Albert Dyrness is the Divisional President, Life Sciences. This pillar provides engineering and compliance solutions to the life science industry. Albert has more than 20 years of experience in process engineering design, and commissioning of GMP equipment, systems, and facilities.

Albert is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Bioprocess Equipment (ASME BPE) Standards Committee and is serving as the Chairperson for the ASME BPE System Design subcommittee. He is a past board member of Oncobiologics (now Outlook Therapeutics), a NASDAQ-traded clinical stage biopharmaceutical company. He is also an Industrial Advisory Board Member of the University of the Pacific’s Bioengineering program.

Albert received an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He holds professional engineering licenses in the state of California for Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.

As an Operations Director in Trinity’s Gulf Coast Region, Brian oversees environmental permitting, compliance, and reporting projects that include facility siting, due diligence, expert testimony, federal and state permitting (including PSD, Nonattainment, Major Source MACT, New Source Review, Title V, and Deepwater Port Licenses), compliance assurance support, auditing, air quality impact assessments, and public hearing support. Brian also leads Trinity’s Environmental Justice practice and Trinity’s Australia operations.

Brian’s 30 years of experience includes permitting work on hundreds of projects located throughout the United States for operations involved in petroleum refining, liquid terminals, oil and gas exploration, production, processing and transmission, cement manufacturing, electric power generation, cogeneration, chemicals, steel manufacturing, mining, tire manufacturing, landfill gas and landfill gas-to-energy, aerospace, military, and alcoholic brewing.

In addition to his consulting work, Brian has prepared and instructed professional training courses for environmental professionals, including custom courses for corporations, regulatory agencies, and trade associations.

Brian graduated Summa Cum Laude from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering and has an M.B.A. from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.

Alan is a 21-year veteran in the IT field and serves as IT Director of Trinity Consultants. In his current role, Alan sets the overall IT strategy of the firm and leads Trinity’s IT professionals in maintaining Trinity’s worldwide network and infrastructure.

Prior to joining Trinity in 1997, Alan was the webmaster for The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA), a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization aimed to promote free-market alternatives to government regulation and control. Over the years, Alan has designed Trinity’s Project Management System, led the migration from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange, and redesigned Trinity’s Knowledge Management System using SharePoint.

Alan graduated Beta Gamma Sigma from Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business in 2010. Prior to obtaining his MBA from SMU, Alan received a B.A. in Biology from University of Texas at Austin. He is a member of the INTERFACE Advisory Council and is fluent in both Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese.

A specialist in air regulations and air permitting processes, Mr. Smith provides air consulting services to manufacturing industries, helping clients develop and execute strategies for addressing the air permitting and regulatory requirements associated with capital projects while optimizing the client’s business objectives.

His work has been particularly focused on managing projects for sources impacted by the New Source Review permitting regulations. He has served in a variety of litigation support roles, helping clients respond to enforcement actions, preparing expert reports, and advising legal counsel on air-related technical, modeling, and regulatory matters. Mr. Smith also conducts air compliance audits and helps clients develop compliance plans and implement environmental management information systems. Furthermore, Mr. Smith has been an instructor for several of Trinity’s popular training courses including Air Compliance Auditing for Industrial Facilities and Air Regulations and Permitting in Kentucky.

In addition to his consulting work, Mr. Smith serves as Trinity’s Director of Business Systems and Processes. In this role, he oversees the ongoing development and improvement of Trinity’s quality and knowledge management systems. He is also responsible for maintaining Trinity’s corporate office certification to the ISO9001:2015 standard and for the quality management system implemented in all the consulting offices of the firm.

Mr. Smith is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati, where he first obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering (Magna Cum Laude) and then a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering (Summa Cum Laude). He is a licensed Professional Engineer (Georgia).

Ms. Agarwal is Trinity’s Director of Sustainability Services and a Principal Consultant based out of the San Francisco Bay Area in California with Trinity’s Sustainability & Assurance Business. She has close to 20 years of experience (over a decade in CA) assisting clients in a wide range of industries throughout California and other states. Ms. Agarwal has well established relationships with the California Air Resources Board and is well-versed with the state’s climate initiatives since the inception of its climate-focused regulations. She has worked with several clients in the refinery, fuels and pipeline sector. Her experience has focused on helping industrial companies develop and implement environmental strategies to achieve their business goals, not only in California, but across Northern America. Ms. Agarwal is the instructor of Trinity’s Climate Reporting Fundamentals Course, and several other national webinars.

Dr. Dai, PE, CM, currently serves as the director for Trinity’s BREEZE Software, Data, and Services division based in Dallas and Trinity’s China Operations. Dr. Dai is also an adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University (SMU) where he teaches senior/graduate level environmental program courses including air quality management and engineering and aerosol science. Dr. Dai is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas and a certified manager.

Dr. Dai has extensive environmental consulting and EH&S software development experience. He has authored more than 30 technical publications in various specialty areas and presented many invited keynote presentations and seminars on air quality subjects in China. He received dual B.S. degrees in Environmental Engineering and Economic Management from Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) in 1991, an M.S. degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 1994, and a Ph.D. degree in Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1999.

At Trinity since 1998, Dr. Dai is involved with projects related to air quality management and engineering, air quality modeling (including offshore operations impact analysis), regional scale modeling including photochemical modeling, emission evaluation and strategies related to ozone and PM2.5 nonattainment issues, control technology analyses, air quality permitting, EHS compliance analysis/audits, industrial risk management, health risk assessment, process safety management, risk management planning and hazard assessment, regulatory compliance analysis, emissions quantification, LNG safety impact assessment, mesoscale data modeling (WRF/MM5), meteorological data assessment and applications, commercial EH&S software solutions, and litigation expert/support.

Dr. Dai is also an instructor for environmental regulatory and technical training courses provided by Trinity.

As Director of Chemical Sector Services, Inaas, PE, coordinates effective project teams that comprise the technical and local regulatory knowledge to most effectively address client needs. Through her extensive experience working onsite at chemical manufacturing facilities, assisting with daily compliance activities as well as developing effective permitting strategies, Inaas has developed the in-depth knowledge that allows her to serve as a valuable environmental resource to many facility types and sizes.

Inaas’ technical expertise includes regulatory applicability analysis, MACT and NSPS compliance, Title V and construction permitting, New Source Review permitting, emissions inventories, compliance management solutions, TRI reporting, and Risk Management Planning. She is the instructor for a number of related Trinity training courses including Compliance Management for Fugitive Emissions & LDAR. Inaas earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Kentucky and an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas.

With nearly three decades of professional experience, Casey Lenhart is Director of Monitoring Services. He is an expert in air quality and his professional experience includes managing and participating in a wide variety of air quality and meteorological programs for both governmental and industrial clients throughout the United States. Casey has extensive and proven experience with instrumentation, system integration, calibration, auditing, and quality assurance relating to measurements of TSP, PM10, PM2.5, O3, CO, SO2, NO-NOx-NO2-NOy, VOC, and Methane/HC, scene and visibility, as well as all meteorological parameters on 10- to 100-meter meteorological towers. Beginning his career as a site technician, Casey progressed to managing PSD, NRC, SPM, and SLAMS meteorological and air quality monitoring programs. As a project manager, his responsibilities include oversight of site selection, tall tower and ambient site installations, routine site visits by MSI/Trinity technicians, sampler and analyzer calibrations, performance audits, sensor repair, maintenance, and/or replacement, data management, data validation, and reporting.

In addition, Casey has extensive experience with numerous communication platforms including satellite, RF telemetry, and IP cellular, all coupled with data acquisition equipment. He has extensive experience in data logger programming as well as peripheral device-conditional control via analog signals and digital MODBUS protocol. He has also designed and fabricated an exhaustive list of monitoring equipment systems for use in air quality monitoring, weather modification, sample collection, and atmospheric tracer gas measurement programs. The types of equipment include: automated samplers, automatic calibration systems, remote controlled data acquisition systems, and other remote controlled and manually controlled equipment.

Jim Lyons is Director of Trinity Consultants’ Mobile Source and Fuels Services business line and is based in the Phoenix, Arizona office. He brings over 40 years of experience in the development, implementation, and evaluation of mobile source emissions and fuel regulatory programs at both the state and federal levels.

As leader of Trinity’s Mobile Source and Fuels team, Mr. Lyons oversees technical services related to new engine and vehicle certification, low-emission fuel strategies, and advanced control technologies. His expertise includes the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), evaporative and refueling emissions, and greenhouse gas compliance programs. He routinely evaluates the emission impacts, costs, and cost-effectiveness of control measures across light- and heavy-duty, on-road and nonroad sources.

Mr. Lyons is nationally recognized as an authority on mobile source regulations and serves as a testifying and consulting expert in litigation involving product liability, intellectual property, and regulatory compliance. He has supported high-profile enforcement cases in the auto manufacturing and refining sectors, including international expert testimony in China.

He has authored or contributed to more than 100 technical reports and peer-reviewed publications on emissions modeling, fuel impacts, vehicle standards, and air quality strategy.

He holds an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a B.S. in Chemistry (Cum Laude) from the University of California, Irvine. He is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers.

Patrick Nonhof holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. He has over twenty years of experience in the petrochemical industry. He began his career with BASF and held positions in project engineering and operations.

After BASF, he worked for Berwanger, Inc., an engineering consulting company based in Houston TX. At Berwanger, Mr. Nonhof served in a variety of line management positions. During his tenure with Berwanger, he worked for multiple multi-national oil and gas companies providing Process Safety Management (PSM) services.

In 2006, he co-founded Provenance Consulting, LLC., a process safety consulting company. Provenance’s focus is implementation and maintenance of PSM systems, with a focus on data management.

Jason Schmitz is the Director, EHS Information Technology Solutions in Trinity’s Washington, D.C. office. Jason has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland with over 20 years of environmental consulting experience.

Jason is also a recognized leader in the environmental, health, safety and sustainability (EHSS) information management arena with reputable expertise in the selection, implementation and sustainment of information solutions to support EHSS programs. He has detailed knowledge of leading software systems and has led enterprise implementations within numerous industrial sectors including chemical, petrochemical, oil and gas, power, steel, paint, and aluminum.

As an environmental engineer and compliance consultant, Jason has led numerous environmental projects including air permitting, compliance reporting, multi-media audits, environmental management systems, training and performance benchmarking. His air quality compliance management background includes Title V/PSD/NSR permitting, applicability analyses, and emission inventory design and development.

He is also an experienced climate change and sustainability subject matter expert with many diverse experiences including enterprise energy management programs, sustainability metrics development/tracking, enterprise GHG inventory development, and carbon verification projects.

Mr. Orsini currently serves as Director of Trinity’s EHS Performance & Risk Management (EPRM) Business Line. Mr. Orsini has over 35 years of multimedia environmental permitting and compliance expertise. Mr. Orsini’s technical experience includes sustainability & climate change, energy management and auditing, transaction diligence, permitting for major and minor air sources, preparing environmental impact statements and environmental assessments for NEPA compliance, air quality monitoring, permitting for fill/dredge activities on waters of the US, hazardous waste management, spill prevention control and countermeasure plans, wastewater and storm water permitting, toxic release inventories, chemical accident prevention, chemical terrorism, facility security, MARSEC, fire prevention, occupational safety and health, and hazardous chemicals reporting.

Mr. Orsini has assisted organizations in industries such as cement and concrete batch plants, oil & gas, general manufacturing, metal recycling facilities, steel and aluminum mills and foundries, food processing plants, distilled spirits plants, chemical manufacturing and distribution plants, pulp and paper, petrochemicals and plastics, rock crushing and quarries, sand processing, site developers, manufacturers of plastics and composites, and building materials suppliers. He has conducted comprehensive EHS audits and assessments and general EHS and sustainability work at various industries in the conterminous United States, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Mexico, Argentina, and Uruguay. Mr. Orsini also assists clients in responding to federal and state notice of violations and enforcement on environmental non-compliance issues.

Mr. Orsini earned a Master in Environmental Engineering and Science from The Johns Hopkins University’s Whiting School of Engineering, and held the Certified Energy Auditor (CEA) designation from 2013-2019.

Kirk serves as Managing Director for Trinity’s East Region and has over 27 years of environmental experience with a focus in the air quality regulatory arena. Kirk’s regulatory expertise includes air permitting (NSR/PSD/Title V), NSPS/NESHAP/MACT compliance, emission inventories, enforcement/litigation support, compliance/due diligence auditing, and state/local air quality regulations. With an in-depth understanding of air regulations and air permitting processes, Kirk helps industrial clients develop and execute strategies for addressing their air permitting requirements associated with capital projects, while optimizing the client’s business objectives against regulatory requirements.

As Managing Director, he oversees and has P&L responsibilities for Trinity’s East Region consulting operations, which spans from Kentucky through New England. Kirk also leads Trinity’s refrigerant and ozone depleting substance (ODS) compliance services team through the execution of compliance audits and the development of compliance management programs driven by 40 CFR 82 and state-specific regulations. Kirk is the primary author for Trinity’s refrigerant and ODS regulatory training workshop that is provided across the nation. During his five plus years managing the air quality program for The Boeing Company’s Wichita, Kansas facility, Kirk also oversaw the implementation of the ODS compliance program for the facility.

Kirk earned both his MS degree in Environmental Engineering and BS degree in Aeronautical & Aerospace Engineering from Purdue University.

Managing Director for Trinity’s West Region, Vineet has more than 20 years of environmental consulting experience and significant expertise on air quality issues. Vineet is a recognized strategic advisor and thought leader on complex air quality issues facing regulated sources including climate change and sustainability matters.

As a Managing Director, he also oversees and has P&L responsibilities for Trinity’s West Region consulting operations and Trinity’s Mobile Source and Fuels business line. The majority of his consulting experience involves managing and supervising environmental strategy, permitting, and compliance projects in Arizona, Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, and several other states. Vineet has provided services to clients in a variety of industries, including oil and natural gas (upstream and downstream), refining, cement, chemical, electric utilities, building products, pulp and paper, agricultural and dairy, food processing, tire manufacturing, railroad operations, aerospace, construction, agriculture, and food products.

Vineet is experienced in all facets of environmental permitting and compliance from greenfield major sources to minor sources, managing large projects from conception to operations, project planning and strategy development, performing site investigations and audits, supporting enforcement and compliance cases, advising senior environmental professionals on technical issues that affect capital investments and associated environmental permitting and compliance requirements. He has delivered technical papers and numerous presentations on a variety of environmental subjects. In addition, he has prepared and taught industry-specific workshops for several facilities covering various environmental topics as multi-day custom corporate and state agency training events, to targeted seminars and webinars on specialty air quality topics. Vineet has also provided expert witness support in Clean Air Act litigation cases.

Vineet earned his MBA from Southern Methodist University, an MS degree in Environmental Engineering & Air Quality Management from Montana Tech, and a BS degree in Civil Engineering from the Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology in Bhopal, India. Vineet is also a CARB accredited Lead Verifier for all GHG sectors.

Shishir serves as Trinity’s Managing Director of the Gulf/South Region, has over 30 years of experience with chemicals, petrochemicals and refineries located primarily in Texas and Louisiana. He has done extensive new source review permitting (major and minor) for a variety of chemical, refining and petrochemical facilities located in the Gulf Coast. He has also performed compliance analyses, audits, detailed studies, and/or training pertaining to MACT, NESHAP, and NSPS standards affecting chemical, petrochemical, and refining process industries for numerous companies all over the country. Mr. Mohan has performed extensive work in every major facet of air quality compliance for batch and continuous chemical process industries.

Shishir has a M.S. degree in environmental engineering from the State University of New York, Syracuse and a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from the Institute of Technology, Varanasi, India.

Eddie Al-Rayes is Regional Director for Trinity’s California and Phoenix operations and is based in the Sacramento, California office. Eddie is involved with assisting the regulated community in the region with a variety of environmental permitting and compliance issues such as air quality permitting, air emissions controls, air quality dispersion modeling and impacts, implementation of digital compliance management tools, due diligence in support of mergers and acquisitions, agency negotiations, and environmental auditing.

Since the late 1990s, Eddie has supported clients across the West in EPA Regions 6, 8, and 9 and in various industry sectors such as petroleum refining, mining and metallic minerals processing, steel manufacturing, semiconductor, and electrical utilities. Eddie has also instructed professional training courses on state and federal air regulations in Texas and Arizona.

Eddie holds a B.E. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon and an M.S. degree in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

Principal Consultant Christine Chambers serves as Regional Director for Trinity’s Central States Region. Christine is based in Trinity’s Dallas, Texas office and has more than 20 years of experience in the air quality consulting field, including state and federal air quality permitting, environmental audits, emissions inventories, and litigation support. She has extensive experience conducting and managing long-range transport analyses including ozone impact assessments, reasonable progress, and Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) evaluations conducted in support of technical response comments to EPA Federal Implementation Plans (FIPs), various PSD permit applications, as well as a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) assessment. Modeling efforts included extensive sensitivity analyses to optimize the modeling domain and parameter values and discussions/negotiations with EPA, state agencies, and federal land managers (FLM).

Christine earned her M.S. degree in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. She earned her Bachelor’s of Engineering degree in Civil Engineering with a concentration in Environmental Engineering from Vanderbilt University. In addition, Ms. Chambers completed her Master of Business Administration degree at Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business.

As a Regional Director for Trinity’s Pacific Northwest Region, Melissa Hillman is based in Trinity’s Portland, Oregon office and has more than 17 years of experience in environmental consulting, specializing primarily in large strategic account management and air quality. Melissa oversees offices located in Boise, Idaho; Portland, Oregon; and Seattle, Washington. The majority of Melissa’s experience involves growing corporate accounts through effective project management involving small to large environmental projects. Melissa has experience working in numerous states including Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Hawaii, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Washington.

Melissa specializes in a number of industrial sectors including data centers, electrical generation, chemical/fertilizer production, pulp and paper production, and cement manufacturing. Her area of expertise includes local/state/federal air quality permitting, air quality compliance, environmental audits, air emissions inventories, and litigation support. She has taught regional-specific air quality training courses in California and Nevada.

Melissa earned her M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of California at Davis. She earned her Bachelor’s of Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering from Florida State University.

Principal Consultant Tony Jabon, PE, serves as Regional Director for Trinity’s Carolinas, Louisiana, and Mississippi region (Charlotte, Raleigh, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and Jackson, MS offices). Tony is based in Trinity’s Charlotte, North Carolina office. Since joining Trinity in 1998, Tony has extensive experience providing consulting services to a variety of industries, including building products, wood products, and automotive assembly facilities. He specializes in PSD/NSR permitting, Title V permitting, NESHAP compliance, and Compliance Assurance Monitoring plans. Tony has also participated in client negotiations with various regulatory agencies and assisted facilities with compliance management services.

In addition to his consulting services, Tony is an instructor for Trinity’s national Title V Compliance Workshop course. He earned both a B.S.E. in Civil and Environmental Engineering and a M.S.E. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Michigan. Tony also holds a M.B.A. in Strategy from the Cox School of Business at SMU.

Brad James, PE, serves as Regional Manager of Trinity Consultants’ Southeast Region offices. Commencing his career with Trinity in Charlotte, Brad gained significant experience assisting companies in a variety of industries in the Southeast with air quality and environmental compliance. In 2004, Brad relocated to Florida to assist Trinity in serving clients in the state. In 2007, Brad helped open Trinity’s first office in Florida, located in his hometown of Orlando. Later, Brad moved to Atlanta where he assumed the leadership role of Atlanta office manager in 2015. In 2023, Brad assumed the role of Regional Manager for Trinity’s Southeast Region.

Brad has assisted clients from varied industries including power generation, bulk storage terminals, asphalt products, wood products, building products, Portland cement, and food products with environmental regulations compliance. In supporting his clients, Brad has assisted with environmental management (auditing, regulatory strategy assessments, compliance management tools) and permitting (Title V, PSD, state permitting, and Case-by-Case MACT).

He has experience working with state and local agencies throughout the Southeast. With this broad client experience, Brad has presented on key topics of expertise including Climate Change Strategy, Title V Permit Compliance, and Environmental Reporting and he is the primary instructor of Trinity’s training course, Air Compliance Auditing for Industrial Facilities. Brad is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Florida. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering with High Honor from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Rich serves as Regional Director of the Gulf region and Manager of Consulting Services for Trinity’s Houston and Lake Charles offices. With over 20 years at Trinity Consultants, Rich has a wealth of experience assisting industrial facilities with air quality permitting, including Title V Operating Permits and Prevention of Significant Deterioration / Nonattainment New Source Review permits.

A former director of Trinity’s Digital Solutions division dedicated to helping companies streamline Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) information management practices, Rich is particularly knowledgeable regarding selection and implementation of enterprise-wide environmental management information systems (EMIS) for industry. Rich is also well-versed in developing custom applications to enhance EH&S data management and has worked extensively to assist clients with data gathering and reporting systems, compliance tracking systems, regulatory determination functionality, and air/water/waste modules.

Rich graduated Magna Cum Laude from Texas A&M University with a B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering.

Rob has more than 25 years of experience in the air quality consulting field, including state and federal air quality permitting, Indian Lands permitting, compliance management system development, environmental audits, ambient monitoring, air dispersion modeling, emissions inventories, control technology reviews, litigation support, and air toxics evaluations.

He has extensive experience in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming, Utah, and North Dakota where he is responsible for managing project work, teaching regulatory courses, and contributing to stakeholder processes. Rob has experience working with clients in the oil & gas, mining, petroleum refining, agriculture, power generation, and general manufacturing industries.

He is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and manages consulting operations for Trinity’s Southwest and Rocky Mountain Region.

Tom Muscenti, PE, is based in Trinity’s Pittsburgh, PA office and serves as Regional Manager overseeing Trinity’s Mid-Atlantic region, while assisting the regulated community in the region with a variety of environmental compliance issues.

He is involved in state, Title V, and federal NSR permitting projects, as well as NSPS and MACT compliance assistance. Tom has assisted clients from varied industries, including oil and gas, chemical production, lime, and glass manufacturing with environmental regulation compliance.

In supporting his clients, Tom has provided public hearing support, compliance auditing, and regulatory agency negotiation, as well as managing ambient monitoring and leak detection repair programs in the natural gas industry. He has experience working with Federal, state and local agencies throughout the Mid-Atlantic states as part of coordinated multi-state permitting efforts for clients.

He also serves as the instructor for Trinity’s Clean Air Act for the Oil & Gas Industry and Air Quality Compliance for Natural Gas Operations in the Appalachian Basin professional training courses.

Tom graduated from Virginia Tech with a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering and is a registered professional engineer (PE).

Nicole Saniti, PE, is based in Trinity’s Washington, D.C. office and serves as a Regional Directo for Trinity’s Appalachian region. Since 2005, she has been dedicated to delivering top-notch environmental consulting services to a diverse array of clients throughout the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. Her extensive professional background spans various industries, including chemical, power generation, automotive assembly, building products, glass manufacturing, and other general manufacturing sectors.

Nicole’s expertise lies in environmental project strategy development and environmental project management. She has significant experience in air quality permitting, including Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD), Plantwide Applicability Limits (PAL), state New Source Review (NSR), Title V operating permits, and state operating permits. She also guides clients through regulatory applicability analyses, New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) compliance, air quality compliance reporting, dispersion modeling, emission inventories, and stack test facilitation. In addition to her air quality expertise, Nicole supports Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) reporting, Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC)/ Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) development, and environmental audits.

Throughout her career, Nicole has been a strategic advisor to clients, devising permitting and regulatory strategies that align environmental compliance with business needs. Her success as a liaison between clients and state and local agency personnel have yielded flexible permits tailored to optimize facility operations. Further, Nicole collaborates closely with senior client leadership to navigate the dynamic landscape of regulatory changes, ensuring ongoing environmental compliance.

Nicole has earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Rochester and an M.B.A from Wake Forest University. She is a registered Professional Engineer in North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas.

David Wall, PE, serves as Regional Manager overseeing operations of Trinity’s suburban Chicago, Indianapolis, and Ann Arbor offices while assisting the regulated community in the region with a variety of environmental compliance issues. He is involved in state, Title V, and Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permitting projects, CEMS compliance, the evaluation of control and monitoring technologies and MACT Compliance assistance.

David has significant compliance support, permitting, and auditing experience in the petroleum refining and petrochemical industries. He has managed permitting projects ranging from minor modifications to multi-billion dollar capital projects. He has performed consent decree- based and internally driven compliance audits at refineries and chemical plants with topics ranging from general Title V compliance to historical PSD applicability issues and U.S. EPA enforcement initiative “marquee” issues such as BWON, NSPS J/Ja, LDAR, and flaring. He also serves as the instructor for Trinity’s Clean Air Act Workshop for Petroleum Refineries professional training course.

David also has experience working with electrical utilities and industrial cogeneration and powerhouse facilities to provide permitting services, auditing, and support with cap and trade programs such as the Acid Rain Program and associated CEMS and other monitoring requirements under 40 CFR 60 and 40 CFR 75.

David graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering and is a registered professional engineer (PE) and Certified Manager (CM).

Mr. Strohm serves as Managing Consultant for Trinity Consultants’ Boise, Idaho Office. Throughout his 18-year professional career, he has served clients in industries including food and animal products, chemical and fertilizer production, coal mining, metals mining, phosphate mining and processing, upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas, natural gas and coal fired electrical generation. He serves as the national lead for Trinity Consultants work with the National Mining Association and sits on the Environmental Committee for the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry.

Mr. Strohm has worked in both the public and private sector on all aspects of air quality. His background includes facility and regional scale atmospheric dispersion modeling, state and federal air quality permitting and compliance, ambient air quality and meteorological monitoring, ambient acoustical modeling, and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementation.

Mr. Strohm has specialized project experience in atmospheric modeling and has completed numerous air quality and noise analyses using Gaussian, Puff, Photochemical Grid and acoustical models. In addition, Mr. Strohm has extensive expertise related to NEPA air resource analyses, PSD applicability and permitting, Title V and New Source Review (NSR) permitting programs, and regulatory applicability determinations.

Mr. Strohm has a B.S. in Meteorology from the University of Utah and has worked previously for the Utah Division of Air Quality as well as other air quality consulting firms.

Anna Aumann is a seasoned environmental consultant with over 20 years of experience, based in Trinity’s Chicago office and serves as a Regional Manager for Trinity’s Midwest region. Anna has been instrumental in delivering high-impact environmental consulting services to a broad spectrum of industries, including petroleum refining, terminals and pipelines, power generation, data centers, building products, roofing and asphalt, food manufacturing, and coating and printing.

Anna has extensive experience supporting clients with project strategy and environmental compliance. Her expertise spans complex air quality permitting projects such as Title V, Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) avoidance, state operating permits, and construction permitting. She is adept at navigating regulatory frameworks including New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP), state-specific environmental regulations, and refrigerant management requirements.

As a trusted advisor, Anna partners closely with clients to align environmental strategies with business objectives. Her collaborative work with state and federal agencies has led to flexible permitting outcomes and successful resolution of compliance challenges and agency violations.

Anna earned a M.S. degree and a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University.

Jim’s impact on Trinity Consultants’ operations is only second to the influence he has had on America’s skyline. As Managing Director, he oversees operations, finance, and people, drawing on more than 25 years of experience to guide teams and projects.

Recognized for his design expertise in hospitals, laboratories, and data centers, Jim thrives on complex challenges where noise or vibration can threaten performance, testing, or research integrity. A trusted mentor and leader, he is dedicated to sharing knowledge, fostering collaboration, and elevating both people and projects.

Matt spent the first 10+ years of his career as a mechanical systems design professional, designing a wide range of complex and largescale systems serving a wide range of facilities including commercial offices, hotels, performing arts, conference centers, healthcare facilities, data centers, higher education facilities and research laboratories. Matt’s design experience was gained from both a consulting engineering role and as part of a design-build mechanical contractor team.