About Us

A subsidiary of ADEC Innovations NV, FirstCarbon Solutions (FCS) has more than 42 years of experience as a leading provider of environmental, sustainability, and compliance solutions, delivering fully-integrated consulting, software, and data management services.

Our team's expertise includes:

Legally-defensible California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) environmental documentation
Program Management
Environmental Services
Regulatory Compliance
Entitlements and regulatory permitting services
Natural resources management
Cultural resources management
Air quality and greenhouse gas (GHG) management and analyses
Noise management and analyses
Visual simulation and analysis services
Software and data management
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) services
An in-house team for project legal and other support

Download our Statement of Qualifications:

All Regions

With a full complement of environmental and sustainability services, FCS works with you to:

Identify and resolve
your environmental challenges and solutions

Streamline
the environmental review process

Develop
cost-effective mitigation solutions

Monitor
construction and implementation activities

Mission

Advance sustainable businesses and operational practices around the world by harnessing and transforming information into knowledge and reshaping risk into positive impact and value.

Vision

Our economy, society, and environment are mutually prosperous.

Mutual respect is fundamental.

Fundamental to our teams. Fundamental to our clients. Fundamental to the communities we serve and live in. Fundamental to the landscapes we work within. We need you and your unique talents, history, and background to become the Company we aspire to be.

We insist upon a culture of common respect, expect transparency, and celebrate the fundamental value and dignity of all individuals. Our mutual equality as humans is the path to innovative collaboration.

We cultivate integrity, driving us to growth, and allowing us to achieve more together than we could ever hope to as individuals.

Our CERTIC Core Values

Customer Focus

We continuously understand the unique needs of our clients, enabling us to deliver unparalleled customer solutions through our world-class services.

Excellence

We are dynamic, innovative, and passionate for learning, fueling our relentless pursuit to achieve the highest level of standards in everything we do.

Respect

We treat our stakeholders, clients, employees, suppliers, and community with courtesy and compassion.

Teamwork

We proactively work together and are accountable to each other to achieve our goals.

Integrity

We advocate honesty in our workplace by doing the right thing even when no one is looking.

Commitment

We make things happen by creatively maximizing our resources to ensure each others’ success.

Our recent projects highlight our breadth of expertise across multiple disciplines throughout the United States.

42 +

years of experience

8000 +

projects complete

offices accross the United States

Our Leadership Team

FCS is comprised of experts in environmental, sustainability, and energy management who collaborate with clients to develop the solutions that drive the highest return on investment.

Patrick Schultz

Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Mary Bean

Senior Vice President, Environmental Services

Jason Brandman

Director/Senior Vice President, Environmental Services

Paula Atherton

Director of Finance

Phil Ault, MS, LEED AP

Associate Director, Noise & Air Quality

Dana DePietro, PhD, RPA

Director of Biological and Cultural Resources Management

Jacki Fricke

Associate Director, Marketing

Cecilia So

Associate Director, Environmental Services

Janna Waligorski

Associate Director, Environmental Sciences

Mike Stephenson, ERM

Principal Scientist, Regional Manager, Cameron-Cole

John Bondurant

Vice President, Cameron-cole

Timothy Hobbs

Vice President, Co-founder Cameron-cole