William J. Ponticello
David Bausmith
Ron Doumont
Jeff Walsh
Sean Donovan
Ryan Hurt
William J. Ponticello
Bill Ponticello is a founding member of Penn E&R and has served as president since May 2000. 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.
David Bausmith
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.
Ron Doumont
Ron has been with Penn E&R for two decades and has served as assistant vice president since 2019. His more than 34 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 (RCRA) 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.
Jeff Walsh
Jeff has 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 (UST), 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.
Sean 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.
Ryan Hurt
Ryan is the senior vice president and chief of operations for Penn E&R and also serves as the regional manager for Western Pennsylvania. He has more than 20 years of engineering and environmental consulting experience that includes project management, client development and management and leadership roles. With a core technical background in civil site design and environmental and land development permitting, Ryan also has experience supporting the power/energy sector, including traditional power generation, electric transmission, oil and gas production and transmission and renewables.
Ryan holds a bachelor’s degree in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and a master’s in business administration from Point Park University. He is a licensed professional engineer in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, New York and Virginia.