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OUR HISTORY

Shield is a full-service engineering and environmental consulting firm serving industrial, municipal, commercial, and petroleum clients in the United States and abroad. Shield currently maintains offices in Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky and offers a wide range of professional engineering and consulting services including: air, soil and water site characterizations; remedial investigations and feasibility studies (RI/FS); RCRA and CERCLA investigations and corrective actions; pre-purchase Environmental Site Assessments (Phase I, II); industrial compliance consulting; petroleum (UST/AST) investigations and tank removals; and site remediation services.

Shield traces its operating history in Kentucky back to 1983, when Dr. James D. Knauss left Dames & Moore to incorporate JDK Inc. as an environmental consulting business in Lexington, Kentucky. In 1985, Dr. Knauss merged his firm with Hatcher-Sayre, Inc., a Richmond, Virginia full service environmental consulting firm. During the same time frame, Spartan Petroleum Company, Inc. of Charlotte, North Carolina created a wholly owned subsidiary (which was eventually named Shield Environmental Associates, Inc.) to conduct environmental services associated with their petroleum retail facilities. In 1993, Shield Environmental Associates of Kentucky, Inc. was created to provide environmental consulting services in Kentucky; and in 1994 Shield and the Lexington office of Hatcher-Sayre Inc. were merged to form Shield Environmental Associates, Mid-West, Inc.

In 1998, Shield acquired T.M. Regan, Inc. a Lexington based civil engineering firm and merged the firm into the Lexington, Kentucky office. In 2001, Shield Environmental Associates Midwest, Inc. (Lexington, KY) and Shield Environmental Associates Northeast, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA) merged into Shield Environmental Associates, Inc. with its principal office located in Lexington, Kentucky. In 2006, the Principals of the firm acquired 100% ownership from all. 

 

OUR LEADERSHIP

C. Dow Porter
President
Senior Project Manager
Nicole R. Galavotti, P.E.
Vice President
Senior Environmental Engineer

Mr. Porter has accrued 30+ years of professional experience in the environmental field with over 20 years as an environmental consultant. He currently serves as the President of Shield.... Click to read more

Dan V. Terrell III
Senior Consultant
Chairman of the Board
Michael E. Morris, P.G.
Senior Professional Geologist

Mr. Terrell has extensive experience in the environmental consulting field. He has served as Managing Principal for over nine years of a multi-disciplined environmental services and consulting office. Mr. Terrell has served as.... Click to read more

Mr. Morris serves Shield as a Senior Geologist and Project Manager. Currently, he is involved in the preparation of work plans, cost analyses, and remedial investigations and corrective actions for numerous sites in the United.... Click to read more

Charles Phillips, P.G.
Senior Professional Geologist
Mark P. Saliga, P.E.
Senior Environmental Engineer

Mr. Phillips has 30+ years experience in the environmental consulting field, providing extensive professional experience in the investigation and remediation of various types of environmentally impacted properties....

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James D. Knauss, Ph. D
Senior Risk Assessor

Mr. Saliga has accrued 30+ years of environmental consulting and engineering experience including: remedial action design and construction management for LUST projects, uncontrolled hazardous waste sites, RCRA facilities, and.... Click to read more

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Robert Francis
Senior Project Manager

 

Dr. Knauss served as Managing Principal-in-Charge of a multi-disciplined environmental office for a large international consulting firm for over 9 years. Dr. Knauss served as the President and Managing Principal of Shield.... Click to read more

Mr. Francis joined Shield Environmental Associates, Inc. as a Senior Project Manager in October 2021.  Prior to October 2021, Mr. Francis worked for the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection (DEP) for 23 years....  Click to read more

OUR TEAM

Amy Dunagin/Accountant
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Amy Dunagin
Accountant
Chad Kelley
Project Manager
Certified Well Driller
Chad Von Gruenigen, P.G.
Project Geologist
Christina Clasen, P.G.
Project Geologist
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Dan Porter, Ph.D., P.E.
Environmental Engineer
Danita Farrier
Environmental Support
Specialist
Edward (Bo) Fisher, E.I.T.
Project Manager
Project Engineer
Collin Isaacs
Environmental Technician
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Joe Harvey
Environmental Technician
Mark Cross, Jr.,  P.G.
Project Manager
Project Geologist
Linda Lane
Administrative Assistant
Elizabeth Greathouse
Environmental Scientist
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Monica Murphy, E.I.T.
Project Engineer
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Roger Oberholzer
Project Engineer
Mason Porter
Environmental Technician
Licensed Drillers 
Assistant
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Nathan Sparks
Staff Geologist
Scott Johnson
Environmental Scientist
Shane Wise
AutoCAD Specialist
Wes Cobb
Certified Wastewater Treatment Operator
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