Dr. Deanna Glosser, the sole shareholder, has 20 years of hands-on experience in working with federal, state, and local units of government on a wide range of issues. She has a doctoral degree in environmental planning from the Department of Urban & Regional Planning at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.  An example of Dr. Glosser’s experience includes:

-Working with national and state organizations on smart growth issues

-Development of administrative rules & legislation

-Providing natural resource-related technical assistance to local governments

-Environmental and social impact assessment

-Strategic planning

-Development of natural resources performance standards

-Ensuring compliance with state wetland, endangered species and cultural resources laws

-Use of conservation easements to protect natural & cultural resources

-Conducting research on pollution of the Illinois River from 1800 to present

-Serving as the principal investigator and planner for the update to the
 Illinois Natural Areas Inventory

-Responsible for stakeholder involvement for The Nature Conservancy’s Emiquon Visitor Use Plan