Ms. Dodge is the founder and President of Excel Environmental Resources,
Inc. (Excel) and has more than 26 years of experience as an environmental
geologist and consultant. She is a recognized expert in contaminated
property investigation, remedial action design, remediation implementation,
and integration of remediation into redevelopment for industrial, military,
commercial, residential, and municipal properties. Ms. Dodge has strong
technical and regulatory experience and skills and has been actively
involved in the Brownfield remediation and redevelopment industry since
founding Excel in 1994.
Ms. Dodge has hands-on experience with investigation and remediation
of soil and groundwater impacts at some of the most challenging properties
in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania and has designed, implemented,
and managed small and large scale remediation and redevelopment projects
throughout the Tri-State area for municipalities, counties, redevelopment
authorities, industrial/commercial/residential property owners, developers,
builders, attorneys, architects, and land planners.
She provides expert consultation to clients for resolution of environmental
issues associated with transactional due diligence, cost-effective measures
for streamlining and/or re-directing the environmental compliance process
on stalled projects, integration of remedial action into redevelopment
plans for commercial/retail, residential, industrial, and recreational,
and open space end uses, as well as expert litigation support.
Ms. Dodge works closely with clients so that they better understand
the intricacies of the contaminated property remediation and redevelopment
process, including identification of Brownfield properties, fully integrating
remediation into redevelopment plans, maximizing value for the property
owner, developer, and/or builder on a Brownfield redevelopment project,
risk and liability reduction through the use of environmental insurance
products, acquisition of grants and low/no-interest loans under the
NJDEP Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund (HDSRF), obtaining cleanup
cost reimbursement via Redevelopment Agreements and Corporate Tax Credits
under the Brownfield and Contaminated Site Remediation Act, preparation
of BDA applications, and cost recovery from insurance carriers and other
third-parties.
Ms. Dodge manages the overall technical operations of Excel and provides
expert technical and strategic consulting on a wide range of compliance,
remediation, and property transaction and redevelopment issues. Ms.
Dodge specializes in development of innovative, economically feasible
technical approaches and designs for successful and cost-efficient implementation
of environmental compliance and remediation projects. Her responsibilities
also include management of senior technical and project team staff.
Ms. Dodge is actively involved in agency interactions and negotiations
with state and federal agency representatives on behalf of clients and
provides senior technical support during project implementation.