Staff
SAGE is pleased to announce that Jack Elder, Chad Schofield, Ken Larsen and Kristi Schofield, formerly of Granite Environmental, have joined our team! Please check back here soon to view their bios.
Laurie Goldner, Ph.D., President
Laurie Goldner has a Ph.D. in Zoology/Ecology from the University of Georgia. She has over 24 years of experience in the environmental field, including 22 years conducting and managing site investigations and remedial actions under both RCRA and CERCLA. Her experience includes complex sites with a variety of contaminants including pesticides, petroleum hydrocarbons, chlorinated solvents, PCBs, coal tar, and metals. She has designed and conducted remediations involving the removal and off-site disposal of hazardous wastes and contaminated soil, and has used innovative approaches to re-characterize contaminated soil under RCRA to allow less costly disposal options. Laurie’s expertise also includes human health and ecological risk assessments at pesticide and coal tar contaminated sites. In addition, she has served as a fact witness on a number of sites and provided expert witness services for an UST/chlorinated solvents site and a metals contaminated site.
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John Rezac, P.G., Senior Geologist
John Rezac, B.S., is a licensed Professional Geologist and a Utah Certified Underground Storage Tank Consultant who studied Geology and Hydrogeology at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and the University of South Dakota. John has over 12 years of environmental consulting experience. He has prepared NEPA Environmental Assessments for FAA and FCC projects as well as over one hundred Phase I ESAs at residential, agricultural, mining, industrial, and commercial sites. John has also managed investigation/remediation projects at sites ranging from gas stations to large industrial facilities, including two PacifiCorp coal fired power plants and Nucor Steel’s Plymouth, Utah production facility. In addition, John has experience in Storm Water Pollution Prevention Planning (SWPPP); Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Planning (SPCC); fate and transport modeling; remediation feasibility assessment; visual impact assessment; geotechnical investigation and design; and construction materials testing and inspection.
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Steve Torpey, P.G., Staff Geologist 
Steve Torpey is a licensed Professional Geologist and Certified Ground Water and Soil Sampler in the State of Utah. Steve has a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of Utah and has 10 years of experience in environmental consulting. Steve has completed numerous projects involving drilling, soil sampling, surveying, and ground water monitoring. Recent projects have included creating a database of coal exploration borehole data for the BLM, managing the removal of several underground storage tanks, and excavation of associated contaminated soils at a former gasoline service station. His experience also includes research and preparation of human health and ecological risk assessments. Steve served as project manager for a multi-year program of indoor air quality monitoring in Federal office buildings. Prior to working for SAGE, he worked for a drill-testing laboratory where he was involved in Coal Bed Methane research.
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Tom Smith, Project Manager 
Tom Smith has Utah and AHERA certifications as an Asbestos Inspector, Management Planner, and Contractor Supervisor and is also a Salt Lake Valley Health Department certified Pre-demolition Building Inspector. Tom has been conducting all aspects of asbestos related work for more than 18 years. His experience with SAGE includes asbestos inspection and abatement contractor supervision at the historic Hansen Planetarium Building in Salt Lake City, the Carbon County Rail Yard in East Carbon, Utah, and supervision of large abatement projects at power plants in Utah and Wyoming. He was the asbestos consultant to Salt Lake City Corporation during the demolition of an entire block of City-owned buildings. The combination of his Air Sampling for Toxic Substances certification with his extensive experience with HVAC systems has allowed him to solve numerous indoor air quality issues. He has also designed and implemented environmental engineering controls that have reduced down time and resulted in significant savings for industrial and power plant clients.
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Joelle Dickson, Environmental Analyst 
Joelle Dickson earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Utah in Parks, Recreation and Tourism with an emphasis in natural resource management and public land planning. Joelle has eight years of experience in the environmental field including preparation and management of National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Species Act documentation; Phase I Environmental Site Assessments; permit preparation; and technical research, writing and editing. Joelle’s experience with SAGE has included writing biological assessments for the Utah State Office of the BLM and managing the editing of the BLM Richfield Field Office’s Draft Resource Management Plan/EIS. She has participated in or managed numerous Environmental Assessments for the FAA. Joelle is also a certified EPA Method 9 Visible Emissions Reader and has conducted periodic dust monitoring and prepared environmental permits for the Frontrunner Commuter Rail Project.
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Cynthia Johnson, Ecologist 
Cynthia Johnson has a Master's degree from Utah State University in range ecology with an emphasis in reclamation of disturbed lands and 25 years of experience in environmental consulting. Cindy is a plant ecologist with specific expertise in the ecology of upland and wetland plant communities in the Intermountain and Rocky Mountain West. She has delineated and evaluated the functions and values of wetlands in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, and Texas. Cindy has also developed plans for the creation of wetlands for mitigation purposes, as well as for the restoration of native upland and wetland plant communities. She has been involved in the implementation and construction oversight of a variety of revegetation and mitigation projects, including wetland creation along Wolf Creek Road between Kamas and Duchesne, Utah, and at the Salt Lake City International Airport. Cindy has also contributed to biological assessments for the Utah State Office of the BLM and to Environmental Assessments for the FAA.
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Cindy Lancaster, Accounting Manager 
Cindy Lancaster has provided stellar accounting and staff support for SAGE since 2005. She keeps the SAGE office running smoothly, managing our accounts payable and receivable, payroll, and providing all aspects of administrative office and staff support, including project support as needed. She is currently working toward completing her BS in Business at the University of Utah.
