Orlando, FL Team

District Manager

Brian Richards, P.G.

Mr. Richards is a District Manager of the PPM Orlando, FL Office and has 35 years of experience in the environmental field. Brian is a registered professional geologist in Florida.  His technical background and expertise include environmental studies associated with both chemical and pathological contaminates, as well as soil and groundwater contamination assessment and remediation including emergency storm water control measures, RCRA, CERCLA and UST remediation for the petroleum, chemical and industrial markets. He has a wide range of experience in the environmental field throughout the eastern United States. As district manager Mr. Richards is responsible for client and regulatory agency communication, project management; quality assurance/quality control; technical review of documents, training and managing technical staff; management of day-to-day company affairs including health and safety and company operations.  Brian is an avid outdoorsman and spends his spare time hunting, fishing or working land development projects outdoors.

Brownfields Director

Charles Ray

Charles Ray serves as Brownfields Redevelopment Specialist assisting all of PPM’s offices with brownfield programs. Charles has significant experience assisting cities, counties, Indian tribes and regional economic development agencies with establishing and/or implementing their brownfield programs. This technical assistance includes identifying federal and other grant opportunities, ensuring grant administration and regulatory compliance requirements are met, and guidance with environmental projects that are funded in whole or part with United States Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant program. Technical support includes comprehensive planning, economic development and redevelopment planning, grant management and compliance, grant writing, and community organizing. Prior to joining PPM, Charles served as Economic Development Coordinator for the City of St. Petersburg, Florida for 19 years, where he was involved with residential, commercial and industrial project management, project design, project cost allocation, city council presentations, neighborhood revitalization planning and organizing, grant writing, and credit underwriting (Industrial Revenue Bonds and micro-enterprise loans). Charles is an expert in community development outreach, and assists PPM clients with such activities across the firm.

Senior Geologist/Project Manager

Roy Therrien, P.G.

Roy Therrien, P.G. serves as a Senior Geologist and Project Manager in PPM’s Orlando office. Roy has over 29 years of professional experience as a geologist, land surveyor and educator. His environmental site experience has included petroleum and hazardous waste site assessments, Phase I/II/III Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs), and regulatory permitting (National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), dewatering, right-of-way). He has been responsible for site investigations at gas station facilities, bulk petroleum terminals, commercial and industrial businesses, agricultural properties, an abandoned manufactured gas plant, and asphalt batching plants. Roy is an expert on Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) and EPA environmental databases and has developed a proprietary database used for due diligence and site research projects. Roy has managed multiple Brownfields Assessment contracts, and is an expert in environmental due diligence and groundwater investigations.

District Manager

Brian Richards, P.G.

Mr. Richards is a District Manager of the PPM Orlando, FL Office and has 35 years of experience in the environmental field. Brian is a registered professional geologist in Florida.  His technical background and expertise include environmental studies associated with both chemical and pathological contaminates, as well as soil and groundwater contamination assessment and remediation including emergency storm water control measures, RCRA, CERCLA and UST remediation for the petroleum, chemical and industrial markets. He has a wide range of experience in the environmental field throughout the eastern United States. As district manager Mr. Richards is responsible for client and regulatory agency communication, project management; quality assurance/quality control; technical review of documents, training and managing technical staff; management of day-to-day company affairs including health and safety and company operations.  Brian is an avid outdoorsman and spends his spare time hunting, fishing or working land development projects outdoors.

Senior Project Manager

Valerie Laroche

Staff Geologist

Kevin Grosjean