2025
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Project Developers
Leading Successful Projects from Anywhere in the Life Cycle
SWCA provides local expertise with a global reach to support for complex projects, offering tailored services in environmental permitting, compliance, planning, and stakeholder engagement to ensure efficient, sustainable, and reliable project completion.
What Project Developers Need to Know
You’re moving fast, and your project depends on predictable permitting, smooth compliance, and partners who won’t slow you down. At SWCA, we help you see around corners—navigating regulatory hurdles, environmental challenges, and agency coordination so you can stay on schedule and minimize risk. Whether you’re in early feasibility or heading into construction, we’re with you from concept to completion.
Sound Science. Creative Solutions.
- Environmental Compliance
- Due Diligence
- Impact Assessments
- Permitting
- Full Project Life Cycle Support
Pain Points We Address
- Cost Overruns
- Disjointed Compliance Process
- Regulatory Uncertainty
- Risk of Delays or Legal Challenges
- Slow, Inefficient Reviews
- Sustainability Pressures
Clients Like You
- Mining
- Mitigation
- Oil & Gas
- Power Generation
- Renewable Energy
- Residential/Commercial Development
- Transmission
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Meet the Experts
Power and Energy Vice President
Stephanie Hudgins
Stephanie Hudgins serves as Vice President of Power and Energy at SWCA Environmental Consultants, bringing more than 24 years of experience in environmental consulting and permitting. She leads business development and strategic growth across SWCA’s Transmission, Generation, Oil & Gas, and Mining markets, supporting clients nationwide in delivering large-scale infrastructure projects. Stephanie plays a key role in shaping corporate strategy, optimizing cross-discipline collaboration, and driving integrated solutions that align with client goals and regulatory requirements.
Known for her relationship-driven approach, Stephanie works closely with clients, industry partners, and internal teams to identify growth opportunities and deliver value throughout the project lifecycle. Her technical background spans NEPA compliance, FERC licensing, Section 404 permitting, protected species consultations, and biological field studies. She has successfully managed multidisciplinary teams and complex permitting efforts across a wide range of industries, including renewables, natural gas transmission, water resources, and private development.
Stephanie is a trusted partner to corporate and utility clients navigating evolving regulatory landscapes. Her focus on execution, responsiveness, and collaboration ensures that clients receive thoughtful, strategic support from planning through construction.
Scientific & Technical Services Senior Vice President • Denver
Jon Kehmeier
Jon is the Vice President of Scientific and Technical Services, responsible for advancing SWCA’s scientific and technical strategy, staff development, large project execution, and client development.
Environment and Infrastructure Vice President
Anne Cabrera
Anne has more than 18 years of experience and specializes in multi-hazard risk and resilience planning and mitigation. Her expertise includes compliance monitoring, procurement, multiagency coordination, public information, closeout processes, and audit support.
Scientific & Technical Services Vice President • Honolulu
Jaap Eijzenga
With over two decades of experience in ornithology, Jaap has led numerous projects across the US and Europe, specializing in research, resource management, endangered species compliance, and project management. A significant highlight of his career includes his decade-long tenure as Director of the Pacific Islands office here at SWCA, where he demonstrated exceptional leadership in overseeing multidisciplinary environmental projects.
Jaap holds a BS in Wildlife Management/Conservation Biology from the Van Hall Institute and an MS in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology from the University of Hawai’i.
