Meet our leadership team:
Ascent principals are six colleagues and friends who have worked at least 15 years together (and some for over 25 years). Our goal is to provide clients with a level of personal commitment and company reliability not found elsewhere. Together with our Senior Associates and technical and operational professionals, we are always aspiring to enhance our capabilities so we can better serve our clients’ needs.
Principal - Air Quality,
Climate Change, and Noise Practice
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Meet our technical and operational professionals:
The Ascent in-house team consists of many devoted professionals who are more than just highly qualified and competent environmental, planning, urban design, natural resources, and climate change consultants. These environmental professionals also believe in the firm’s basic values and contribute strongly every day to making Ascent a caring, nimble, supportive, forward-thinking, enjoyable, and original company.
Dimitri Antoniou, AICP
Environmental Planner
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Jessica Babcock
Environmental Planner
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Phi V. Ngo
GIS Specialist/
Resource Analyst
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Kristi Black, JD
Senior Environmental Project Manager
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Allen Folks, RLA, ASLA
Director of Design and Planning
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Francisca (Fran) Ruger
Senior Project Manager
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Chris Mundhenk
Senior Project Manager
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Gayiety Lane
Document Production Specialist
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Rachel Kozloski, CPSS
Soil Scientist/
Environmental Planner
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Shannon Hickey
Botanist/
Wetland Ecologist
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Lisa Merry
GIS Specialist/
Resource Analyst
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Mike Parker, AICP
Senior Project Manager
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Sarah Henningsen
Environmental Planner
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Hannah Kornfeld
Air Quality and Climate Change Specialist
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Heidi Gen Kuong, AICP
Environmental Planner/
Sustainability Planner
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Nanette Hansel
Senior Project Manager
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Amber Giffin
Office/Human Resources Manager
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Sangwoo Lee, AICP, LEED
Senior Urban Designer
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J. Austin Kerr
Senior Air Quality,
Climate Change, and Noise Specialist
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TJ Gaona
Contract Specialist/
Administrative Assistant
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Steve Henderson
Senior Wildlife Biologist
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Marianne Lowenthal
Environmental Planner
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Terry Barragan
Administrative Assistant
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Zachary Miller, AICP
Environmental Planner
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Brenda C. Hom
Air Quality and
Climate Change Specialist
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Erik de Kok, AICP
Senior Planner/
Sustainability Planner
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Adam Lewandowski, AICP
Senior Planner/
Senior Project Manager
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Poonam Boparai
Senior Air Quality and
Climate Change Specialist
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Alta Cunningham
Cultural Resources Specialist/
Environmental Planner
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Jessica Mitchell
Environmental Planner
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Jennifer Montgomery
Marketing Coordinator
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Mike Eng
Senior Natural Resources Specialist
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Angie Xiong
Environmental and
Sustainability Planner
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Elizabeth Boyd, AICP
Project Manager/
Outreach Specialist
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Jennifer Johnson, JD
Senior Director
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Corey Alling
Graphics and
Communications Specialist
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Samantha Wang
Air Quality and
Climate Change Specialist
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Michele Mattei
Document Production Specialist
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Kirsten Burrowes
Environmental Planner
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Kai Lord-Farmer
Air Quality and
Climate Change Analyst
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John Singlaub
Senior Natural Resources Planner
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Naomi Wentworth
Air Quality and
Climate Change Analyst
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