International Environmental Associates, Inc. (IEA) is an employee owned and operated company. We have an excellent staff of environmental professionals and industrial hygienists that enable us to provide full service environmental and health consulting support to our clients. Combined, IEA professionals have over 90 years of industry experience and over 200 years of Environmental experience.

Frank M. Ivoska, CIH
President
Mr. lvoska has over 20 years of broad range Environmental Multi-media and Industrial Hygiene work experience. He has held environmental and health program management positions and is experienced in all phases of permitting, regulatory development negotiations, regulatory compliance investigations and compliance assurance work. Mr. lvoska has gained direct experience with the federal operating permit program through the coordination and stewardship of the Title V program for multiple sites of a major petrochemical company on the Texas Gulf Coast. Mr. Ivoska is also a Certified Industrial Hygienist and has been responsible for developing and managing the health programs at major petrochemical companies in Texas, New Jersey and Ohio.

David C. Gibson, P.G.
Vice President Operations
David Gibson has 17 years of geology and environmental experience with a B.S. degree in Geophysics and graduate course work in Applied Hydrogeology, Advanced Hydrogeology, and Engineering/Environmental Geology. He serves as a senior environmental geologist with duties that include providing scientific and technical support for environmental assessment projects. He has performed numerous Phase I, II, and III Environmental Assessments projects and possesses excellent technical writing skills. Mr. Gibson has conducted over 200 Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility (TSDF) audits across the USA for the purpose of liability assessment, and has served on seven audit teams conducting comprehensive internal environmental compliance audits for Alcoa Aluminum Company. He speaks conversational Spanish and has conducted soil investigations and auditing projects in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Robert C. Pearce
Vice President regAction™
Mr. Pearce has a BS in Chemical Engineering and serves as the technical lead and project manager for the development of regAction™. Prior to working at IEA, he worked with a Houston area environmental consulting, emissions performance, and testing firm. This involved conducting performance and compliance testing on a variety of emission sources in accordance with EPA and TCEQ reference methods. His involvement covered all aspects of test programs, including: project development, overseeing field testing, developing efficiency strategies, conducting laboratory analyses, and preparing reports submitted to clients and regulatory agencies. In this environment, he developed an understanding of various testing procedures and methods employed by the industry to evaluate emission compliance. As a Project Manager at IEA Inc., he has participated in extensive emissions inventory reviews, regulatory assessments, and preparation of various spill response plans for chemical manufacturing facilities in the Houston area. These reviews involved identification of emissions sources not previously permitted, an evaluation of emission calculations for consistency and accuracy, determinations of compliance with State and Federal Regulations and preliminary Title V assessments.

Leon P. Lirette, Jr., CECM
Project Manager
Mr. Lirette has over 15 years of experience in conducting and managing various projects relating to Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, Transporter and Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility (TSDF) Audits, Phase I, II, and III Environmental Site Assessments (ESA), Due Diligence Investigations and Government Environmental Projects. He has managed projects in New York, Washington D.C., Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi, Kansas, Oklahoma and Panama City, Panama. His experiences have included projects pertaining to Soil Remediation, Wastewater Treatment, Industrial Hydro-blasting, Confined Space Entry, Tank Cleaning/Removal, Waste Disposal, Waste Manifesting, Waste Characterization/Profiling, Sampling, Regulatory Compliance Reporting and Environmental Plan/Program Development. Mr. Lirette has experience in the Oil and Gas Industry, Petrochemical Industry, Utilities Industry, Refining Industry and Manufacturing Industry.