Chris Sims brings more than 18 years of experience practicing archaeology in 27 states and four countries. He earned his BA degree in anthropology from Appalachian State University and his MS degree in anthropology from University of Louisville, where he used GIS to test ecological models of human behavior in periods of significant climate change. Chris has demonstrated success on projects in Section 106, Section 110, large infrastructure projects, and large wetlands reclamation programs for the USACE. He is also very active with public archaeology outreach and education projects in the Portland area.

Over the past 16 years of professional development, Garret has honed his experience as a technical, organizational, and business development leader. He has a valuable combination of senior management and hands-on experience solving operational issues, increasing profitability, and driving growth into new markets. He serves Trinity’s clients as an architectural historian on a multitude of documentation projects, including those under Sections 106 and 110 of the NHPA, NEPA, State laws, and several local preservation ordinances. He leverages his varied experience in environmental and compliance consulting to support a wide variety of roles in the consulting and utilities fields. From his varied and dynamic experience working in consulting, Garret brings a consistent, energetic approach to leadership strategic growth.

Ron van Ommeren has more than 35 years of experience as principal, project manager, environmental regulatory specialist, and biologist for projects throughout Arizona and in California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Montana, Texas, and Utah. He continues to provide Trinty’s clients with natural resources-related regulatory support primarily in context of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); Clean Water Act (CWA); Endangered Species Act (ESA); and state, county, and local requirements.

Ben Wright has 15 years of experience at the federal level providing technical assistance for both the development of infrastructure projects and management of aquatic resources. He has experience developing biological assessments, water quality monitoring plans, fisheries management plans, salmon, and bull trout recovery plans. Ben has an additional 10 years of experience working on long-term ecological monitoring programs related to lakes, streams, water quality and climate. His expertise includes endangered species monitoring (bull trout, chinook salmon, steelhead), assessments and permitting, SEPA and NEPA documentation across disciplines gained during his work on federal highway projects.

He continues to assist Trinty’s clients in projects designing and implementing construction and monitoring plans of flood protection structures (Engineered log jams, rock barbs, toe roughened revetments and levees), fish passage culverts and fish habitat restoration, fish population assessments, utilizing genetic analysis, spawning escapement, and movement studies.

Racheal Villa has expertise in Project Management, Shoreline Planning, Wetland Science and Regulatory Compliance. She has professional training and experience in freshwater and marine ecology with emphasis in salmonid life histories and habitat. She assists Trinty’s clients with site planning and design, project coordination, permitting and management, aquatic and wetland ecology, habitat restoration, wetland, stream, and eelgrass delineations and assessments, benthic surveys, stream assessments, marine mammal and fish protection monitoring programs, and mitigation planning.

In addition, Racheal has extensive experience authoring biological evaluations and preparing documentation for the Endangered Species Act, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, Hydraulic Project Approvals, and other general state and local regulatory permitting. Racheal has successfully planned and numerous permitting projects involving aquatic habitat protection and mitigation including conducting marine habitat and species monitoring, as well as freshwater wetland creation, enhancement, restoration, and riparian habitat restoration actions.

Nahide Aydin Reynolds has over 30 years of experience in GIS and progressive leadership and technical expertise to the delivery of complex geospatial projects. Her background includes architecting enterprise GIS systems, developing field data collection applications, and establishing rigorous quality‑control frameworks that ensure accuracy, repeatability, and long‑term value. Nahide oversees Trinty’s GIS team that specializes in ArcGIS Enterprise architecture, field data collection application design, QA/QC protocol development, spatial database management, equity and demographic data integration, and interactive dashboard creation. Our experience includes development of asset inventory programs, Level of Service (LOS) frameworks, KPI dashboards, and defensible spatial analyses that directly inform capital planning and policy implementation.

Daniel Sharp holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin and a B.A. in Anthropology and Environmental Science from the University of Notre Dame. He has nearly 20 years of professional experience across the United States. He is a licensed landscape architect in Arizona, Texas, and Nevada. Raised on a cattle ranch in southern Arizona, Mr. Sharp brings a minimalist and strategic approach to preserving open space. His project experience includes the Milton Reimers Ranch Park master plan in Texas and the University of Arizona Student Success District. At WestLand, now Trinity Consultants, he has led the design of Kennedy Park and Santa Rita Park for the City of Tucson and the Saguaro Creek K-8 campus in Vail. He now serves as Director of Landscape Architecture for Trinity Consultants and is based in Tucson, AZ. His focus is parks, open space, and campus design, with an emphasis on green infrastructure and cultural history.