Senior Staff

Each person at AEM Group is responsible for specific company support activities, in addition to the technical work they do for clients. Because of these dual roles, our staff is exposed to the business side of running our company. This gives them a better understanding of the many challenges involved in business decision-making.

Project managers

Our senior staff has decades of federal and state regulatory agency experience, corporate, and consulting experience in managing complex environmental projects for federal and private organizations. They forge new ideas and processes for meeting everchanging regulatory obligations.

Operations Manager
Corporate Health and Safety Manager
Senior Project Manager

Jim Finetti, PG, CQM, EP
BS Geology

Mr. Finetti is a licensed professional geologist with more than 24 years experience providing environmental engineering and consulting services to industrial and government customers, including: the US Army, the US Army Corps of Engineers, the US Air Force, NAVFAC, USMCR, and the US EPA.

His project experience includes:

  • Great Lakes basin sediment sampling
  • Lead and asbestos abatement
  • Clean Water Act compliance assistance
  • Due-diligence studies—environmental site assessments
  • NEPA assessment
  • Underground storage tank assessments
  • Hazardous material management
  • Hazardous material abatement oversight
  • Remediation oversight

Compliance Programs Manager
Biplab Roy, ISO 14001 Lead Auditor
MS Civil Engineering

Mr. Roy is a civil/environmental engineer with more than 20 years experience providing environmental engineering and consulting services to industrial and government customers, including: the US Army Corps of Engineers, NOAA, and foreign and domestic Tier I automotive suppliers.

His project experience includes:

  • Corporate environmental compliance management of a Tier I supplier’s global manufacturing facilities
  • Clean Air and Clean Water Act compliance assistance
  • Environmental (air, water, waste) permits, plans and reports development
  • Due diligence studies—environmental site assessments
  • Environmental Management Systems development and audits—ISO 14001
  • Health and Safety support
  • Hazardous material management
  • Hazardous material abatement oversight
  • Remediation oversight

Senior Project Manager
Mariah Hope, PE, CQM, EP
BS Environmental Engineering

Ms. Hope is a professional engineer with more than 18 years experience providing environmental engineering and consulting services to industrial and government customers including the US Army, the US Marine Corps, the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Army National Guard, the Air National Guard, NOAA, the Bureau of Land Management, the USDA, and the Federal Aviation Administration.

Her project experience includes:

  • Great Lakes basin sediment sampling
  • Quality Plan development
  • Great Lakes basin data validation services
  • Due-diligence studies—environmental site assessments
  • NEPA assessments
  • Well closures
  • Hazardous material management
  • Health and safety plan development

Task managers

Our task managers are responsible for implementing specific sections of projects under contract.

Task Manager, USDA-NRCS Due Diligence
Emily Levine
MS Natural Resources and Environment, Environmental Planning concentration

Ms. Levine manages multiple long-term contracts from the USDA-NRCS to provide national due-diligence assistance for the following programs: WRP, WREP, HFRP, FRPP, GRP, EWP-PPE/FEP, MRBI-WREP, and GLRI-WREP.

Task Manager, Environmental Plans and Reports
Lindsay Hanna, CQM, CWD, CWB, CHSS, CWH
MS Natural Resources and Environment, Terrestrial Ecosystems concentration

Ms. Hanna manages multiple and supports contracts from the USDA-NRCS, USDA-USFS, and USACE in the Midwest and Great Lakes Basin. She has managed more than 250 wetland delineations, manages wetland easement monitoring, and provides environmental compliance support and well closure services. She helps manage lead abatement activities and radon mitigation system installation at military facilities.

Ms. Hanna assists commercial clients with Tier II compliance, SPCC and release plan updates, general compliance permits and updates, and MSDS conversions.

Task Manager, Natural Resources
Danielle McLain, CWD, CWB, CHSS, CWH
MS Biology, Ecology concentration

Ms. McLain has delineated more than 80 potential wetlands and compiled the subsequent reports. She has conducted the field work for preliminary assessments/site investigation and managed the preparation of the update to a PA/SI report in addition to conducting Potentially Responsible Party (PRP) searches and preparing PRP reports.

Ms. McLain assists our commercial customers with SPCC and PIP plans, AST and UST compliance, general compliance permits and updates, and MSDS conversions.