William J. Ponticello, P.G.

Bill Ponticello is chairman of the board and a founding member of Penn E&R. He is a geologist in Pennsylvania with a focus on hydrogeology and has more than 30 years of experience in environmental science, environmental assessment and remediation, geology, ground and surface water hydrology, water quality studies and soil and groundwater contamination investigations. Bill has substantial experience with applicable state and federal environmental regulations and in helping clients save money by employing cost-effective and innovative solutions. Bill’s background in industry (petroleum, manufacturing, chemical), finance and government provides him with a unique base of knowledge and experience. He is experienced in working with law firms and providing litigation support.

Bill has served on numerous professional committees and government and industry boards, including serving as president of the Board of Directors for the Pennsylvania Council of Professional Geologists and president of the Pennsylvania Low-Level Radioactive Waste Advisory Committee.

Ryan P. Hurt, P.E., MBA

Ryan serves as President and CEO of Penn E&R.  He has more than 22 years of engineering and environmental consulting experience that includes project management, client development and management, and various internal operational leadership roles.  With a core technical background in civil site design and environmental and land development permitting, He has predominantly supported the power/energy sector including traditional power generation, electric transmission, oil and gas production and transmission, and renewables across the mid-Atlantic and Midwestern regions of the United States.

Ryan is a licensed professional engineer in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, New York, and Virginia and holds a bachelor’s degree in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and a master’s degree in business administration from Point Park University and is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Ryan’s experience includes technically completing and/or overseeing completion of civil survey (topographic, boundary, subdivisions and consolidations, ALTA, stakeout, as-builts); aquatic resource studies, impacts, avoidance, and mitigation; rare threatened and endangered species consultation; cultural resources consultation; geotechnical investigation, testing, analysis, and reporting; civil site design including grading, drainage, erosion control, stormwater management, construction drawings/specifications; floodplain analysis and mitigation; land development and environmental permitting including NPDES permits, county/township zoning and land development permits, aquatic resource impact permits, building permits, floodplain permits, state and township driveway and occupancy permit; construction and post-construction services  including bid reviews, responses to RFIS/RFDS, owner’s engineer, record drawings, construction monitoring and oversight, construction and post-construction environmental inspection, and permit closeouts.

Sean M. Donovan

Sean is a vice president with Penn E&R with expertise in a project and design engineering for a wide range of clients including utilities, industrial, developers and municipalities. His more than 30 years of experience in the environmental consulting industry includes designing and installing TPVE extraction systems, treatment systems for acid mine drainage and water supply and wastewater treatment systems.

Sean holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Drexel University.

Jeffrey K. Walsh, P.G.

Jeff Walsh is a vice president at Penn E&R with more than 35 years of experience as a professional geologist with primary focus in Environmental Assessment & Remediation, including projects within Superfund, HSCA, Underground Storage Tank, Brownfield and the PA Act 2 programs within the Mid-Atlantic. He frequently works on projects in industrial and manufacturing settings related to the insurance industry or associated with land development and redevelopment. He leads a team of oil and gas professionals within the unconventional shale gas exploration and production sector and supports the power generation and distribution/transmission industry as well as Penn E&R’s Mining permits team. Jeff has been the recipient of an EPA quality award for a remediation project that was supported by PA Growing Greener funding and obtained dual state and federal (RCRA) closure via PA’s “One Cleanup Program. He is a hydrogeology expert and is involved with water supply sourcing and permitting.

Jeff lives in Southeastern PA near his three adult children and nine grandchildren. He enjoys hunting in Pennsylvania and New York and annual trips to the Outer Banks in North Carolina.

Ronald F. Doumont, M.Agr

Ron has been with Penn E&R for two decades and has served as assistant vice president since 2019. His more than 35 years of environmental consulting experience includes technical specialties in underground and surface activity coal mine site design and permitting; state voluntary and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act programs; site facility investigations, corrective measures studies, risk assessments and facility closures; Phase I and II environmental assessments; low-level radiological site characterization and decommissioning; and spill response remedial oversight and final state reporting for the oil and gas industry. Ron also has managed and directed numerous underground and associated surface activity coal mining site design and permitting projects for a major mining concern in southwestern Pennsylvania.

Ron holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in environmental sciences. When not working, he enjoys time with his wife and son, glamping in the mountains of West Viginia and Tennessee and watching Penn State Football.

David S. Bausmith, P.E.

David has served as vice president at Penn E&R since 2023. He has 30 years of experience in civil and environmental engineering and more than a decade of office and regional operations management. David’s technical specialties include soil/ground water remediation and Brownfields redevelopment. He has been involved in some of the largest waterfront and metropolitan remediation and redevelopment projects in the Greater New York-New Jersey area. David has broad experience managing multi-disciplined teams serving clients in the utility, petroleum, industrial and real estate industries throughout the eastern U.S. He is also active on several NJDEP Stakeholder Committees involving new regulations and technical guidance documents, including groundwater Monitored Natural Attenuation (MNA) and SI/RI/RA for Soils.

David holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering and is licensed as a professional engineer in more than 15 states. When not working, he enjoys spending time with his fiancée and children, biking, camping and volunteering.