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

Dr. Calum Ninnes

Environmental Program Manager

Christina Wenborne

Interim Marketing Director & Human Resources Manager

Linsey Blake

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Tom Howes

Operations Manager

MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION

Amanda Castro

Senior Project Manager & Wildlife Biologist

Brittany Gumbleton

Environmental Coordinator & Wildlife Biologist

Bissy Murphy

Accounting Support & Bookkeeper

Erin Barnholdt

Project Developer

ERIN SEXTON

Billing Systems Manager

Jesse Haag

Geologist & GIS Analyst

Katja Whitham

Safety Officer & Wildlife Biologist

Kim Fisher-Moe

Project Manager

KRISTI BAKER

ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATOR

Maggie Stoegbauer

Accounting & Administrative Support

Ragnar Schmidt

Financial Administrator

FIELD BIOLOGISTS

Alex Aylard

ALEXIANA POU

ALICIA DOOHAN

Anna Hatch

ANDROMEDA FIGUEROA

Camille Troncone

Cynthia Martinson

David Tafoya

Deborah Cheatham

Ellen Redshaw

Emily Brouwer

Grant Howard

Isabella Furlanis

Jake Bourque

Jacob Sloboda

Jeffery Guerard

Justin Fowler

Katelyn Hammel

Kyla Schmeck

Margaret Gallagher

Maria Angulo

Mello Dee Hrdlicka

Michael Schwanhausser

Nate Fischer

Pete Havlik

Rob Gumpert

Robin Jenkins

Rocio Venegas

Rose Havlik

Sean Maguire

Simona Showstack

Skyla Cameron

Zach Kinman