Our Team.
Meet The Team
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Mr. Cummings co-founded Nova Group in 1987 and under his guidance and leadership the company has grown to become one of the largest and most respected firms in the environmental and engineering industry. Always keeping the focus on our clients’ needs, Steve has guided Nova in developing and expanding the company’s services. With a vision to go global, Steve has made strategic acquisitions over the past decade to expand our reach and make Nova what it is today.
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Executive Team
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Steve
Cummings
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Cummings co-founded Nova Group in 1987 and under his guidance and leadership the company has grown to become one of the largest and most respected firms in the environmental and engineering industry. Always keeping the focus on our clients’ needs, Steve has guided Nova in developing and expanding the company’s services. With a vision to go global, Steve has made strategic acquisitions over the past decade to expand our reach and make Nova what it is today.
Neil
Archibald
Senior Vice President,
Business Development
Mr. Archibald manages accounts for Nova’s domestic and international platform and oversees Nova’s Business Development division. Since joining Nova in 2010, he has helped rapidly expand Nova’s footprint by focusing on operations, revenue opportunities, customer service, and strategic partnerships. He brings over 15 years of experience in real estate, and the commercial real estate due diligence industry.
Cary
Asper
Senior Vice President,
Advisory Board
Mr. Asper manages Nova’s National Client Program. He provides senior technical review of deliverables to ensure all aspects of the scope are met. As an SVP with Nova, he has extensive client contact, including state and nationwide project management; program implementation; QA/QC; and liaison with federal, state, and local regulatory agencies. Additionally, Mr. Asper serves as an advisor to the Capital Markets Group. He focuses on innovative problem solving with clients to assist transactions to a successful close.
Ben
Bohline
President & Chief Financial Officer
Sarah
Pirrie
Managing Director,
Nova Ambiente
Robert
Hird
Senior Vice President,
Chief Operations Officer
Mr. Bohline oversees the Finance/Accounting and Human Resources functions of Nova. Mr. Bohline works closely with the other members of Nova’s executive team and helps provide information to make operational, financial, and strategic decisions. He is also responsible for corporate insurance, audit and tax, employee health and welfare plans, and banking relationships. Mr. Bohline has a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). His previous work experience is in public accounting performing financial statement audits.
Ms. Pirrie has been part of the Nova Ambiente team since 2005 and became the UK Managing Director in July 2022. She has over 20 years of experience in the environmental consultancy industry and a background in environmental due diligence and environmental site assessments. Ms. Pirrie recently set up Nova Ambiente’s Sustainability Service, working with colleagues, clients, and partner companies to develop a range of responsible investment, property management, and ESG-related products and screening tools.
Mr. Hird has over 27 years of experience in the due diligence, environmental and engineering industry. As Chief Operations Officer, Mr. Hird is responsible for the development and implementation of Nova’s operational services to support our clients’ needs. This includes working with clients to delineate appropriate scopes, objectives, budgets and priorities to meet their project needs as well as working with staff to ensure that they are properly trained and that quality assurance programs are properly followed.
Paul
Johnson
Senior Vice President,
Director of Operations
Mr. Johnson directs the international efforts of Nova Group, GBC. He works closely with the group managers and office managers of Nova’s branch offices. Mr. Johnson has more than 30 years of experience in environmental consulting. He has managed technical service groups, contracts, sales and marketing initiatives, and has developed many of Nova’s technical programs and standard operating procedures.
Tom
Warn,
LEED AP
Senior Vice President,
Sustainability Services
Mr. Warn has over 35 years of experience in conducting environmental, energy, and engineering services. His responsibilities have included project management for state and federal agencies, as well as commercial and industrial facilities, on tasks involving sustainable construction, development, and redevelopment; energy audits; environmental site assessments, investigation; remedial action; risk assessment; compliance audits; and regulatory impact analysis.
Business Development Team
Neil Archibald
Senior Vice President,
Business Development
Mr. Archibald manages accounts for Nova’s domestic and international platform and oversees Nova’s Business Development division. Since joining Nova in 2010, he has helped rapidly expand Nova’s footprint by focusing on operations, revenue opportunities, customer service, and strategic partnerships. He brings over 15 years of experience in real estate, and the commercial real estate due diligence industry.
Tom
Warn, LEED AP
Senior Vice President,
Sustainability Services
Mr. Warn has over 35 years of experience in conducting environmental, energy, and engineering services. His responsibilities have included project management for state and federal agencies, as well as commercial and industrial facilities, on tasks involving sustainable construction, development, and redevelopment; energy audits; environmental site assessments, investigation; remedial action; risk assessment; compliance audits; and regulatory impact analysis.
Jack
Cummings
Chief Revenue Officer
As Chief Revenue Officer, Mr. Cummings develops and implements Nova Group's revenue and growth strategy for the United States and European operations. Leading Nova's Business Development efforts internationally, Jack directs Nova's new acquisitions, recruitment, and service offerings.
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​During his tenure at Nova Group, Jack successfully integrated and closed two of Nova's acquisitions; Peak Environmental and Carlson Environmental. In addition, Jack managed Business Development operations, which realized a 68% increase in revenue by developing successful partnerships with the most prominent real estate finance, global investment banking, and private equity firms.
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Capital Markets Group
Ray
Hutchison
Senior Vice President,
New York, NY
Mr. Hutchison has over 20 years of experience in the engineering and environmental science fields. He has been involved in the details of thousands of real estate transactions and understands the specific needs and scopes of work required for the different parties involved in the transaction.
Greg
Murphy
Vice President,
San Francisco, CA
Mr. Murphy offers over 20 years of experience in the real estate assessment field. He works with a wide variety of clients across the country and has managed the successful completion of over 15,000 due diligence projects throughout his career, including Phase I and II environmental assessments, property condition assessments, and seismic studies.
Hitesh
Patel
National Account Manager,
New York, NY
Mr. Patel has over 22 years of consulting experience in the environmental and engineering industry. He has assisted a wide range of clients, including CMBS lenders, insurance companies, national and regional banks, REITs, agency lenders, and equity firms with their due diligence needs.
Kristin
Tate
Vice President,
HUD Program Manager
Ms. Tate oversees all of the HUD/FHA reports and other deliverables completed by Nova Group’s HUD Program. In this capacity, she reviews all Property Condition Needs Assessment (PCNA) reports and CNA e-Tools while working closely with project managers and conducting final reviews on all environmental due diligence to assure all federal, state, and local agencies were contacted and the appropriate information is relayed to the client in a timely manner.
Angela Scott
National Account Manager
Ms. Scott has over 25 years of diverse experience in the commercial real estate due diligence field. She has extensive knowledge of CMBS, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac markets and has been involved in thousands of due diligence transactions, including environmental, energy, property condition, seismic, and zoning assessments. Ms. Scott serves a broad range of national, regional, and local clients with an active, hands-on approach focused on innovative solutions and designed to successfully move projects to completion.
Equity Group
Doug
Knight
Vice President,
Equity Group Director
Mr. Knight is Director of the Equity Group. He has over 25 years of experience in the consulting engineering business, with a focus in environmental services. As a project professional, he has been involved with the identification, quantification, and mitigation of environmental and facility defects on a wide variety of commercial, residential, and raw property projects. Mr. Knight has experience in over 1,000 environmental and facility projects, including Phase I and II ESAs, hazardous substances (asbestos, lead, and radon), remedial investigation/delineations, PCAs, and building envelope commissioning. Mr. Knight earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Centre College in Kentucky and is based out of Columbus, Ohio.
Construction Group
Joseph DiBernardo
Vice President,
Construction Services Group Manager
Mr. DiBernardo, with a background in Civil Engineering, has over 25 years of experience in engineering design, consulting, construction monitoring, and project management. More recently, he has focused on construction loan risk management for national and international lenders, commercial banks, real estate investment trusts, private equity investors, tax credit unions, bridge lenders, CMBS’s, and developers. He is currently responsible for the management of technical staff including: architects, engineers, construction specialists, and professional associates. His duties include department operations, department sales/marketing, preparing proposals, client interface, and construction administration reporting nationwide while providing high level construction services and minimizing construction loan risks for clients.
Nova Energy Group
Keely
Felton, CEA, CMVP
Vice President,
Nova Energy Group
Ms. Felton oversees all Freddie and Fannie green loan reports and other deliverables completed by Nova Energy Group. In this capacity, she reviews High-Performance Building reports and Green Assessment reports for these programs while working closely with Nova’s clients to make sure that all pertinent information is communicated throughout the process. Keely is a Certified Energy Auditor as well as a Certified Measurement and Verification Professional. She is highly experienced with utility data analysis, including ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager® and benchmarking.
Industrial Hygiene
& Hazardous Materials Group
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Rick
Leines,
REM, CESCO
Vice President - Industrial
Hygiene (IH) & Hazardous Materials Group
Mr. Leines is Vice President of the IH & Hazardous Materials Group, working out of Lenexa, Kansas. He has spent his 25+ years of experience in the environmental, health, and safety (EHS) industry serving clients by managing a wide variety of EHS projects at industrial, commercial, state, and federal facilities throughout the United States. He is responsible for business development, contract and project management, industrial hygiene and safety-related services, project oversight, training of clients and staff, regulatory review, and reporting.
Regional Group
Mark Perry
Corporate Vice President,
Environmental Assessment & Remediation Group Leader
Mr. Perry has more than 25 years of experience conducting and managing environmental investigations, brownfield redevelopment/remediation, and property site assessments, including: Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESA), Property Condition Assessments (PCA), Property Zoning Reports (PZR) and Hazardous Materials Surveys. Mr. Perry also has experience with the coordination and oversight of Geotechnical Evaluations and aspects of Construction Loan Monitoring projects, including upfront construction document reviews, monthly site inspections, and pay application/draw reviews.
Vanessa Chambers
Senior Vice President, Southern Region
Mrs. Chambers currently serves as a Senior Vice President and Nova’s Southern Regional Manager. Mrs. Chambers is proficient in a variety of environmental services and oversees geotechnical and facilities services for several client accounts. In addition, Mrs. Chambers directs the client development and technical delivery functions of the region.
Rich George
Regional Client Manager
Doreen T. Spinoso, EP
Vice President,
Mid-Atlantic Group
Mr. George is a Regional Client Manager based out of Jacksonville, Florida. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology and Hydrology, Rich is a licensed PG and LSRP with over 23 years of experience providing due diligence in the environmental and engineering field. Rich is responsible for managing due diligence investigations for property acquisition and financing, including environmental site assessments (ESAs), property condition assessments (PCAs), subsurface site investigations, site characterizations, remediation and other due diligence-related services. This includes providing expert-level managerial, technical and operational project coordination and managing client relations in the development and implementation of Nova services. He works directly with clients to delineate appropriate scopes, objectives, budgets and priorities that meet their project needs.
Doreen has been in the Environmental and Engineering industry for over 30 years, with expertise in ESAs, PCAs, IH, Risk Management, and Policy Development. Experience extends across debt, equity, HUD, low-income housing, and agency. In addition to servicing clients, Doreen is an active member of ASTM, serving on committees for ESA and PCA guidelines.
Zoning Services Group
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Alicia
Taylor
Vice President,
Nova Zoning Group
As Vice President, Nova Zoning Group, Ms. Taylor’s role is to develop the Zoning Services offered at Nova Group, GBC. Her duties include creation of the Nova zoning report and database, end-to-end production of quality zoning reports, efficiently communicating and mentoring internal Client Managers to drive growth, and building relationships with external Clients to extend services. Ms. Taylor started her zoning career at the age of 22 and now has more than 12 years of experience in the Zoning industry. She has written over 2,500 and managed over 5,000 Zoning Conformance Reports of various project types, including office, retail, industrial, multifamily, hospitality, assisted living, skilled nursing, medical, mobile home communities, self-storage, and shopping centers.
