The work we do today will meet your project goals while simultaneously preserving our natural resources for the future.  As our clients’ most trusted business partner we deliver excellence with integrity.

LEADERSHIP

CHEZ BRUNGRABER

President and CEO

As the owner of SummitWest, Chez Brungraber is a strategic business leader who loves the challenge of putting people in the right places, finding new opportunities and seeking growth in underserved areas of the environmental industry. Currently Chez leads a team of more than 55 staff across 5 states …

DR. GRIFFIN BRUNGRABER

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Dr. Griffin Brungraber holds over thirteen years of project management and engineering experience and more than eight years of field biology and construction monitoring. He has participated in many botanical and wildlife survey projects and has an extensive background …

DR. WILLOW LINDSAY

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Dr. Willow Lindsay brings to SummitWest nearly two decades of international leadership experience in wild animal research and project management. Dr. Lindsay’s immersive background in program development, grantsmanship, team building, data analysis, and scientific publication …

SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Amanda Castro

Senior Project Manager / Wildlife Biologist

Brittany Gumbleton

Environmental Coordinator

Dr. Calum Ninnes

Utility Program Manager

Christina Wenborne

Interim Marketing Director and Human Resources Manager

Elizabeth Murphy

Accounting Support and Bookkeeper

Erin Barnholdt

Project Developer

ERIN SEXTON

ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR

HANNAH CHICKERING

PROJECT MANAGER

Dr. James Maley

Senior Wildlife Biologist

Jess DellaRossa

Business Development Analyst and Project Manager

Jesse Haag

Geologist and GIS Analyst

Jillian Thornton

Lead Environmental Scheduler

Katja Whitham

Safety Officer

Kim Fisher

Project Manager

KRISTI BAKER

ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATOR

Linsey Blake

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Maggie Stoegbauer

Accounting and Administrative Support

Ragnar Schmidt

Financial Administrator

Tom Howes

Operations Manager

FIELD BIOLOGISTS

Alex Aylard

ALEXIANA POU

ALICIA DOOHAN

Anna Hatch

ANDROMEDA FIGUEROA

Camille Troncone

Christian Hicks

Cynthia Martinson

David Tafoya

Deborah Cheatham

Demi Porter

Dustin Brabandt

Ellen Redshaw

Emily Brouwer

Grant Howard

Hann Osborne

Isabella Furlanis

Jake Bourque

Jacob Sloboda

Jeffery Guerard

Jorjele Quintero

Justin Fowler

Katelyn Hammel

Kyla Schmeck

Maria Angulo

Mello Dee Hrdlicka

Michael Schwanhausser

Nate Fischer

Nicole Conroy

Pete Havlik

Rob Gumpert

Robin Jenkins

Rocio Venegas

Rose Havlik

Samantha Barchet

Samuel Toth

Sean Maguire

Sepanta Jafari Jozani

Simona Showstack

Skyla Cameron

Tim Sullivan

Zac Lopez

Zach Kinman

INTERNS

Caroline Hendricks