Diane’s philosophy is that most issues can be resolved through better communication. Not necessarily more communication, but efficient, well informed dialogue. Her interest and expertise reside in facilitating groups through complex decision-making processes on issues such as environmental cleanup, brownfields redevelopment, transportation planning, and land use allocation. Her style combines straightforward, no-nonsense process design and implementation with a sense of humor and understanding that solutions
come in all forms. Diane has worked in the environmental consulting field for the past 16 years,
is trained in resources management, and is a native of the Northwest.

Amy’s is a face you might see often around the Puget Sound region, as she helps our clients define and enthusiastically carry out strategic communications and outreach strategies. Since before the Nisqually Earthquake, Amy has served as an external point of contact for Seattle media, citizens, and interest groups as Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement options were analyzed and hotly debated. She brings her knowledge of land use, natural resource, and infrastructure issues to bear every day as she answers questions, links up technical resources with project needs, and makes sure communications happen early, often, and in all directions. Amy’s experience also includes work on smaller infrastructure facilities, contaminated sites, and natural resource issues. If you see her walking down the street, just try to keep up.

Whether your needs are as 'simple' as developing a partnering plan among interagency departments or as 'complex' as facilitating a multi-jurisdictional, multi-stakeholder agreement on an issue with a 30-year history of total impasse, Pat Serie has the skills and real world experience to help. With over 25 years of experience in issues ranging from land use to transportation, from environmental cleanup to correctional facilities, and from water quality to energy, Pat offers clients a unique understanding of technical and regulatory issues with her background in psychology, communication, facilitation, and human nature. She thinks our projects are the most exciting things going on anywhere, and delights in bringing together the substance of our projects – the technical issues, regulatory frameworks, legal constraints, and creativity opportunities – to help develop fully
integrated solutions.

Julie is a recognized regional expert in environmental and natural resource issues, and has spent her career working on projects requiring her to communicate complex information to a wide variety of audiences, including the public. She has worked in both the public and private sector over the past 25 years, assisting western state governments in developing their environmental regulations and communicating regulations and policy to the public, conducting site investigations and risk assessments for contaminated facilities, and developing natural resource management policy and programs for local municipalities. Julie thrives on assisting our clients with complex environmental issues where a path to problem resolution must be found through multiple and often conflicting mandates.