James Parker
Founding Partner
James has worked within the ecosystem services industry since 2008 and gained broad expertise developing and operating ecological offset projects throughout the U.S including: stream and wetland mitigation, habitat and endangered species conservation, natural resource damage assessment, and water quality and nutrient reduction projects. James has been involved with the acquisition, development, and management of more than 30 different ecological restoration projects. James has settled hundreds of credit transactions to satisfy federal and state permitting requirements to advance his customer’s projects. James is a founding member of the Virginia Environmental Restoration Association and a past board member and president of the Ecological Restoration Business Association. James holds a BA from James Madison University and MBA from the UVA Darden School of Business.
You can reach James by phone at 804-819-0474 or the form below.
Bobby Proutt
Founding Partner
Bobby has over 14 years’ experience within the ecological restoration industry, beginning with practicing legal work before managing all aspects of a full service ecological project development firm. In his career, he has had experience with the full life cycle of these projects – from identifying the land, negotiating with landowners, and obtaining required permits and approvals, to construction management and post-construction maintenance and monitoring – and overseeing a team to implement these projects. He has extensive experience addressing regulatory issues in this industry given his legal background. He also has extensive experience structuring deals and transactions and managing projects and systems. Bobby is a founding Member of the Virginia Ecological Restoration Association, President of the Virginia Association for Commercial Real Estate and the incoming President of the Greater Richmond Association for Commercial Real Estate. Bobby earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and J.D. from the University of Richmond School of Law.
You can reach Bobby by phone at 804-380-6375 or the form below.
Ben Snyder, PE
Lead Project Engineer
Ben has 12 years’ experience in the environmental restoration industry, including stream and wetland design expertise on private and public projects in both urban and rural settings. Ben holds the following licenses: Professional Engineer (PE-Virginia), Wetland Professional in Training (WPIT), Responsible Land Disturber (RLD) and Virginia Pesticide Applicator. Furthermore, Ben has completed the following training courses: Rosgen Stream I-IV, NCSU Hydraulic Modeling – River Course 302, NCSU Construction Practices – River Course 401. For Clearwater, Ben’s responsibilities include permitting, construction oversight, stream and wetland design, desktop analysis and site searches, nutrient reduction assessments, site monitoring, reporting and maintenance.
You can reach Ben by phone at 804-814-2900 or the form below.
Travis Spangler
Project Engineer
Travis has experience providing engineering support in the environmental restoration industry focusing on fluvial geomorphology assessments, restoration design, construction oversight and post-construction monitoring. He has completed the Rosgen Stream I-IV courses as well as NC State River Courses 101: Stream Morphology Assessment, 201: Natural Channel Design, 302: HEC-RAS for Stream Restoration, and 303: Multi-Dimensional Modeling for Stream Restoration. Travis is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the state of Virginia, and he holds certifications for E&S Inspector and Stormwater Inspector through DEQ. Travis earned his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering and graduate degree in Biological Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech. Travis’ responsibilities at Clearwater include stream and wetland restoration design, site assessments and analysis, construction oversight and monitoring.
You can reach Travis by phone at 804-873-9554 or the form below.
Greg Kouri
Senior Project Manager
Greg has 6 years’ experience in the environmental services industry including wetland restoration projects, water quality monitoring and fish tissue collection, construction oversight and administration, and wetland delineation. During his career, Greg has been closely involved with the permitting, construction, monitoring, and maintenance of more than 30 stream, wetland and nutrient reduction projects throughout Virginia. Greg holds the license of DEQ Erosion and Sediment Control Inspector and has attended Level 1: Applied Fluvial Geomorphology with Dave Rosgen. For Clearwater, Greg’s responsibilities include site maintenance and monitoring, wetland delineation, construction oversight, permitting and reporting.
You can reach Greg by phone at 804-461-8407 or the form below.
Austin Ziletti
Technician
Austin possesses a life-time of hydrologic experience and an insatiable appetite for knowledge. Through his twenties, he was fortunate to spend 200 days or more a year on the water teaching and guiding fly fishing trips in his home-state of Virginia and through the Pacific Northwest. Having gained an intimate knowledge of Virginia’s native flora and fauna, with an emphasis on aquatic systems, he could not feel more at home joining the Clearwater team. Austin’s contributions to the team include site maintenance and monitoring, wetland delineation, construction oversight, and project reporting.
You can reach Austin by phone at 804-310-4512 or the form below.
Donna Foley
Office Administrator
Donna has over 8 years of experience in project management, 20+ years of accounting and a lifetime passion for environmental stewardship. She got her start at Kings Canyon National Park leading horseback tours and educating visitors about the river and forest ecosystem and native fauna. While a recent transplant to Richmond, she has a long family history in the area and is an avid learner about their relationship with the land since the early colonial period. She embraces native planting, regularly visits the local state and national parks and teaches her extended family sustainable practices. She is delighted to be able to combine her passion for nature with her varied professional expertise.
You can reach Donna at 903-805-4797 or at the form below.
