SEPTEMBER MYRES
Founder		 September Myres worked in the Environmental Services and Consulting industry for more than 20 years prior to forming Sundance in 2005. Her functional experiences range from individual consulting on hundreds of site investigation reports for the Native American Lands Environmental Mitigation Program (NALEMP) to conducting on-site investigations on a variety of Native American Reservations and Alaska Native lands under the same program. Ms. Myres also has significant experience assisting Native American Tribes and Alaska Native Villages with developing performance work statements, strategic project implementation plans, community relations plans, and technical training and mentoring programs. Leveraging her success as Program Manager for NALEMP projects, Ms. Myres expanded Sundance’s service offerings into environmental site characterization and remediation and supporting services, as well as natural and cultural resources service areas with the Departments of Agriculture and Interior, US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and various state and industrial clients.

Prior to starting Sundance, Ms. Myres held positions as Senior Consultant and Program Manager for Keres Consulting, Tecumseh Professional, EG&G Technical Services, Minert and Associates, Correa Enterprises, and the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. She has a dual BS degree in Human Resources Training & Development and Corporate Training & Development.

MARK RIGATTI
President		 Mark Rigatti has more than 40 years of experience in the consulting, engineering, and construction industry for domestic and international government and industrial clients. Worldwide, Mr. Rigatti has simultaneously managed over 1,500 employees and more than $800 million in annual revenue. His broad management experiences includes operations, major program management, risk, quality, governance, contracts and procurement, estimating, sales and marketing, finance, human resources, project controls, design and engineering, and environmental compliance. Mr. Rigatti is skilled in working with U.S. and international Departments of Defense (DoD), federal civilian agencies, and state, local, and Tribal governments, as well as commercial clients. He has proven leadership for organizations, programs, and projects associated with consulting, engineering, design, construction, design/build, operations and maintenance, environmental liabilities management, environmental planning, natural and cultural resources, infrastructure, international development, contingency operations and logistics, munitions response, and demilitarization.

DAN GARVIN
Chief Financial Officer		 Dan Garvin has 28 years of experience in accounting, financial management, payroll, and general business management. As Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Garvin is responsible for administrative, financial, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) compliance, and financial risk management operations of the company, to include the development of a financial and operational strategy, financial planning and reporting, billings and client payments, coordination and production of all tax documentation, and the ongoing development and monitoring of control systems designed to preserve company assets. Prior to joining Sundance in 2011, Mr. Garvin’s experience ranged from Controller with a large power transformer company to Financial Manager with a small commercial construction company. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Finance.

STACI HERRING
Strategic Director		 Staci Herring brings more than 20 years of experience in the environmental industry managing environmental investigations and remedy implementation across federal defense and civilian agencies, state and local governments and commercial clients. Her work has included complex multiple-phase, multi-media projects throughout the US across all phases of environmental investigation, remediation, and compliance. Ms. Herring is a subject matter expert for Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation, & Liability Act (CERCLA) and Resource, Conservation, and Recovery Act (RCRA) Remedy Reviews and Performance-Based Contracting. She also has a strong background in program and project management, technology application and client satisfaction. Ms. Herring has a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science and a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural and Resources Economics with minors in Chemistry and Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Law, and Policy.

STACEY KELSO, PHR
Director of Human Resources		 Stacey Kelso has 18 years of experience in the consulting, engineering, construction and operations management industries, and is an expert at compliance with human resource laws, benefit plans, compensation, recruiting, and employee retention. Ms. Kelso’s experience includes human resources support for federal, state, and local environmental and infrastructure contracts nationwide and overseas. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Personnel/Human Resources Management and is a certified Professional in Human Resources.

LEAH CALEGARI
Contracts Manager		 Leah Calegari has 17 years of experience in federal contracting, including contract and subcontract management for a wide array of federal entities, program types, and industries. Her experience includes an in-depth knowledge of FAR and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, risk analysis, organizational conflict of interest, and Contractor Purchasing System Review with the Defense Contract Audit Agency and the Defense Contract Management Agency. Ms. Calegari supports more than $250 million annually in FAR and FAR supplement compliance under cost plus award fee, cost plus fixed fee, time and materials, firm fixed price, and performance-based contract agreements. This experience includes as Senior Contracts Manager on more than 250 projects in the last 15 years supporting over 85 federal agencies/departments, 35 state agencies, and more than 60 local agencies. She has a Masters in Legal Studies and a BS in Business Administration.

STEVE OFFNER, PG
Compliance, Characterization, and Remediation Business Unit Manager		 Steve Offner has over 35 years of experience in the environmental industry spanning portfolio operations, program/project, and field operations management. Based out of Atlanta, Georgia, he has worked in both federal and commercial markets, and under state/local programs, integrating the application of technical operational and project management skills to deliver client solutions to projects/programs involving environmental compliance, characterization, remedy feasibility and planning, design, remediation, technology application, construction, and hazardous waste management, with responsibility for achieving performance objectives under CERCLA/National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), including emerging contaminants, across the US.

As a key member of the Sundance Management Team, Mr. Offner provides oversight of the overall environmental/regional project portfolio, delivery process, while also remaining actively engaged in risk evaluation and mitigation, business development, and technical execution to optimize value outcomes for our clients’. His prior roles include Operations Manager, Senior Program Manager, Principal Project Manager and Senior Risk Manager. He is a licensed Professional Geologist with a BS degree in Geology.

LEO LENTSCH
Natural Resources Business Unit Manager		 Leo Lentsch is a nationally recognized consultant with more than 40 years of experience providing strategic guidance and direction on challenging and contentious environmental issues and projects across the United States. Based out of Charleston, South Carolina, he provides technical direction and expertise in natural resource management, imperiled species conservation, ecosystem restoration, and renewable energy. Mr. Lentsch possesses a unique set of skills and abilities, derived from his experience as both a private consultant and state and federal wildlife agency employee. He leverages this wealth of knowledge in the delivery of practical solutions for implementation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), NEPA, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission guidelines, Environmental Justice practices, and other statutes, guidelines, and procedures.

Mr. Lentsch is a skilled mediator and strategic advisor, who has served on multiple interagency advisory teams across the nation associated with equalizing environmental impacts to ecosystem processes and functions. He provides expert witness testimony and litigation support to agencies and clients involved in legal challenges. He has additionally served as an instructor for ESA-compliance classes at the National Conservation Training Center and the University of California. He holds an MS degree in Fisheries, BS in Zoology, and is an active member with numerous professional affiliations.

DOUG DAVIDSON, PG
Cultural Resources Business Unit Manager		 Doug Davidson has 33 years of nationwide experience delivering cultural and natural resources and environmental planning and analysis projects as Program Manager, Project Manager, Geologist, Technical Advisor, and Subject Matter Expert. Located in Victor, Idaho, Mr. Davidson has provided cultural resources program management since joining Sundance in 2017, including for the recent completion or ongoing execution of multiple Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and US Forest Service cultural resource services contracts for sites across the western United States. Mr. Davidson is also skilled in NEPA analysis and documentation, natural resources program and project management, groundwater and surface water investigations, groundwater and watershed modeling, riparian assessment, wetland delineations, and implementing best management practices to meet water quality and agricultural conservation objectives. He is additionally adept in implementing conservation practices in watersheds by working with landowners, conservation districts, advisory committees, and federal, state, Tribal, and local agencies to meet watershed conservation goals. He has a Master’s in Earth Science, dual Bachelor’s degrees in Geology and Environmental Science, and is a registered Professional Geologist.

PETE DAVID, CWB
Renewable Energy Program Leader		 Pete David brings 32 years of experience supporting the environmental service market areas for both government and industrial clients with expertise in natural resources conservation planning, development, and implementation; NEPA support; wildlife research and monitoring plans; endangered species surveys, research, and management; ecological restoration of riverine, riparian, wetland, and terrestrial ecosystems; and renewable energy. For the past 16 years, Mr. David has focused on supporting wind, solar, and transmission line development projects. His work has included participating in BLM workshops to develop mitigation strategies, such as for San Luis Valley Solar Energy Zones in Colorado and the Afton Solar Energy Zones in New Mexico, and supporting the Sandia National Laboratory in the development of a study to evaluate the impacts of various solar energy site preparation techniques on desert vegetation and desert tortoise response.

Mr. David’s career spans working for state and federal agencies, including the South Florida Water Management District where he supervised a land stewardship program, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) where he served as Program Manager for the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program working with local, state, and federal government agencies; non-government organizations; landowners; and Native American Tribes. Located in Sundance’s Albuquerque, New Mexico office, he is a Certified Wildlife Biologist with an MS degree in Applied Ecology and a BS degree in Wildlife Biology.

JODI HISCHKE,
CAPM, CF-APMP
Marketing Manager		 Jodi Hischke has over 25 years of experience within the environmental consulting and architecture-engineering and construction industries. She is specialized in leading large, geographically dispersed proposal teams in the development of Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity, SF330s, and similar proposal responses for multi-million-dollar contracts with federal and civilian agencies. Ms. Hischke is skilled in proposal management, graphic design, capture strategy, market research, FAR compliance, technical writing and editing, website design and programming, and general business development. She has performed cradle-to-grave proposal management for more than $3B in winning contracts for the Air Force, National Guard Bureau, Navy, USACE, and multiple civilian agencies.

Ms. Hischke is a Certified Associate in Project Management and is also certified with the Association of Proposal Management Professionals. She has a BS degree in Supervision and Management with a Graphics concentration, and minors in Business Administration and Engineering.
LARISA FORD, PhD
Senior Environmental Specialist		 Dr. Larisa Ford is a recognized expert in the environmental industry, with more than 34 years of experience executing work across the nation, including on Guam and along the US/Mexico Border. She is skilled in program management, with a focus on environmental restoration and rehabilitation, habitat conservation implementation, coastal and ocean conservation, renewable energy, grant writing, budget and policy development, community outreach and engagement, and professional development leadership. Dr. Ford is accomplished in ensuring compliance with the ESA, NEPA, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Federal Land Policy and Management Act, and various other statutes and regulations, as well as state water rights. Previously, Dr. Ford was employed for over 22 years with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the USFWS in such positions as Interim National Sage-Grouse Coordinator; Soil, Water, and Air Program Lead; and National Resources and Border Coordinator. She also worked as a Senior Research Development Officer for Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi.

Dr. Ford is a Strategic Advisor on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Good Neighbor Environmental Board, Program Manager with the National Science Foundation, and is a Certified Workshop Leader. She routinely serves as a panelist and presenter at national and specialized industry events, such as for the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine’s “An Inclusive and Equitable Ocean: A Workshop” in the winter of 2024. She has a PhD in Veterinary Microbiology, dual Master’s degrees in Public Administration and Microbiology, and a BS in Marine Biology.

DOUG COX, PhD
Senior Toxicologist and Environmental Risk Assessor		 Dr. Doug Cox has more than 30 years of experience in human health and ecological risk assessment and risk management decision making in the US and Australia for the DoD, the Department of Justice, the Department of the Interior, and commercial manufacturing firms. Having managed risk assessments at numerous contaminated sites, including military bases, landfills, abandoned mine sites, chemical facilities, impacted waterways, and petroleum facilities, Dr. Cox brings a focus on strategic planning that links toxicology and risk assessment with site remediation in a cost-efficient and health-protective manner for emerging contaminants, including perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), trichloroethylene, and asbestos, as well as emerging exposure pathways such as vapor intrusion and food chain uptake of environmental chemicals.

Dr. Cox was previously the subject matter expert in environmental risk assessment for the Abandoned Mines Land/Hazardous Materials program at the BLM’s National Operation Center and a toxicologist and risk assessor with the US Air Force Civil Engineer Center with a focus on the PFAS program. He has also filled roles as a principal toxicologist providing toxicology and risk management advice to the Air Force at CERCLA and state-lead projects nationwide. He routinely provides toxicology expert witness support related to PFAS drinking water and groundwater contamination. Dr. Cox has a PhD and an MS in pharmacology and toxicology, was previously an adjunct faculty member in Environmental Health at Colorado State University, and is a full member of the Society of Toxicology.

JOHN CONSOLETTI,
PE, PMP
Program Manager		 John Consoletti has nearly 30 years of domestic and international Program/Project and Operational Management experience in civil, environmental, construction, and pipeline engineering-related projects for private and government clients. Projects include environmental site characterization; remedial investigation, design, and action; litigation support; storm water control design and spill prevention; construction; and environmental compliance and permitting, including NEPA/California Environmental Quality Act permitting.

Mr. Consoletti has extensive experience as a Program/Project manager for multiple federal government and private-sector clients in all phases of remedial investigation and cleanup. He has managed international project teams completing investigations in Europe and Asia, including for PFAS and unexploded ordnance investigation/removal for multiple sites. Prior roles include Corporate Remediation Program Manager for Raytheon Company, Deputy Program Manager for Installation Restoration Program at Vandenberg Air Force Base, and Program Director for ERM. Mr. Consoletti is a licensed Professional Engineer and Project Management Professional with a BS degree in Civil Engineering.

MARK BALL, CISSP
IT and Cybersecurity Director		 Mark Ball has 25 years of experience in Information Technology (IT), including more than 18 years of experience in Cyber Security, such as for the DoD compliance with Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Program. Mr. Ball has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems and maintains a Certified Information Systems Security Professional certification. He leads Sundance’s IT services division bringing programming, help desk, infrastructure analysis, network and system administration, and architecture designs for a wide variety of systems, including Windows™ based networks applying partner agreements with companies, such as Dell, Ingram Micro, and Microsoft.