September Member Spotlight
Julie Nicholas
Profession/Job Title: Environmental Engineer
Employer: Jacques Whitford Company
Work Description: Her primary responsibility is environmental permitting for land development projects for major utility companies. Responsibilities involve developing grading plans, erosion & sediment control plans, along with stormwater management plans. She is also involved in wetland construction projects.
College/University: Bachelors of Civil & Environmental Engineering – Princeton University
Masters of Business Administration – Finance – Temple University Fox School of Business
Years as a SWE member: 8
Tell us a little about yourself:
Julie graduated from Princeton University in 2003 with a bachelors in Civil & Environmental Engineer and a minor in Environmental Studies. She graduated from Fox School of Business in 2007 with a MBA in finance. Past work experiences have included working with ENVIRON International Corporation in Princeton, NJ as a human health risk assessor on Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) projects for General Motors, and also as a project engineer for Black & Veatch in Philadelphia for their USEPA Remedial Action Contract (RAC) on SUPERFUND sites in Region 3 (Mid-Atlantic: DE, MD, PA, WV, VA & DC).
Julie enjoys running, biking, golf, skiing, and traveling while running, biking, playing golf, or skiing. During the summers she enjoys spending time at her family’s lake house near her hometown of Clarks Summit, PA. During the winter you can generally find her on the slopes anywhere between Utah and the Poconos.
