Mindy Sayres
By Joshua Burd
GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc. has tapped Mindy Sayres as a principal and district office manager for its Fairfield-based team in New Jersey.
Sayres, a licensed site remediation professional, assumes the role with more than 30 years of experience in the environmental field and having spearheaded geologic, hydrologic and contaminant investigations for private industry, government agencies and developers, according to a news release. As district office manager, she’ll work closely with other principals on the Fairfield office leadership team and will share responsibilities for technical and administrative operations as well as business development for the 60-person unit.
“Mindy brings both tremendous technical expertise and client advisory skills to her new position as district office manager of one of GZA’s largest regional offices,” GZA CEO and President Patrick Sheehan said. “Since helping to establish GZA’s first New Jersey office in 1991, Mindy has remained a leader in the region and has been responsible for some of the office’s largest projects.”
Sayres remains heavily involved in projects for the multidisciplinary firm, which provides geotechnical, environmental, ecological, water and construction management services. She has led teams on several phase one and two environmental site assessments, brownfields redevelopments and remedial investigations and feasibility studies at complex contaminated sites throughout the Mid-Atlantic.
GZA added that Sayres holds a bachelor’s in geology from the State University of New York at Oneonta and her master’s in geology from Queens College of the City University of New York. She is a professional geologist in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New York State in addition to being an LSRP in New Jersey.
