Environmental Quality Staff and Contact Information
Telephone
Weekdays, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm:
(512) 854-9383
Environmental Hot Line:
(512) 854-4400
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Emily Ackland | [email protected] | Division Director, Natural Resources/Environmental Quality |
| David Peyton | [email protected] | Assistant Director, Environmental Programs, Water Resources |
| Yaira Robinson | [email protected] | Assistant Director, Environmental Programs, Sustainability |
| Adele Noel | [email protected] | Environmental Program Manager, Air Quality |
| Amanda Kemp | [email protected] | Environmental Program Manager, Operational Sustainability |
| Jerad Laxson | [email protected] | Environmental Program Manager, Storm Water |
| Johanna Arendt | [email protected] | Environmental Program Manager, Environmental Resilience |
| Kiersten Ivy | [email protected] | Environmental Program Manager, Surface Water Quality |
| Rebecca Smyth | [email protected] | Hydrogeologist Senior |
Partners
We partner within TNR with the Development Services Division and the Public Works Division, to ensure timely and complete environmental review of county-funded and private development projects.
We also collaborate on specific cases, and dependent on the jurisdictional area, with the County Attorney’s Enforcement Litigation and Collections Division, Travis County Emergency Services’ Hazardous Materials Coordinator, Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services’ Environmental and Consumer Health Unit, City of Austin Watershed Protection Division, Texas Agrilife Extension Office, Capital Area Council of Government (CAPCOG), the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), and our many municipalities within Travis County.
Our program is also supported through our memberships with the Travis County Dumping Committee, Regional Environmental Task Force, Central Texas Land and Water Sustainability Forum (CTL WSF), Regional Water Quality Plan Work Group (RWQP) and Keep Austin Beautiful (KAB).
