Chris Elliott

About Chris Elliott

Chris is a Senior Vice President and environmental program manager for ICF (formerly Jones & Stokes, acquired by ICF). Internal to ICF, Chris serves as the West Line of Business Leader in the Environment & Planning Division, responsible for over $100M in annual revenue and 500 staff. Externally for clients, Chris serves as an executive-level delivery manager, project director, or lead environmental strategist overseeing master service agreements and major infrastructure projects. His career focus has been environmental planning, document development, design, permitting, and construction of flood management, water resources, and habitat restoration projects. Chris specializes in riparian corridor projects and combining multiple-use objectives for flood management, recreation, habitat, and commerce in river systems. His clients include the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, California Department of Water Resources, Caltrans, energy utilities, state and local agencies, ports, and private applicants. Special skills include environmental program management, regulatory compliance strategy, and facilitation. His expertise includes the National Environmental Policy Act, California Environmental Quality Act, Clean Water Act (Section 404), Rivers and Harbors Act (Section 408), and Endangered Species Act. Chris has taught classes in water quality regulation, habitat restoration, mitigation, and environmental planning. He is a landscape architect (CA License No. 4247) and former certified arborist (ISA Certificate No. WE-4280A). Chris frequently serves as moderator, master of ceremonies, or panel member at industry events and served as the environmental editor for the Floodplain Management & Liability Reporter before that publication ceased. Other Leadership Experience: 10 years on the City of Sacramento\'s Design Review & Preservation Board (including 2 annual terms as chair), as a Board Trustee for the River Delta Unified School District Board, Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Sacramento River Watershed Program, Co-chair of the Flood Protection Team for the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce, and Board Member for the Sacramento Post of the Society of American Military Engineers.Specialties: NEPA/CEQA, CWA/ESA, RHA Section 408, project management, staff recruiting and management, water resources, flood protection, levees, riparian ecosystems, trail and open space design, writing, meeting facilitation, mentoring, landscape architecture, habitat restoration, interviews and presentations, business development, keeping the workplace fun.

Experience

1. Senior Vice President, West Business Line Leader, and Environmental Program Manager

   ICF

   Jan 2023 — Present

Education

• Grossmont College

  General Education, English Literature

  1989 — 1990

• University of California, Davis

  B.S.

  1990 — 1994

Skills

• Water Resources