2025
Comparably’s Best Company Outlook
* Providing engineering services in these locations through SWCA Environmental Consulting & Engineering, Inc., an affiliate of SWCA.
From the experts we hire, to the clients we partner with, our greatest opportunity for success lies in our ability to bring the best team together for every project.
That’s why:
At SWCA, sustainability means balancing humanity’s social, economic, and environmental needs to provide a healthy planet for future generations.
SWCA employs smart, talented, problem-solvers dedicated to our purpose of preserving natural and cultural resources for tomorrow while enabling projects that benefit people today.
At SWCA, you’re not just an employee. You’re an owner. Everyone you work with has a stake in your success, so your hard work pays off – for the clients, for the company, and for your retirement goals.
Community Engagement
Strengthening communication and stakeholder relationships to meet strategic objectives and regulatory requirements.
For questions or further information, please fill out the form below.
Engaging and communicating with stakeholders proactively is more critical than ever before. Agencies and project proponents must navigate shifting regulatory requirements and public expectations for stakeholder involvement in their projects. Identifying and addressing risks before they arise is increasingly important.
SWCA has decades of experience helping clients develop, manage, and implement stakeholder engagement and strategic communications strategies. We provide a full-service offering for all types of clients and every stage of the project lifecycle. Our approach centers on building trust, credibility, and respect between stakeholders and our clients through meaningful engagement and clear communication. We help clients understand stakeholder expectations, engage with them in productive ways, and address stakeholder concerns during project design, planning, and decision making.
Our clients benefit from a team of experienced professional communicators and facilitators with the following skills and capabilities:
We are trained in multi-stakeholder facilitation, environmental conflict resolution, and process design for virtual and in-person settings. SWCA facilitators pay attention to and manage dynamics that are often overlooked, help clients anticipate and head off potential risks, and free up other team members to focus on their primary roles. We are experienced in third-party/neutral facilitation that supports meaningful input, constructive dialogue, and collaborative decision-making.
We facilitate the entire process from planning and agenda development through meeting facilitation, documentation, and follow up. Our facilitators create inclusive environments that support robust participation and a constructive exchange of ideas, helping groups tackle challenging topics and move forward together.
Strong stakeholder relationships and accessible community outreach are essential for the success of projects, from infrastructure development to environmental planning. Addressing “non-technical risks” such as political, regulatory, health, safety, security, environmental, and social considerations ensures smooth project delivery. Proactive and effective public involvement helps keep projects on schedule, manage costs, and achieve goals. We provide support across the full project lifecycle—feasibility, pre-permitting, permitting, construction, and beyond—to foster collaboration and drive success.
Purposeful communication delivers the right messages to the intended audiences through the most advantageous and effective means. We work with clients to plan, research, develop, and execute communications strategies and implement the optimal tactics—messaging, news releases, collateral, websites—to align with and fulfill broader organizational goals and objectives.
Rolf has more than 30 years of public affairs experience in both the public and private sectors, first as an advisor to federal and state local officials and then in public relations for a utility. Consulting since 2008, he has worked on energy infrastructure projects across the U.S.
Sarah Lupis is a professional facilitator and stakeholder engagement specialist with over 18 years of experience leading diverse stakeholder planning processes and building consensus. She has experience designing public involvement processes; engaging stakeholders through public scoping, surveys, and focus groups; and facilitating strategic planning and conflict resolution related to natural resources issues. Sarah also delivers workshops on improving science communication for professionals in agriculture and natural resource disciplines.
Meg Perry is an experienced facilitator and stakeholder engagement specialist who specializes in water resources and resilience planning. She is trained in multi-party environmental conflict resolution and consensus building and has facilitated over 400 virtual and in-person meetings in the last five years. Meg’s experience with complex planning and stakeholder engagement processes in 17 states includes coastal resilience planning, statewide hazard mitigation planning, and collaborative water management with state and local agencies, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Bureau of Reclamation. In addition to facilitation expertise, Meg has graduate-level training in hydrology, river processes, ecological resilience, and decision science.
Subscribe to The Wire, SWCA’s quarterly newsletter that delivers the latest industry news, important regulatory updates, local events, and more straight to your inbox.