Penny Allen
Penny is a Certified Environmental Technologist and Project Manager with Dillon Consulting based in Halifax. She holds a Bachelor of Technology in Environmental Studies from Cape Breton University. Penny has over 17 years of environmental consulting experience managing phased environmental site assessments (ESAs), environmental compliance monitoring, natural resource management, waste management and contaminated site remediation projects and is well versed with provincial and federal regulatory environmental frameworks. Her vast field and project management experience has included everything from supervising drilling, test pit and remedial soil excavation programs and collecting representative samples to coordinating and leading project teams. Penny works with a variety of public and private sector clients and acts as a liaison with local regulators and the public. She stays on top of regulatory changes (federal, provincial, Atlantic PIRI), new environmental service offerings and often leads the implementation of changes in field techniques (as occurred with the implementation of low flow sampling and the highly prescriptive techniques for sampling PFAS over the last decade). Penny is a highly organized, versatile and strong project manager as well as a mentor to junior staff. She plans to put these skills to use on the ESAM Board.
Annie Cormier
Annie is an Environmental Engineer with the CBCL Limited office in Moncton, NB, with over four years of environmental consulting experience. She joined CBCL Limited permanently in May of 2021 after receiving her Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental) from Dalhousie University. Since joining the company, Annie has gained a wide variety of environmental consulting experience, including exposure to environmental site assessments (ESAs), environmental monitoring programs, hazardous building material (HAZMAT) surveys, waste audits and other various environmental studies. As a newly registered professional engineer with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick (APEGNB), Annie is eager to contribute to ESAM and further her expertise as the Vice President on the ESAM Board.
Melissa Glover
Melissa Glover is the Atlantic Client Relations Manager at AGAT Laboratories, where Melissa leads the client services team to ensure client expectations are met by matching clients with appropriate Client Services Representatives where the most value between client and lab relationship will be achieved. Melissa has assisted with project set up and coordination including pricing, logistics, analytical requirements and project closure. By understanding and clarifying the clients analytical requirements inclusive of methods, RDL’s and specific parameters is key to successfully kicking off a program and delivering analytical reports that meet the clients expectations. Melissa is extremely thorough when asking clarification questions and works directly with the client and laboratory supervisor(s) to ensure proper delivery of the required data.
Over the past ten years working in the environmental industry, Melissa has successfully managed large scale environmental projects at the field and office level, developed exceptional customer service skills, built strong long term relationships with clientele which in turn grew the business, wrote and presented professional environmental site assessment reports, worked with various environmental regulations and guidelines and ensured deadlines were met. With the technical knowledge and experience of working within the laboratory industry, Melissa has successfully developed the expertise in handling client queries and concerns, thus strengthening AGAT’s success within the environmental industry.
Christine Plourde
Ms. Plourde, FEC, P.Eng., is a Senior Technical Specialist in human health risk assessment and contaminated sites management with WSP E&I Canada Limited in Fredericton, NB. She specializes in helping clients assess potential impacts and manage contaminated properties by focusing on what matters – protection of human and ecological health. Her work history spans over 30 years in project management and assessment across geotechnical, municipal, and environmental engineering projects. Christine is a registered professional engineer in five provinces (NB, NS, NL, BC and AB). She provides senior technical review and human health risk assessment services to internal and external clients, with a focus on Federal and Provincial impact assessment and contaminated site management guidelines and regulations. Christine is a passionate ambassador for the professions of engineering and geoscience and an advocate for increased Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. She is Past President of the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies of New Brunswick (ACEC-NB), a Past President of Engineers and Geoscientists New Brunswick (APEGNB), an Engineers Canada 30 by 30 Champion and recently participated as a Program Committee member for the 2022 Bi-annual conference of the Canadian Coalition of Women in Engineering, Science, Trades and Technology (CCWESTT).
Stephen Sauveur
Stephen Sauveur is an environmental professional with nearly 30 years of combined industry, government and academic experience. He has been in his current position as the Regional Service Line Leader (RSLL), Environmental Services at Defence Construction Canada (DCC) since 2021. In this role, he is responsible for directing and leading a team of highly skilled professionals for the delivery of environmental services to the Department of National Defence (DND) in the Atlantic Region. Prior to joining DCC, he spent 11 years with DND where he acted as the Environment Officer at a military base in Nova Scotia and later as the National Environmental Compliance officer. He began his professional career as an environmental consultant where he spent 15 years. The bulk of his consulting experience was in the assessment, management and remediation of contaminated sites, specializing in federal sites under the Federal Contaminated Site Action Plan (FCSAP). He was also involved in water supply projects and Environmental Management System (EMS) internal audits/verifications in accordance with ISO14001. While working with DND, his program area experience included compliance with regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), including Storage Tank Systems, Halocarbons, Asbestos, PCBs and Emergency Response, as well as regulations associated with wastewater effluents, hazardous materials and solid waste management.
Stephen graduated from Acadia University with a B.Sc. in Geology and, later, from the Technical University of Nova Scotia with a Master of Applied Science in Civil Engineering, specializing in hydrogeology. He is a registered Professional Geoscientist in Nova Scotia.
Stephen’s experience has allowed him to foster a strong working relationship between industry suppliers and government clients and regulators. Over his many years of professional service, he has developed a network of peers in both sectors and has built strong relationships.
Troy Young
Troy Young is a Senior Environmental Specialist with Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) – Environmental Services Atlantic, with nearly 25 years of experience. In his current role at PSPC, Troy has extensive experience in managing and delivering environmental programs, conducting environmental assessments, and obtaining regulatory approvals for projects pursuant to the Impact Assessment Act (IAA) for various federal government departments throughout Atlantic Canada. His position has given him significant experience working with various consultants which has provided him with extensive experience and awareness of the procurement processes within the federal government and their challenges. His role also includes an integral role in developing and maintaining a national compliance management system used within PSPC. Troy is also involved in Indigenous Project Procurement within PSPC.
Troy’s experience has provided him the opportunity to develop and maintain many excellent connections and working relationships with various consultants, government departments and regulators. Troy graduated from Dalhousie University with a B.Sc. in Biology.
Abby Van der Jagt
Abby van der Jagt has 18 years of experience in Environmental/ Laboratory Industries. She has maintained various roles both in research and analytical laboratory environments and in client services roles, providing a unique perspective of both laboratory procedure and servicing client needs. As an analyst and technician, she followed lab procedures and became familiar with standardized protocols. In business development and project management roles she gained perspective on client projects, government regulations, and matching client needs to lab services available.
Abby brings industry knowledge and technical experience in the field of environmental testing and services. In her previous experience she has participated in optimizing lab protocols and Standard Operating Procedures as well as streamlining administrative initiatives to better service client needs.
