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.

Jocelyn Bernatchez holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Anthropology from Arizona State University and a B.A. in Anthropology from Dartmouth College. She has more than 20 years of experience as an archaeologist. She meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for archaeology and is a qualified Principal Investigator with the Arizona State Museum. In 2018, she joined WestLand, now Trinity Consultants, as a Principal Investigator and Project Manager. At WestLand, Dr. Bernatchez has led projects in Arizona and Utah, ranging from small cultural resources inventories to large data recovery projects. During her tenure, she has worked for clients including Resolution Copper, ASARCO, Tucson Electric Power, and the Maricopa County Department of Transportation. She now serves as Director, SW Cultural Resources, for Trinity Consultants and is based in Phoenix, AZ. Her focus is archaeology and historic preservation, with an emphasis on federal and state cultural resources compliance.

Avi Buckles brings more than 25 years of experience practicing archaeology in Arizona and New Mexico. He earned his BA in anthropology from the University of Arizona and his MA in history from Arizona State University, with a research focus on historical archaeology and Southwestern mining and ranching history. Avi has directed survey and data recovery projects for clients including Freeport-McMoRan, Resolution Copper, the Tohono O’odham Utility Authority, and the Ak-Chin Indian Community. He also developed WestLand’s Tribal Coordination Program, which employs members of seven Native American Tribes from Arizona and New Mexico.

Susan Gilbert brings more than 30 years of experience in water supply, treatment, and distribution systems and wastewater facility planning. She earned her BS in civil and environmental engineering and her MS in civil engineering from Utah State University and later completed her MBA at Seattle University. Susan has led projects across the western United States, including the $1.0B Willamette Water Supply Program, the One Water LA 2040 Plan, and the Tucson Water Tank and Reservoir Rehabilitation Program. She is known for bringing multiple stakeholders and regulatory agencies together to move complex projects forward, and she helped develop alternative delivery legislation in two states.

Curtis Miles brings more than 10 years of experience in the mining, water, and wastewater industries. He earned his BS degree in civil engineering, with a minor in hydrology and water resources, from the University of Arizona, where he graduated magna cum laude. Curtis has served as Project Manager and Project Engineer on hydraulic system projects, including mine dewatering systems, wellfields, and distribution networks. He is also the Mining Project Lead for Trinity Consultants and has worked with major mining clients across Arizona, including Freeport-McMoRan, ASARCO, and Resolution Copper.