business development and start up, finance, environmental investigation, remediation
and technology evaluation, brownfields, and real estate development projects. He has
led or been a key member of a large variety of environmental consulting, development,
and construction projects including numerous large CERCLA, RCRA, DOD, BRAC,
brownfields, and landfill sites. Since 2001 he has focused primarily on brownfields,
real estate transfer, fixed-fee remediation, entitlement services, innovative technologies
application, and brownfields conversion projects. He has created detailed real estate
development financial models to assess the viability of brownfields and other
development projects. He has evaluated existing and former landfill caps, leachate
collection systems, and performed detailed financial analysis centered around title
transfer of contaminated properties, including a landfill transfer from a private party to a
municipality.
As a Principal with Montgomery Watson, he was a key member of the business
development team and he also managed more than $60 million in environmental
contracts including the oversight of numerous BRAC conversion, land transfer, large
landfill conversion, remedial investigation, design, and construction projects in
California, Nevada, Arizona, and Minnesota. He acted as a technical and business
leader for a large group and was head of Quality Assurance for a 140 person
engineering office. He is also currently CEO of Elevation 77.
He received his MS (geology) from University of California Santa Barbara and his MBA
from St. Mary’s College
Lance L. Larsen, Advisory Board, has 15 years experience in environmental
engineering, land use planning, industrial development, and user-centric design
practices. His diverse work experiences include high-level roles within several of the
world’s most relevant firms and have involved applying people, processes, and
technology in ways that created lasting, high value solutions to very complex problems.
His formal education and breadth of experience enables Mr. Larsen to bridge several
areas of expertise, including traditional engineering science, business operations, and
creative design.
His vision extends across all aspects of a project’s lifecycle with deep understanding of
project planning, conceptual and detailed design, implementation/construction
management, and optimization and maintenance of infrastructure. He has delivered
successfully on all aspects of environmental investigation, creating engineering and
financial feasibility studies, and building cost-effective remedies to complex land use
issues. He has served as lead regulatory agency and community liaison for
environmental affairs for several Fortune 500 firms that include Hewlett-Packard, Space
Systems Loral, ARCO Products Company, ARCO Chemicals Europe, Unocal, Oregon
Steel, Tosco Oil (Ultramar), Kaufmann & Broad Homes, Spieker Partners, and many
others. Additionally, Mr. Larsen has provided environmental litigation support services
and expert witness support to several confidential clients. He has effectively lead small-
and large-scale construction management projects for public and private sector clients
that include groundwater management systems, landfill design/construct, soil
remediation, and physical infrastructure development such as industrial
buildings/structures, subsurface systems, utilities, conveyances, major earthwork, and
dam/levee/road development. His wide-ranging experience began “on the shop floor”
and has progressed to the Board Room.
His experience includes successfully restructuring and optimizing the Western
Regional Operations for a NASDAQ-traded company Razorfish (now Avenue A |
Razorfish) validate Mr. Larsen’s ability to operationalize and make effective tactical
business objectives in a way that is aligned with strategic business imperatives. He
has experience in numerous vertical industries that include real estate development,
manufacturing, oil & gas, high technology, finance, life sciences/biotech, waste
management, media and entertainment, and public utilities. Mr. Larsen is also Chief
Operating Officer of Elevation77.
He earned his MSc in Geosciences from University of Nevada and his MBA (honors
distinction) from St. Mary’s College.
Mitchell R. Hawkins, President and Director is an experienced real estate developer,
business developer, and financier. His personal management experience in multiple
real estate, durable consumer goods, technology commercialization, and investments
aggregate about $1 Billion in closed transactions.
He is also founder and Managing Director of the Restoration Capital Management LLC,
a company dedicated to the recycling of brownfields lands and the development and
support of innovative remediation technologies.
Mr. Hawkins is a licensed real estate broker in the States of California. He was
previously licensed and certified by the New York Stock Exchange, Chicago Board of
Trade, Nevada State Banking Department Mortgage Banking license and Loan
Company license and passed investigation by the Nevada State Gaming Control Board.
He has been involved in over 30 real estate development projects aggregating
approximately four hundred million dollars in value in Nevada, Southern California and
Arizona and has acted as broker and consultant for financial and real estate
transactions aggregating over $1 billion in value including hotels, office buildings,
shopping centers, residential properties, land and various project financings. During
the 1980's he also spearheaded several corporate takeover attempts of publicly listed
companies including a multi-billion dollar savings and loan.
Development entities have included West Coast Holdings, Inc., Global Development
Corporation, Francis, Reed & Company, Hawkins & Harvey, The Questmark Group, Inc.,
Great Basin Mortgage, Inc., Pyramid Financial Corporation, Wind Valley Corporation,
and Spectrum Development, Ltd.
He currently serves on the Government Affairs committees of the California Building
Industry Association and the Home Builders Assoc. of the Central Coast. He also
serves on the Business Development and the Public Policy collaboratives of the
California Space Authority and is a member of the California Chapter of the National
Brownfields Association.
Mr. Hawkins is a graduate of the University of Nevada Reno with a BA in Philosophy,
and the New York Institute of Finance. He was initially trained in the securities business
as family members owned an over-the-counter market-making firm in Wall Street (1946-
1980). He has attended and graduated from extensive other business and trade
organization training programs, professional continuing education programs and
seminars too numerous to mention.
He has also been a member and officer of numerous charitable and non-profit
organizations both at the local and national level including extensive past work with
United Way, Opportunity Village, Kiwanis projects, and Disabled American Veterans.
In addition to his development businesses, in the mid 1980's, Mr. Hawkins owned
several other businesses including a finance company, a mortgage company and the
sixth largest Dodge automobile dealership in the western United States. Previous to
1982, he served in the securities business with Shearson, Hammill & Co. in New York
& Florida, was an officer in the executive offices of Valley Bank of Nevada (now Bank of
America) and then General Manager of Fletcher Jones Las Vegas
Charles V. Fishel, Director has held management roles with FORTUNE 100
multinationals (Intel, Teledyne, Carnation Company, Peter Kiewit Sons’ and Williams
Companies) and start-up companies. His industry experience includes "high tech"
(electronics, biotechnology, and nanotechnology), insurance, construction, mining,
publishing, broadcasting, food processing, energy, manufacturing, public utility,
government contracting, UXO remediation, water purification, and technology evaluation
and commercialization.
Dr. Fishel is a Distinguished Executive Lecturer at California State University, Monterey
Bay, Senior Lecturer at San Jose State University, and Visiting Professor at the Navy
Postgraduate School. His teaching emphases are entrepreneurship, global business
strategy, international industrial competition, technology transfer, technology
management, and law. He is the author of Global Business Strategies (Cyclops Media:
2004). He currently serves as President and Director of Interface Sciences
Corporation. Throughout the past 20 years, he has worked closely with universities,
governments, and national laboratories to enable commercialization of laboratory-
developed technology. He received his JD from University of Kansas. Dr. Fishel has
been recognized by Marquis' Who's Who in Finance and Industry and Academic Keys’
Who’s Who in Business Higher Education.
Gerald G. Green, Advisory Board is a Development Consultant. He consults on
development and planning processes, advising on strategy for navigating entitlement/
regulatory processes and acting as a representative for project sponsors in public
hearings and in meetings with relevant agencies, including elected and appointed
officials and neighborhood groups/associations.
Until recently, he was Planning Manager, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
with responsibility for all local planning coordination efforts including permitting,
conformance with regulatory documents and serving as a liaison with neighboring local
government agencies of the regional water system. Assisted in implementation of the
Hetch Hetchy Capital Improvement Program, which includes 37 regional projects to
repair, replace, and upgrade the Bay Area water delivery system. Also, responsible for
organizing, ratifying and evaluating SFPUC property right-of-ways and easements
related to the Capital Improvement Program.
Previously he was Planning Director for the San Francisco City Planning Department
leading a City chartered agency with approximately 130 staff and an annual budget of
approximately $14 million. The Department serves as staff to the City Planning
Commission, Landmarks Advisory Board, and the Board of Supervisors while
administering the city’s Planning/Land Use Codes. The Planning Director is
responsible for coordinating and developing land use policy with the Mayor, members
of the Board of Supervisors and the City Planning Commission. He reorganized the
Department to promote neighborhood planning and improved public service, managed
the environmental review and design of SBC (formerly Pacific Bell) Baseball Park,
home of the San Francisco Giants, and helped adopt and implement the Mission Bay
Redevelopment Plan for 40-acres of formerly industrial lands. As Director, he was
responsible for design recommendations to the Planning Commission on significant
public projects such as the new De Young Museum, the San Francisco Asian Arts
Museum, Union Square Park renovations, new buildings for Macy’s and Prada retailers,
and numerous other projects.
In the past, he has served on Treasure Island Development Authority, Association of
Bay Area Governments Regional Planning Committee, San Francisco City and County
Capital Improvement Advisory Committee. Mr. Green received his BS in City and
Regional Planning from the School of Architecture and Environmental Design,
California Polytechnic State University where he served on the Dean’s Advisory Board
(Alumni of the Year: 1998). He received the prestigious Loeb Fellowship, Harvard
Graduate School of Design.
Mary L. Stallard, P.G., C.E.G., C.H.G., Advisory Board is a Certified hydrogeologist with a
Master’s Degree and over nineteen years of experience in ground water and
environmental projects, including sixteen years of experience managing site
investigation, risk management and remediation projects. Significant experience in all
aspects of brownfields environmental characterization, restoration and risk
management under federal and state/local California regulations. She holds B.S. from
Stanford and M.A. from UC Santa Barbara both in Geology and has performed
additional studies with the USGS, NGWA, and RTDF. She is a Registered Geologist,
Certified Engineering Geologist, and Certified Hydrogeologist all with the State of
California. For the past 18 years, she has been associated with Weiss Associates
where she directs the Environmental Investigations Group (EIG), comprising
environmental investigation, risk management, and remedial projects for the Port of
Oakland, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Intel, Applied Materials, and other large
corporations. Projects include six CERCLA sites and numerous other sites under
California regulatory agency oversight. Performs senior review on all significant project
documents. Manages annual project budgets of over $1 million. Serves as primary
client and regulatory agency contact for most projects. Negotiates with local, state, and
federal regulatory agencies on clients’ behalf. Manages and authors technical
proposals and cost estimates for both government and private-sector projects.
Previously, she was with the U.S. Geological Survey. Professional affiliations are
National Ground Water Association, Groundwater Resources Association of California,
and Society for American Military Engineers.
