of SWPPP and SPCC plans, prepared a large number of NEPA documents (EAs and EISs), and performed a wide variety of general environmental consulting services for both private and public-sector clients.  His recent experience includes work on the biological sections of an EIS for a major container terminal on Galveston Bay, work on the biological information for two EAs for major highway or roadway expansions in Texas, and work on the biological sections of an EIS for a major LNG terminal on the Texas coast.  He also recently performed an extensive wetland investigation on a site on the Texas coast that is destined to become a nature preserve near Freeport, Texas.

Recent projects include:

• Pearland Parkway Wetlands Mitigation – City of Pearland, Brazoria County, Texas
  
  
• Wetlands Delineation and Permitting, Barry Rose Roadway Improvement Project – City of Pearland, Brazoria County, Texas
  
  
• Project Environmental Impact Statement, Freeport Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Facility
  
  
• Stolthaven Mitigation Project, Armand Bayou Nature Center, Harris County, Texas
  
  
• Wetlands Mitigation Site Selection, Wetland Permitting, Cultural Resources Survey, Design and Construction, 60-Acre Brownwood Marsh Restoration Project, Baytown, Harris County, Texas
  
  
• Wetlands Delineation, Permitting and Mitigation Planning – 20,000+ acres of Texas Coastal Development – Confidential Clients
  
  
• Listed Species Surveys and Mitigation Planning – Nationwide but currently on-going on 20,000+ acres of Coastal Texas
  
  
• Wetlands Delineation and Permitting, Port of Houston Authority, Wharf 33, Harris County, Texas
  
  
• Master Plan for the Baytown Nature Center City of Baytown
  
  
• Wetlands Mitigation, Construction of a 3.2-acre salt marsh, Port of Houston Authority – Harris County, Texas

David Young
Environmental Consultant

Education:
B.S., Marine Biology, 1993, Texas A&M University at Galveston

Professional Experience Summary

Mr. Young has recently joined CESI and is located in our Plano, Texas office.  He brings with him a breadth of experience conducting biological assessments, including jurisdictional and wetland delineations, submerged resource surveys, Essential Fish Habitat assessments, habitat evaluations and endangered species surveys.  He has substantial permitting experience, including USACE Section 404/401 permits, USACE Section 10 RHA permits, US Coast Guard permits (Section 9 RHA), and sovereignty submerged land authorizations (TGLO, FDEP/FDNR) for varying types of land development, flood control, land development, transportation and linear projects. He has been involved with the preparation of NEPA documents for several clients, but has primarily focused on transportation projects (FDOT, TxDOT and ADOT) in recent years.  Mr. Young has experience with ecosystems along the Gulf coast, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, and Arizona.


Recent projects include:

Mr. Young’s recent projects include:

• Prime Outlets of Grand Prairie, USACE Permitting and Mitigation – Grand Prairie, Texas
  
  
• Cotton Lane Bridge, USACE Permitting Mitigation and Flood Control - Buckeye and Goodyear,    Arizona
  
  
• Environmental Assessment, Southwest Pipeline – Dallas County, Texas
  
  
• Environmental Assessment, US 380 – Frisco and Prosper, Texas
  
  
• Environmental Assessment, FM 720 – Little Elm, Texas
  
  
• Re-Evaluation of Categorical Exclusion, Montfort Drive – Dallas, Texas
  
  
• Categorical Exclusion, US 75 Frontage Roads – Richardson and Plano, Texas
  
  
• Categorical Exclusion, Spur 348 – Las Colinas/Irving, Texas
  
  
• Categorical Exclusion, IH 30 Interchange at John King Boulevard – Rockwall, Texas
  
  
• Environmental constraints analysis, Wilson Creek Force Main - McKinney, Texas
  
  
• Categorical Exclusions (15+) - ADOT Statewide On-Call Contract

                                                                                                        


Ryan Robol
Sr. Project Manager

Education:
M.E.S., Biology, 2002, College of Charleston, SC
B.S., Biology, 1999, University of North Carolina

Other Training:
River Course Level I, North Carolina State University Restoration Program, 2008
Rapanos Guidance Workshop, US Army Corps of Engineers, 2008
River Course Level II, North Carolina State University Restoration Program, 2008

Professional Experience Summary

Mr. Robol is an environmental scientist with more than 6 years of experience. Mr. Robol's current responsibilities include: wetlands consulting, delineating, mitigation/master planning, permitting, project management, wetland restoration/creation, vegetation monitoring, endangered species surveying, proposal preparation and report writing.

Biological and Wetlands Consulting Experience:  Performed numerous wetland delineations/jurisdictional determinations throughout coastal and piedmont areas of South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, Georgia and Maine; Utilized Global Positioning System (GPS) and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) technologies for mapping significant natural resources;  Performed habitat and wildlife assessments, endangered and threatened species assessments, USACE and state environmental permitting for impacts to waters and wetlands, Phase I Environmental Site Assessments; Wetland mitigation monitoring;  Performed species specific surveys and monitoring of gopher tortoise, bald eagle, and osprey; NEPA documentation.

Biological Sampling and Aquaculture Experience:  Field collection of macrobenthos, disease monitoring via histopathological processing of marine shellfish tissues, Larval recruitment and population assessment of marine shellfish, Maintenance of electronic databases containing biological parameters, Collection and tagging marine fish species for biological and environmental databases, Research on economics and performance of juvenile queen conch feed in aquaculture hatchery environment.   

Relevant Experience:

USACE Permitting

• Starbluff, Horry County, South Carolina (Nationwide permit)
• County Line Road, Charleston County, South Carolina (Nationwide permit)
• Georgetown Estates, Georgetown County, South Carolina (Individual permit)
• Rolling Hills Site, Clay County, Florida (Nationwide Permit)

Phase I Environmental Site Assessments

• Cullison Site, Jackson County, Georgia (919 acres)
• Brand Site, Jackson County, Georgia (1267 acres)
• Forestar Tract, Jackson County, Georgia (181 acres)
• Brinks Site, Forsyth County, North Carolina (5 acres)

Stream Rehabilitation

• John Rolfe Parkway Stream Mitigation, Henrico County, Virginia (600 linear feet)

Water Resources Management

• City of Brunswick, Georgia Watershed Assessment

Wetland Delineation and Jurisdictional Determination

• Tussahaw Transmission Main, Henry County, Georgia (11 linear miles)
• Little River Water Reclamation Plant Site, Newton County, Georgia (101 acres)
• Maine Power Connection, Peobscot and Aroostook Counties, Maine (42 linear miles)
• Southern Railway, Dorchester County, South Carolina (400 acres)
• Millstream Place, Lexington County, South Carolina (23-acres)
• The Plantation at Winyah Bay, Georgetown County, South Carolina (78 acres)
• Harmony Hall, Charleston County, South Carolina (584 acres)
• County Line Road, Charleston County, South Carolina (107 acres)
• Georgetown Estates, Georgetown County, South Carolina (120 acres)
• Georgia Highway 40, Camden County, Georgia (200 acres)
• Riverdale, St. Johns County, Florida (1500 acres)
• Harvey Estate, Berkeley County, South Carolina (275 acres)

Wetland Mitigation Monitoring

• Cane Bay, Berkeley County, South Carolina
• Gramercy Farms, Osceola County, Florida
• Reflectance Drive Site, Berkeley County, South Carolina

Endangered and Threatened Species Surveys and Consulting

• Harmony Hall, Charleston, South Carolina (584 acre E&T Survey)
• Cullison Site, Jackson County, Georgia (919 acre E&T Survey)
• Brand Site, Jackson County, Georgia (1267 acre E&T Survey)
• Forestar Tract, Jackson County, Georgia (181 acre E&T Survey)
• Rolling Hills Site, Clay County, Florida (Incidental Take Permit)

NEPA Documentation

• The Vineyards at Lake Wylie, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (FERC Environmental Assessment)

Matt Chastain
Sr. Environmental Scientist & Project Manager

Education:
B.S., Renewable Natural Resources, 2007, Texas A&M University
M.N.R.D., Natural Resource Development, 2011, Texas A&M University – in progress

Other Training:
Wetland Delineation Training Course, Wetland Training Institute; Houston, Texas, 2008
Great Plains Regional Supplement, Wetland Training Institute; Dallas, Texas, 2008
Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, American Society for Testing and Materials, October 2007
Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, American Society for Training and Materials, October 2007

Professional Experience Summary

Matt Chastain was worked for Crouch Environmental Services, Inc. (CESI) since 2009.  The company provides wetland delineation, permitting and mitigation, environmental site assessment, public involvement, and other general environmental consulting services to a variety of clients in private industry as well as local, state and federal agencies.  Mr. Chastain has two years of experience performing wetland investigations, including delineations in accordance with the 1987 U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Wetlands Delineation Manual.  He has procured Clean Water Act Section 404 permits and Clean Water Act 401 Water Quality Certifications (404/401 permits). The company has completed over 600 environmental projects since its start-up in 1993.  Example projects include site selection, design, and construction over-sight for a 60-acre wetland mitigation project in Baytown, Texas (now known as the Baytown Nature Center).  This wetland mitigation project has received state-wide and national acclaim.  It was featured in the April 1998 issue of Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine, the June 1997 issue of Landscape Architecture Magazine, and the May 2000 issue of Southern Living Magazine.   The company received the 1998 Award of Excellence from the National Association of Landscape Architects for this project. 

While attending Texas A&M University, Mr. Chastain participated in wild game research and determined wildlife population dynamics in relations to white tail deer and Rio Grande Turkey populations within Brazos and Burnet Counties, Texas. Mr. Chastain interned for Texas Parks and Wildlife at Inks Lake State Park during college where he managed the multi-park Rio Grande Turkey habitat construction plan and conducted game species surveys under the direction of the Region 7 biologist. Prior to joining Crouch Environmental Services, Inc., Mr. Chastain was a wetland biologist for Integrated Environmental Solutions, LLC and SWCA Environmental Consultants, Inc. where he performed wetland delineations, determinations, Section 404 permitting, and mitigation design.

Since joining Crouch in June 2009, Mr. Chastain has been actively involved with wetland delineation and threatened and endangered species surveys for pipeline and mitigation projects in Texas and the surrounding region. Mr. Chastain’s current responsibilities at Crouch include GPS data collection, wetland criteria assessment, and threatened and endangered species habitat identification.

Mr. Chastain’s specific duties include conducting ecological field studies (i.e., wetland delineations, T&E species surveys, vegetation assessments, and wildlife habitat evaluations); monitoring of wetland mitigation areas and banks; preparing and writing environmental reports.  During his career, Mr. Chastain has performed multiple wetland delineations on large-scale development and linear projects in Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.  He has been responsible for wetland delineations, vegetation sampling, wildlife management and conservation, habitat monitoring and analyses, and T&E species surveys.  Mr. Chastain has performed wetland delineations and procured 404/401 permits for the Harris County Flood Control District, the Harris County Public Infrastructure Department, Chesapeake Energy, Louisiana Midstream Gas Services, LLC, Williams Brothers Construction Company, Inc., AECOM, Inc., Samson Lonestar, Inc., and many other clients.

Patrick Forrest
Associate G.I.S. Specialist

Education:
B.A., Geography, 2007, Texas Tech University


Professional Experience Summary

Patrick Forrest began working for Crouch Environmental in June of 2009. Crouch Environmental Services, Inc. (CESI) provides wetland delineation, permitting and mitigation, environmental site assessment, public involvement, and other general environmental consulting services to a variety of clients in private industry as well as local, state and federal agencies.  The company has completed over 600 environmental projects since its start-up in 1993.  Example projects include site selection, design, and construction over-sight for a 60-acre wetland mitigation project in Baytown, Texas (now known as the Baytown Nature Center).  This wetland mitigation project has received state-wide and national acclaim.  It was featured in the April 1998 issue of Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine, the June 1997 issue of Landscape Architecture Magazine, and the May 2000 issue of Southern Living Magazine.   The company received the 1998 Award of Excellence from the National Association of Landscape Architects for this project .

Mr. Forrest has two years of experience performing remote sensing and aerial interpretation.  Before he began his employment with CESI, he worked as a contractor with the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Services, in the Central Remote Sensing Lab located in Fort Worth, Texas.  There, he took part in several GIS and remote sensing training courses provided by the National Cartography and Geospatial Center.  He also performed remote sensing on the Natural Resources Inventory (NRI); an annual inventory performed by the USDA-NRCS aimed on providing the most recent statistics of land use in the United States as well as determining trends in natural resources and human impact.  While attending Texas Tech University, his courses emphasized in GIS, Geology and Social Geography.

Since joining Crouch Environmental in June of 2009, he has coordinated the maps, figures, and tables for several projects in the southeast Texas and Gulf Coast region.

Recent projects include:

• ECS – Cypress North Houston Road (Huffmeister Road to Telge Road) – Harris County, Texas – Created maps, layers and figures for proposed road expansion. Provided historic topographic maps, aerial infrared photographs, wetlands, FEMA floodplain, National Hydrography data sets, and NRCS Soil survey visual data for proposed project area.
  
  
• White Oak Studio – Herman Brown Park – Harris County, Texas - Created maps, layers and figures for proposed park expansion and updates. Provided historical topographic maps, aerial infrared photographs, wetlands, FEMA floodplain, National Hydrography data sets, and NRCS Soil survey visual data for proposed project area.
  
  
• Texas Department of Transportation – State Highway 288 (US 59 to CR 60) – Harris County, Texas - Updated vicinity map with Natural Diversity Database element of occurrence
  
  
• Harris County Public Infrastructure Department – Architecture and Engineering Division – Gulf Bank Road at Sweetwater Lane – Harris County, Texas - Created vicinity map for project area.
  
  
• Harris County Flood Control District – Habitat and Water Quality Monitoring - Vogel Creek – Harris County, Texas - Created maps for the sampling station locations located on Vogel Creek in Harris County.
  
  
• Urban Engineering – Falcon Point Ranch Master Community, Calhoun County, Texas - Created a detailed development plan showing the Bay Club subdivision overlaid on the delineated wetlands contained inside the proposed project site.
  

Leslie Hollaway
Director of Communications

Education:
B.A., Communications Studies, 2006, Southwestern University


Professional Experience Summary

Ms. Hollaway has more than 5 years of experience in communications, marketing, and visual design.  Ms. Hollaway directs the Crouch Communications creative team, producing a wide variety of collateral materials and interactive communication tools.  The Crouch Communications team specializes in creative, cost-effective and prompt delivery and distribution of client messaging.  Ms. Hollaway has a breadth of experience in writing for both public and private sector clients and in developing a full range of marketing strategies from innovative, grassroots efforts to integrated, nationwide campaigns.  She possesses effective, tactful interpersonal and marketing skills among a wide variety of community members, including: the general public; concerned community members; media representatives; CEO-level management; and senior government officials.

Ms. Hollaway has been a member of the METRO Solutions Community Outreach team since February 2007, supporting marketing and communications services for the upcoming Light Rail Transit (LRT) expansion project.  Ms. Hollaway also provides communications support to CESI services including public involvement activities and in-house efforts.  Computer proficiencies include confidence with PC and Mac: Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, FrontPage; Adobe Acrobat Professional, Photoshop, InDesign, and PageMaker, and the Public Information and Emergency Response (PIER) online system.

Relevant Experience:

Communications and Marketing Task Leader, Community Outreach Program
The METRO Solutions Light Rail Transit (LRT) Expansion Project
Client: Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas  (METRO)

In this capacity, Ms. Hollaway provided the following services to METRO as a full-time, on-site consultant for more than two years:
Video production: public access documentaries & informational short films

• Authorship of scripts and storyboards for productions varying in length and community sensitivity.
• Creation of several educational video shorts (12-minutes or less) for display at public meetings, online, and at community-based events.
• Development and production of a series of 1-hour, HD-quality documentaries aired on Houston Community College Television (Comcast Channel 19).
• “Why I Ride”
• “Precious Cargo”
• “The Path to Rail”

Project branding and marketing strategies

• Development and implementation of a new, congruent corporate and project-wide branding identity, METRO: Going Places and METRO Solutions: Going Places
• Spring 2008 “I Ride” community-based, advertising campaign
• Communities in Motion program brand and identity, including production a 6-minute video introduction
• Development and production of a full METRO Solutions branding system including project videos, media kits, CD/DVD folders, brochures, promotional items, calendars, fleet graphics, newsletters, team resumes, and business cards.

Collateral development, production and mass distribution

• Building Connections, a regular, bilingual project periodical distributed to more than 100,000 community members throughout planned light-rail transit corridors.
• METRORail News, bilingual newsletters specifically tailored for each light-rail corridor community highlighting particular neighborhood news, concerns, and local involvement.
• Unique, bilingual brochures, invitations, and handouts for project-related programs such as Communities in Motion, Arts in Transit, Business Assistance, Community School Safety Education, and Community Resource Fairs.
• Advertisement development, purchasing, and distribution through local publications (Houston Chronicle, La Voz, Houston Press, Houston Magazine, etc.)
• Development of other as-need communication pieces such as maps, brochures, FAQ sheets, student activities, and construction mitigation updates.
• Vendor coordination, budget adherence, and timely distribution of collateral materials as requested by client.

Public event planning and execution

• Promotions, planning, and coordination of events including: Grand Opening events for three Corridor Outreach Offices, Community Open Houses, VIP ribbon-cuttings, and Public Art Visioning Meetings
• Presentation development for the following METRO Solutions Programs: Communities in Motion, the Youth Mobility Advisory Council, Arts in Transit, Business Assistance, Community School Safety Education.
• Coordination of vendors, supplies, audiovisual support, and presenters for public events

METRO Solutions project website and online media presence

• Assessment of client needs and implementation of restoration of project presence online.
• Reorganization and regular maintenance of www.metrosolutions.org utilizing the Public Information and Emergency Response (PIER) System, the world's only full spectrum on-demand communication management web-application.  
• Development of interactive identity utilizing online, social networking tools such as Facebook, Myspace, Youtube, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Public Involvement Support for the Pelican Island Container Terminal Feasibility Study, AECOM
Client: Port of Houston/Galveston Wharves

As member of the Public Involvement team for the Pelican Island Container Terminal Feasibility Study, Ms. Hollaway is currently developing and implementing the following communications tools:

• Development of key stakeholder database with more than two hundred constituent groups within the regional impacted area
• Development of project identity, branding, and an associated website
• Utilization of blogs and other social media tools (Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, etc.) as innovative community feedback mechanisms
• Creation of a bilingual project newsletter, in electronic and print format
• Scheduling of multiple public forums (Stakeholder visioning meetings and large-scale Public Meetings) and associated promotional and collateral materials (Meeting notices, attendee cards, comment cards)
• Preparation of media briefings, media kits, and press releases for local constituency and project team

Anna Sabella
Communications Specialist

Education:
M.A., Journalism, Emerson College, 2008, Boston, MA
B.A., English, Merrimack College, 2005, North Andover, MA

Professional Experience Summary

Ms. Anna Sabella has more than four years of experience in communications and journalism.  Ms. Sabella joined the CESI team in 2009 as an expert Communications Specialist.  Ms. Sabella has a wide variety of experience in media relations, video production, online media and broadcast journalism.  Her background in both radio and television brings a unique breadth of experience to the public involvement field, while providing clients with multifaceted communications solutions.

As a graduate student at Emerson College in Boston, Anna worked as a reporter at the college radio station, WERS; and also helped produce a weekly television news program about life in and around the Chinatown neighborhood in Boston. Her capstone project was a study of the complicated relationship between Hollywood and politics, entitled ‘The Blurred Line’.  Ms. Sabella worked as a Flash Quote Reporter for the Olympic News Service at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. In the lead-up to the start of the Olympics, she covered basketball and interviewed players from Spain, Portugal, Senegal, and Venezuela.  After the Opening ceremony, she was stationed at the National Stadium (Bird’s Nest) and covered the track & field events. Shortly after returning to Boston in fall 2008, Anna began working as a Production Assistant at WHDH, 7NBC.

Since joining CESI, Ms. Sabella has been actively involved in the METRO Solutions Light Rail Transit Expansion project, as well as other numerous public involvement activities and the startup of www.Fundmyresearch.org. 

Relevant Experience:

Public event planning and execution

• Promotions, planning, and coordination of events including: Pelican Island Container Terminal Feasibility Study in partnership with AECOM
• Presentation development of the “Safety Begins with You” production for Harris County Public Infrastructure Department – Architecture and Engineering Department (HCPID-AED).
• Coordination of vendors, supplies, audiovisual support, and presenters for public events

Video production: public access documentaries & informational short films

• Assisted in authorship of scripts and storyboards
• Development and production of a series of 1-hour, HD-quality documentaries aired on Houston Community College Television (Comcast Channel 19).

Gregory Sevcik
Graphics Artist

Education:
B.S., Graphic Design, Drexel University, 2008, Philadelphia, PA


Professional Experience Summary

Mr. Sevcik has 2 years of experience as a Professional and Freelance Graphic Designer. Mr. Sevcik has worked both as an in-house designer for a specific department in a larger business and as part of a professional advertising agency.

Mr. Sevcik serves as the graphic designer for Crouch Environmental’s METRO Solutions account. As such, Mr. Sevcik is in charge of the visual design and layout of various print collateral pieces targeted at multiple communities in the Houston area.  He is also responsible for the development and implementation of consistent and uniform templates for various area-specific newsletters and mail-outs. As a result of his work, Mr. Sevcik has also fulfilled client requests for event and location documentary photography.  Mr. Sevcik has worked closely with the client to produce and deliver all requested pieces in a timely manner.  This includes coordination with both in-house and outside printing vendors, and delivery of finished work product. He has 5 years experience working with Adobe software including Illustrator, PhotoShop, InDesign, and Acrobat. He has been using the Adobe CS3 suite for 2 years. He also has working experience with Microsoft Office.

Relevant Experience:

METRO Solutions METRORail Newsletter

• Development of consistent design standards across multiple community specific publications.
• Layout and updating text and photographs for both English and Spanish Editions

METRO Communities in Motion Program

• Developed consistent look and feel for monthly mail-out announcement.
• Attended public events and collected documentary photographs for use in future collateral

METRO Community School Safety Education Program

• Re-design of one page informational sheet with description of program.
• Implemented design strategies aimed at reducing production costs.
• Attended public events and collected documentary photographs for use in future collateral

METRO Solutions Mobile Media Truck

• Developed large format graphics for use  as vehicle wrap for mobile advertising campaign
• Coordinated with outside vendor for production and design of visual elements

Unique METRO Solutions Collateral Pieces

• Conception and development of various new advertising and outreach collateral pieces, including drink coasters and ambigram logos.
• Designed and engineered complex paper collateral pieces such as a self contained folding map/business directory.

FundMyResearch.org

• Development of multiple logo concepts for use as branding for new public web information center.

Max Trautner
Communications Specialist

Education:
B.F.A., Photography/Digital Media, In Progress, University of Houston


Professional Experience Summary

Max Trautner has more than 3 years of experience in professional and freelance graphic design, web design, photography, and video production. He helps to exceed clients’ creative expectations by delivering prompt and cost-effective marketing materials that meet their desired messages. As an integral part of the Crouch Communications team, Mr. Trautner provides support for all levels of communications development including idea creation, messaging strategies, and visualization of marketing campaigns, production of collateral, and implementation.

As a proud member of the METRO Solutions Community Outreach team, Max Trautner has primarily supported communications and public outreach efforts for the light-rail transit expansion project.  Through the development of printed collateral pieces, Flash and video-based presentation media, artistic and event photography, and web-based advertising efforts, Max Trautner is very familiar with meeting METRO’s on-target messaging.

Mr. Trautner also provides communications support for public involvement services and in-house production efforts. Computer proficiencies include: confidence with diagnostics and repair of PC computer systems, working knowledge of Mac-based computer systems, Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Adobe Creative Suite, ActionScript 3.0, Apple Final Cut Pro, Google SketchUp, Google Analytics, and Ableton Live.

Relevant Experience:

Video production: public access documentaries & informational short films

• Creation of several educational video shorts (12-minutes or less) for display at public meetings, online, and at community-based events.
• Development and production of a series of 1-hour, HD-quality documentaries aired on Houston Community College Television (Comcast Channel 19) including camera work, editing, and post-production graphics.

Project branding and marketing strategies

• Communities in Motion program brand and identity, including production of two video introductions used for public meetings at the North and Southeast Corridors.
• Development and production of a full METRO Solutions branding system including project videos, brochures, promotional items, newsletters, and 3D animations.
  

Collateral development, production and mass distribution

• METRORail News, bilingual newsletters specifically tailored for each light-rail corridor community highlighting particular neighborhood news, concerns, and local involvement.
• Unique, bilingual brochures, invitations, and handouts for project-related programs such as Communities in Motion, Arts in Transit, Business Assistance, Community School Safety Education, and Community Resource Fairs.
• Development of other as-need communication pieces such as maps, brochures, FAQ sheets, student activities, and construction mitigation updates.

Public event planning and execution

• Photography and video production of public events.
• Presentation development for the following METRO Solutions Programs: Communities in Motion, the Youth Mobility Advisory Council, Arts in Transit, Business Assistance, Community School Safety Education.

Amanda Miller
Assistant Communications Specialist

Education:
B.F.A., Photography/Digital Media, In Progress, University of Houston


Professional Experience Summary

Ms. Miller has 4 years of experience in photography, and more than a year of experience in video production.  Ms. Miller also has experience in many areas of artistic and creative processes which allow her to bring her clients a unique and fresh vision for each project. 

Ms. Miller provides support for CESI communications including: photography and video production, video editing assistance, conducting interviews with important members of the community as well as CEO-level management, and development of presentation media. Computer proficiencies include confidence with PC and Mac: Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier and Final Cut Pro.

Relevant Experience:

METRO Solutions Light-Rail Transit Expansion Project

• METRO HCC TV Programming video creation and production including “I Ride” and “ThePath to Rail”
• Communities in Motion Southeast Corridor Public Meetings
• Documentary and creative photography
• Storyboard creation and support
• Technical support

Nelda Salinas
Administrative Assistant

Education:
Associate Paralegal Degree, 2001 - South Texas Vocational Technical Institute


Professional Experience Summary

Ms. Nelda Salinas has more than 7 years of management and legal experience.  Ms. Salinas is also proud member of the METRO Solutions Community Outreach team. She provides program organization and public involvement support to METRO for the upcoming light-rail expansion project.


Relevant Experience:

Ms. Salinas’ expert proficiencies include:

• Executive assistance
  Assistance to Vice President of Corporate Programs, Vice President of Government Affairs, and Manager of Stakeholder Affairs - for METRO with daily priority tasks. Strong ability to multi – task for different staff members at one time.
• Budget building & maintenance
  Assistance, organization, and maintenance of budgets for Community School Safety Education Program for METRO Solutions Program. Organization of budgets for Stakeholder Affairs Dept. (Corporate Programs). 
• Bilingual communications
  Translation of documents from English to Spanish. Assistance to METRO Team with translations needs. Possession of strong background in technical translations.
• Team organization support
  Assistance to Corridor Office Managers and staff as needed. Business Assistance Program and Communities In Motions have also been assisted and supported to the fullest extent. Prepares and assist in setting up and taking down audio and visual equipment.
• Collateral support
  Creation of power point presentations for Community School Safety Education Program, assistance in developing collateral material for Vice President and staff.  Coordinates collateral material for METRO’s Events.
• Print Room Production
  Familiar with Print Room machines as needed. Ability to coordinate and deliver collateral material in a timely manner.
• Vendor Coordination
  Ms. Salinas has interviewed prospective vendors and executed services as requested by METRO.