Leadership

The Academy of Board Certified Environmental Professionals is a volunteer-led not-for-profit organization with a paid Executive Administrator.  The ABCEP organization includes:
  • Board of Trustees
  • Executive Team / Officers
  • Certification Review Board
  • Committees & Task Forces
  • Executive Administrator and Vendors
BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The Board of Trustees is composed of:
  • Up to twelve at-large members elected for a three-year term from the members of ABCEP and are CEPs in good standing,
  • Up to two of the twelve at-large members may be representatives of Affiliating Organizations selected by majority vote of the elected Trustees,
  • Up to three CEP In-Training representatives selected by majority vote of the elected Trustees to serve in a non-voting advisory role, and
  • One ex-officio member of Immediate Past President who is not required to be an elected Trustee.  
The Board of Trustees annually elects the Officers of president, president-elect, secretary, and treasurer.
The Board of Trustees elects the Certification Review Board chairperson for a three-year term.
The Board of Trustees holds regular meetings monthly and special meetings as pertinent.  Annually, two of the monthly meetings are in-person often hosted by a Trustee or in concert with a national environmental conference.  Meetings are open to ABCEP members.
Trustees conduct strategic planning, establish policy and procedures, prepare and implement plans, implement organizational operations, and play an active role in building the success of ABCEP and its CEP Membership. 


2024-2025 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

OFFICERS
President
Corry T. Platt,CEP
Geosyntec
Raleigh - Durham, NC
President-Elect
William A. Eggers, CEP
Evans Properties, Inc.
Vero Beach, FL
Secretary
Anna Kohl, CEP
HDR, Alaska, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
Treasurer
Irving D. Cohen, CEP
ESI
Lake Hopatcong, NJ
Representative to CESB
Immediate Past President
Elizabeth R. Johnson, CEP
Orange County Government
Orlando, FL

Certification Review Board Chairperson
Patrick Solomon, CEP
Vienna, VA
TRUSTEES
Mohammed M. Ansari, CEP
Oilfields Supply Center Ltd.
Dubai – United Arab Emirates
Betty Dehoney, CEP, PMP, ENV SP
Dehoney Consulting LLC
San Diego, CA

James Elliott, CEP
Teichman Group / American Salvage Association
Galveston, TX
Caroline Levenda, CEP
QEI
Palos Hills, IL
Affiliate Organization Representative - NAEP 
Jennifer Lundberg, CEP
Houston, TX
CRB Advisor

Jennifer Schwaller, CEP
HDR
Kansas City, MO

Kevin Yue, CEP
Environmental Risk Management, Inc.
Fort Myers, FL

ADVISORY

Gary Kelman, CEP
Washington, DC
ABCEP Representative to NAEP
Dr. Kris W. Thoemke, CEP
Coastal Engineering Consultants, Inc.
Naples, FL

Jim Yawn, CEP
Yawn Environmental Services
Windermere, FL

Certification Review Board Vice Chair
Scott Hoffeld, CEP
Covington, LA
Obinna Iwuchukwu, CEP-IT
Redox Environmatics, Inc.
Mount Juliet, TN
CEP-IT Board Representative
Christina Omran, CEP-IT
State of Florida
FL
CEP-IT Board Representative

STAFF

Andrea Bower, MBA
ABCEP Executive Administrator