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Elliot Townsend, CRAME

Elliot has over 15 years of professional experience within the environmental field, serving as both a public agent and environmental consultant. His career has primarily involved leading teams of environmental consultants and engineers, where he's managed and developed business units that primarily service industrial clients. In Elliot’s current role he is leading the growth of development of his team’s capabilities, service offerings and clients.

Caleb Swanson

Caleb Swanson’s experience includes serving as an owner’s representative and project manager on building and infrastructure projects throughout Nebraska. He appreciates developing trusting relationships with his clients while simultaneously helping revitalize and improve communities through redevelopment. Caleb’s expertise lies in public and municipal projects, where he enjoys bringing together the multiple stakeholders inherent in these projects to make lasting impacts on the communities where they reside.

Scott Story

Scott is President of Drake Environmental, LLC, a division of Raba Kistner, which offers a complete range of environmental compliance and construction services. Drake's total focus is Stormwater/SWP3 protection & management, including Erosion & Sediment control. They serve all phases including design, development, construction & post-construction. Drake's customers include large & small Commercial & Residential General Contractors, Developers, Utility Companies, Energy Companies, Civil Engineers, Municipalities, Heavy Highway and Civil Constructors. Drake has been trusted with SWP3 contracts on more than $5 billion in projects since 2014. Drake has offices in College Station, Houston & Austin Texas.

Thomas Posey

Thomas Posey has more than 25 years of experience in project management,
engineering consultancy and construction materials testing practices. With
a broad knowledge of soil-structure interaction for a variety of foundation
systems, Tom’s abilites to address geotechnical design and constructability
issues during the earliest stages of a client’s project provides them with the
opportunity to improve project performance. The breadth of his experience
within the Gulf Region include the complexities of building on soft and
compressible soils near shorelines and waterways, in addition to the
challenges of highly-expansive soil environments.

Samantha Harn

Samantha is a passionate marketing and public relations expert with 20 years of experience fostering meaningful connections. She thrives on collaboration, working closely with clients and technical teams to build consensus and creating innovative design solutions tailored to their needs. With a focus on stakeholder engagement and effective communication, Samantha has a knack for turning ideas into impactful results. Her dedication to understanding her clients make her a trusted partner in driving strategic growth and success.

Justin Hartshorn, CPA

Justin serves as the Director of Accounting with over 20 years of combined experience in public accounting and industry. With a background in auditing, financial reporting and operational accounting roles, he leads the accounting team while providing financial and business support to the Company Leadership, Project Managers and their staff. Justin is an integral part in providing accurate and timely financial data, including project accounting analytics. He leads the implementation and upgrades of financial software, including ensuring the proper training and controls are in place. Justin earned a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from Southwestern University and is a licensed CPA.

Mike Frisbie, PE

Mike serves as Raba Kistner’s strategic growth leader in the San Antonio and Austin marketplaces and oversee the regional growth of Raba Kistner’s four business lines across public and private sectors — engineering consulting, infrastructure, environmental, and project management.

He has demonstrated executive leadership performance in planning, directing and overseeing large-scale engineering, infrastructure, water, wastewater, streets, storm water, and traffic management operations, with accountability for up to 1075 employees while managing large Annual Operating Budgets and Capital Improvement Programs.

Anthony Calabrese, PMP, LEED AP

With over $1 billion in projects managed to total more than three million square feet, Anthony Calabrese brings expertise and care to all projects. Anthony’s collaborative, solutions-based management style places importance on active listening with Owners and project teams. He carries this approach from project inception through Owner operation, affording client’s projects the highest level of valuable scope within budget, and a facility maintainable by the Owner. Anthony achieved a Bachelor’s from Devry University and a Master’s from Keller University in between serving three tours in Iraq as a US Navy Seabee.

Ralph Browne, PE

Ralph brings decades of experience in preparing and managing the technical aspects of the project as well as coordinating with utilities and public agencies to avoid construction delays and successfully deliver on projects. Ralph has served over 26 years within several districts of TxDOT including Austin, El Paso and Fort Worth and 11 years as a consultant. His career has also included specialized service for the analysis of construction claims utilizing this skill in the administration of construction projects allowing him to protect clients while progressing projects.