Senior Leadership Team
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Strata Environmental was established almost twenty-five years ago by Charles Ferst P.E. and an experienced team of senior engineers and scientists. The consultancy includes services in regulatory compliance and permitting, environmental due diligence, multimedia environmental investigations, engineering applications and solutions in water and air, and remedial design and project management for a wide range of environmental cleanups. The Strata Environmental practice functions on an approach where every project team is led by a principal, and is staffed by the same senior staff from project onset to completion.
"In Memoriam: Charles W. Ferst, May 20, 2022. Founder, owner, CEO, engineer, mentor at Strata 1992-2022."
EDUCATION
B.S. Degree, Virginia Tech, Civil Engineering LICENSES Professional Engineer |
Charles W. Ferst, P.E. - Chairman, CEO
Charles Ferst is the founder and CEO of Strata Environmental. Mr. Ferst has an accomplished 35-year plus record of environmental engineering, consulting, and project management experience with the U.S. EPA, the Department of Interior, and in private practice. He has provided consultant and management services on diverse projects, including hazardous waste monitoring, environmental compliance management, permitting, regulatory analysis and support, soil/groundwater investigations, RCRA and CERCLA corrective actions, Phase I environmental assessments, environmental adviser to real estate development teams and air emissions evaluation and control. Following Mr. Ferst's career at the EPA and Office of Surface Mining, Mr. Ferst was a leading pioneer in the early development of environmental auditing and Phase I protocols and processes. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Wisconsin. |
EDUCATION
B.S. & M.S. Degrees, Virginia Tech, Civil Engineering LICENSES Professional Engineer |
Kevin D. Parr, P.E. - President
Kevin Parr has a postgraduate degree in Civil Engineering, and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Tennessee and more than 25 other states. Mr. Parr has 25 years experience providing environmental engineering, consulting and project management services to commercial, legal, and industrial clients and facilities throughout the United States in a wide range of industries including: composite solid surfaces, scientific glass, glass components, battery separators, ethanol production, chemical production, manufactured housing, aluminum casting and extrusion, printing, semiconductor equipment, packaging equipment, bottled beverages, food processing, corrugated packaging, port terminal services, limestone and aggregate mining, hot mix asphalt, watercraft manufacturing, carbon/ceramics processing, fiber-reinforced plastic composites, and transportation services. His areas of practice include air emissions permitting, inventory, and modeling; stormwater and wastewater permitting, management, and design; hazardous waste management, reporting, and training; soil and groundwater remediation and monitoring; storage tank permitting and removal; petroleum management and spill prevention; EPCRA and TSCA chemical reporting; environmental site assessments and due diligence; ISO 14001 and environmental management systems; environmental software database and spreadsheet systems; and risk assessments and cost estimating. |
EDUCATION
B.S. & M.S. Degrees, Virginia Tech, Mechanical Engineering / Engineering Mechanics LICENSES Professional Engineer |
Jennifer F. Parr, P.E. - Executive Vice President, COO
Jennifer Parr is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Virginia with more than 20 years providing quality engineering support and analysis to commercial and government clients. Ms. Parr has been a principal engineer and managed a variety of environmental projects including Clean Air Act Title V emissions inventories and permitting, hazardous waste management, regulatory analysis and support, Phase I environmental assessments, fate and transport risk assessments, SARA Title III annual reporting, remedial programs estimating, and environmental compliance and management program assistance. She is the project leader for overall environmental compliance including air permitting, air emissions recordkeeping; stormwater permitting, monitoring, reporting, and training; hazardous waste management and reporting; chemical inventories and associated chemical reporting; and spill pollution and prevention analysis and plan preparation for one of the largest manufactured home manufacturing companies with over 60 manufacturing facilities nationwide. |
