Key MCE Personnel

Rich Fanning
President

Mr. Fanning has over 35 years of experience in supply chain & logistics, hazardous waste handling, board certified Indoor Environmentalist and executive management leadership. He has a deep understanding of how to streamline business operations and engage employees in order to reach company objectives and improve the customer experience . Rich leads the Mill Creek Environmental team by analyzing team strengths and leveraging individual assets to reach both client and business goals.

Jake Irwin, EP
Operations Manager

Jake serves as the team’s quarter back. In the role of the Operations Manager, he utilizes his 20+ years of industry experience to plan, staff, and implement project action plans, as well as associate training and development. Mr. Irwin stays on the forefront of trends and new technologies in the environmental industry.

Jamie Truitt
Environmental Scientist / Environmental Professional

Jamie’s background includes a variety of industrial hygiene related projects working with the DOD, Federal, commercial and residential sites. Jamie’s responsibilities include Phase I & II (ESA’s), ground water monitoring, data analysis and reporting, asbestos inspections, lead-based paint surveys and providing technical or regulatory assistance for Indoor Air Quality projects.

Dan Centofanti, PG
Project Manager
Dan is a licensed Professional Geologist in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi and serves as MCE’s Technical Director. He brings over 25 years in the industry directing environmental site investigations and remediation actions for difficult projects including petroleum facilities, hazardous waste handling, waste disposals sites, and many more.
Stephen Johnson, PG
Senior Project Manager

Stephen is a licensed Professional Geologist in Georgia, Florida, Texas and Tennessee. He has more than 25 years of experience as a geologist/hydrogeologist and manager with environmental consulting and water resource companies in the southeastern United States, Australia and Canada.

Ryan Phillippie, PG
Project Manager

Ryan is a Professional Geologist and Level II Design Professional that specializes in Project Management, Phase I ESAs, Level 3 Soil Surveys, ESPCPs, and Sewage Management Solutions. Mr. Phillippie has experience in testing ground water and run off sampling for multiple minerals including sulfates, iron, and copper utilizing a spectrophotometer.  He also has experience in subsurface and hydrogeologic investigations for a variety of industries.

Roger White, PG
Senior Project Manager

Roger is a licensed Professional Geologist in Georgia and Tennessee. He has over 34 years of experience in the environmental consulting industry. He has managed all levels of ESAs, LSIs, UST closures, aquifer characterizations, groundwater flow models and remediation systems. He has worked with the government and private sectors, from military bases to retail gas stations throughout the Eastern US.

Connor Fanning
Project Manager

Connor is a Certified Residential Indoor Environmentalist and a Certified EIFS Inspector. Connor’s team specializes in cladding systems for residential and commercial structures, along with Indoor Air Quality. He also manages our soil surveys, site designs and ESPCPs. Connor brings 10 years of management experience in customer service and knowledge in service organizations. 

Kerry Benson
Project Biologist

Kerry is a Project Biologist that has a range of expertise including NPDES permits, soil analysis, stream restoration and stabilizations, wetland delineations, storm water monitoring (SPCCC), ground and water sampling. Mr. Benson brings his geological and ecological knowledge to Mill Creek Environmental projects.

Alex Koslick
Environmental Scientist

Alex’s background includes landfill operations and maintenance; consisting of blower and flare systems, pneumatic pump installation and repair for sumps, wells, and headers, methane extraction well monitoring and tuning, and HDPE fusion weld repairs. After joining the team at MCE, his responsibilities include Project Management, Field Operations, Report Preparation, Client Relations, and Technical Analysis.

Cheri Kimbrell
Office Manager

Cheri is the office manager for Mill Creek Environmental. She is tasked with keeping the team organized. She oversees accounting and human resources. Having been with the company for over 20 years, she has been declared the company historian as she knows all there is to know about Mill Creek Environmental.

Aaron Payne
Staff Geologist

Aaron is an Environmental Scientist at Mill Creek Environmental. His responsibilities include the completion of Level Three Soil Surveys and Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, as well as assisting with surface and groundwater monitoring.

Erin Cunefare
Environmental Scientist

Erin is an Environmental Scientist at Mill Creek Environmental. She has a background in geology and biology. Her responsibilities include the completion of Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, as well as assisting with surface and groundwater monitoring.

Jennifer Rucker
Marketing Director/Assistant Office Manager

Jennifer handles marketing and business development, as well as assist the office manager with administrative and accounting duties for MCE. She has more that 20 years of experience assisting project managers, performing accounting duties and maintaining client relations.

Austin Otis
Staff Biologist

Austin is a Staff Biologist at Mill Creek Environmental. His responsibilities include the completion of Level Three Soil Surveys, Phase I Environmental Site Assessments and Wetland Delineations, as well as assisting with surface and groundwater monitoring.

Josh Sizemore
Staff Biologist

Josh is a Staff Biologist for Mill Creek Environmental. His responsibilities include the completion of Level Three Soil Surveys, Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, ESPCPs and Septic Designs, as well as assisting with surface and groundwater monitoring. 

Philip Bathos
Staff Scientist

Phillip is a Staff Scientist for Mill Creek Environmental. His responsibilities include the completion of Level Three Soil Surveys and Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, as well as assisting with surface and groundwater monitoring and asbestos surveys.

Ken Brooke, PE
Senior Project Manager

Ken joined the MCE team as a Professional Engineer. Ken has decades of environmental consulting experience and is a licensed Professional Environmental Engineer in FL, GA, KS, TN, and WY.  Ken has more than 20 years experience in site investigation and characterization, CAPs, soil and groundwater remediation, industrial wastewater, Phase I and II ESAs, PCAs,  SPCC Plans, and SWPPPs. 

Travis Fincannon
Staff Biologist

Travis is a Staff Biologist for Mill Creek Environmental. His responsibilities include the completion of Level Three Soil Surveys, as well as assisting with surface and groundwater monitoring. 

Carrie Craton
Staff Biologist

Carrie is a Staff Biologist at Mill Creek Environmental.  Her responsibilities include the completion of Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, as well as assisting with surface and groundwater monitoring.

Dustin Heim
Environmental Scientist

Dustin is an Environmental Scientist for Mill Creek Environmental. His responsibilities include the completion of Level Three Soil Surveys, as well as assisting with surface and groundwater monitoring.

Joe Myers
Staff Geologist

Joe is a Staff Geologist for Mill Creek Environmental. His responsibilities include the completion of Level Three Soil Surveys, as well as assisting with surface and groundwater monitoring. 

Joel Woods
Staff Geologist

Joel is a Staff Geologist at Mill Creek Environmental.  His responsibilities include the completion of Phase I Environmental Site Assessments and Desktop Reviews, as well as assisting with surface and groundwater monitoring.

Chris Agnew
Project Geologist

Chris is a Project Geologist for Mill Creek Environmental. He has many years of experience in environmental science and will be responsible for the completion of Level Three Soil Surveys, as well as assisting with surface and groundwater monitoring.