Our Leadership

Corporate and Operations Management

Travis Waters, MBA

President & CEO, Board Chair

twaters@synterracorp.com

(864) 527-4679

Kathy Webb, P.G.

Vice President and Assessment and Remediation Business Unit Lead

kwebb@synterracorp.com

(864) 527-4658

Principal

Ruth Albright, P.E.

Vice President of Operations

ralbright@synterracorp.com

(864) 527-4625

Principal

David Duncklee, P.G.

Director of Client Services

dduncklee@synterracorp.com

(984) 308-8608

Principal

Andrea Kehn, P.E.

Civil & Environmental Engineering Business Unit Lead

akehn@synterracorp.com

(864) 527-4636

Principal

Tom Dunham, P.G.

Market Leader

tdunham@synterracorp.com

(984) 308-8609

Principal

Craig Miller, CPA

Chief Financial Officer

cmiller@synterracorp.com

(864) 527-4633

Mark Taylor, P.G.

Solid Waste & Mining

mtaylor@synterracorp.com

(864) 527-4629

Principal

Travis Waters, MBA

President & CEO, Board Chair

Travis Waters, who has led companies in sales, marketing, and business operations for the past 20 years, is experienced in attracting new business segments and negotiating strategic contracts. He has managed multi-million dollar global accounts and has developed key business verticals with revenue exceeding $900 million. Waters also has an entrepreneurial spirit; he has succeeded in several business ventures of his own. He has held roles that consisted of executive sales and operations leadership with large P&L responsibility, national contracts, supply chain management, and lead generation over large multi-national sales organizations including responsibilities for the development of customer service, marketing, SEO and web development, lead generation and CRM systems, and acquisition targets.

Travis holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering as well as an MBA, both achieved at Clemson University. He has given back to his community over the years through volunteer work. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Big Brothers Big Sisters Foundation and volunteered as a driver for Meals on Wheels America.

Kathy Webb, P.G.

Vice President | Principal

Kathy is a leading expert in planning and implementing Brownfields redevelopment initiatives. She’s also a go-to expert for soil and groundwater environmental assessments, remediation, monitoring, and regulatory compliance. Her projects have included source determinations, delineating the footprint of landfills, assessing the generation of landfill gas, assessing the effects of constituents in groundwater, and developing groundwater remediation strategies.

Kathy is licensed as a Professional Geologist in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Alabama. She holds a Master’s degree in Geology from the University of Alabama. She earned Bachelor’s degrees in Marine Science and Geology at Alabama.

Ruth Albright, P.E.

Vice President | Principal

Ruth has led projects for major industrial facilities throughout the Southeast and beyond. She built her knowledge of environmental regulations and their application to manufacturing operations while working for the second largest chemical manufacturing company in the United States. At SynTerra, she has expanded both her knowledge and reputation working for chemical manufacturing operations of all sizes. She has also worked extensively with other manufacturing operations, including pulp and paper, industrial equipment, pharmaceuticals, food, and automotive parts and assembly. Her experience includes air and wastewater permit compliance, solid and hazardous waste management, solid waste construction permitting, hazardous materials transportation, wastewater treatment systems, air pollution control equipment operations and maintenance, and ambient air monitoring systems.

Ruth is a professional engineer registered in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Virginia, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Michigan, Arkansas, and Kentucky. She is an active member of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce Environmental Technical Committee and serves as the chair of the water subcommittee. She has previously served as the program and committee chair for the Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce Environmental Affairs committee. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Clemson University.

David Duncklee, P.G.

Director of Client Services | Principal

Mr. Duncklee has over 37 years of experience as an environmental consultant with 34 of those as a licensed geologist working on environmental assessment and remediation projects across North Carolina. He is certified by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Waste Management, Superfund Section as a Registered Site Manager under the Inactive Hazardous Sites Program. Mr. Duncklee is Qualified as an Expert in Environmental Cleanup Costs by the North Carolina Superior Court. His project experience includes sites in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Texas, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana, Massachusetts, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida, Utah, Nevada, the United Kingdom and South Africa. He co-founded and served as president of Duncklee & Dunham, PC for over 24 years.

Andrea Kehn, P.E.

Civil & Environmental Engineering Business Unit Lead | Principal

Andrea, leader of our Civil & Environmental Engineering Business Unit, has 28 years of experience in chemical manufacturing and environmental consulting. She leads and supervises staff professionals on multidisciplinary projects for a variety of industrial clients. Andrea’s vast experience and expertise includes: air quality construction and operating permitting; air quality modeling; air permit record-keeping and reporting; Oil Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) and Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP); NPDES Permitting; water quality modeling; process safety management; risk management compliance and auditing; and RCRA compliance.

Andrea is registered as a Professional Engineer in South Carolina. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Michigan Technological University.

Tom Dunham, P.G.

Property Services Business Unit Lead | Principal

Tom is a licensed or professional geologist in North Carolina, South Carolina, Delaware, and Kentucky with 30 years of experience as an environmental consultant. His technical experience includes agrichemical and PCB investigations and remediation, RCRA, State lead Superfund, petroleum and Phase I and II environmental site assessments. Tom was the primary author of an RFI work plan and directed the field activities which involved soil, sediment, surface water, and groundwater characterization of a metals and chlorinated solvent plume and prepared RCRA Part B Permit renewals. Tom is a program manager for industrial clients and has extensive environmental regularity experience throughout the mid-Atlantic and southern states. His project experience includes sites in more than 15 states, India and Malawi, Africa.

Craig Miller, CPA.

Chief Financial Officer

Craig Miller’s core experience is in accounting, financial reporting, cash management, budgeting, and forecasting. Additional areas of expertise include process improvements and M&A integration. He leads and supervises accounting professionals in maintaining compliance with accounting regulations and project contractual obligations. Craig’s vast experience and expertise include public accounting, corporate accounting, and financial reporting in a variety of industries including engineering consulting, construction, manufacturing, and not-for-profit.

Craig is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in South Carolina. He holds a Master of Professional Accountancy degree and a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, both achieved at Clemson University.

Mark Taylor, P.G.

Principal

Mark has worked more than 40 years in natural-resource based industries. His expertise includes mine geology and mine engineering, hydrogeologic and geotechnical investigations, solid and hazardous waste management, and regulatory negotiations. He has published peer-reviewed papers about coal geology, ore geochemistry, mineralogy, and solid waste management. He is a leading expert in mining and environmental permitting for litigation support.

Mark is licensed as a Professional Geologist in South Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Washington. He serves on the boards of the Upstate Red Cross and Upstate Forever. He served on the South Carolina Board of Registration for Geologists for six years. Mark holds a Master’s degree in Geological Sciences from The University of Michigan and a Bachelor’s degree in Geological Science from Harvard University.

Todd Plating, P.G.

Assessment & Remediation Business Unit Lead

Principal

Todd is a Senior Geologist and Project Manager with 20 years of experience. He serves as a technical lead on assessment and remediation projects. Todd leads multidisciplinary teams that focus on energy production residuals and how legacy products affect groundwater and surface water. His teams conduct comprehensive site assessments and employ new technologies to design remediation solutions.

In a recent project, Todd worked in a metamorphosed fractured bedrock setting. His team combined traditional coring, borehole geophysics, fate and transport modeling, and PHREEQC geochemical modeling to develop and refine a site conceptual model. That model is guiding corrective action planning, remedial design, and implementation.

Todd is licensed as a Professional Geologist in North Carolina and South Carolina. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from Appalachian State University. Todd is a mentor to geologists and scientists at SynTerra.