Director, Western Region
Westervelt Ecological Services
Sacramento, CA
Hal Holland is the Director of the Western Region for Westervelt Ecological Services. He oversees the strategic and daily operations of Westervelt Ecological Service’s largest region in terms of projects, staff, and revenue. He is responsible for the development of mitigation and conservation projects, business development, sales, project compliance, and long-term land stewardship. In this role, Mr. Holland oversees a team of industry-leading experts in the realms of mitigation banking, land acquisition and valuation, ecology, habitat restoration and construction, regulatory permitting, and land management. Since the inception of Westervelt in 2006, he has directly led or facilitated the development and operation of all 12 mitigation banks approved in the Western region. He continues to serve as the lead Program Manager for large turnkey mitigation projects. He has extensive experience with banking documents (e.g., prospectus and mitigation banking instrument), policy, and Interagency Review Team approval processing; as such, he has contributed to California banking legislation, interagency banking templates, and new crediting models. Prior to joining Westervelt, Mr. Holland worked for a leading mitigation banking firm as the conservation group leader, and also spent 5 years with EDAW, a national environmental consulting firm, as a project manager, biologist, and CEQA compliance specialist. He received his bachelors in Ecology, Behaviour, and Evolution from the University of California, San Diego.
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Monday, May 2, 2022
7:30 AM – 12:30 PM MST
