Meredith Parkin
Environmental Planning Practice Leader
Meredith Parkin is a Vice President and Environmental Planning Practice Leader at Environmental Science Associates and an industry leader in environmental regulatory compliance and permitting. She has more than 30 years of experience advising public agencies and private clients on complex projects subject to CEQA, NEPA, and related state and federal environmental laws. Her work emphasizes integrating policy, environmental review, and permitting strategy early in project development to reduce risk and support legally defensible decision-making. As Practice Leader, Ms. Parkin unites ESA’s CEQA, NEPA, and SEPA practitioners with planning, air quality, noise, and climate specialists to strengthen integration and consistency across disciplines and to provide senior oversight for complex infrastructure projects. Ms. Parkin earned her J.D. from Lincoln Law School of Sacramento and a BS in Human Nutrition and Food Science from New Mexico State University. Her professional background includes senior environmental compliance and permitting roles at Environmental Science Associates and Stantec, where she advised public agencies and private clients on complex infrastructure and resource management projects. Earlier in her career, Ms. Parkin owned and operated a consulting business through which she managed land use, environmental compliance, and permitting for more than 160 facilities across California, Nevada, and New Mexico. Her experience spans federal, state, and local regulatory frameworks and reflects a career-long focus on practical, defensible environmental review. Ms. Parkin is a frequent speaker on CEQA, NEPA, permitting, and policy strategy topics and has authored professional publications addressing emerging regulatory issues. She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and previously served on the Board of Directors for the California Foundation for the Environment and the Economy. Her work is widely recognized for advancing streamlined, legally sound environmental review approaches for complex and programmatic projects.
Brian D. Boxer
Senior Vice President
Brian D. Boxer, AICP, has more than 40 years of experience in urban and environmental planning for public- and private-sector clients across California. He has directed and managed CEQA documents for urban and environmental planning projects involving new land development, urban infill, major sports and entertainment venues, institutional plans, and large-scale urban and regional plans and policies. Mr. Boxer is a noted expert in CEQA and in the strategic design of CEQA documents to facilitate project planning and design to meet the requirements of the law. Mr. Boxer received his BA in History from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Masters of Public Affairs and Urban and Regional Planning from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He has worked as a consulting urban and environmental planner for several firms since the early 1980s with a focus on urban planning and development. Mr. Boxer has overseen CEQA documentation of city and county general plans, major specific plans, university campus plans, and large-scale infill and greenfield development projects. Mr. Boxer is a long-time member of the American Planning Association (APA); the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP); the Urban Land Institute (ULI); and the Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP). He previously led AEP's Advanced CEQA Workshop Program and continues to speak regularly in the annual program workshops. Over the last four decades, he has been a speaker at annual conferences for the California chapter of APA and AEP and has participated in ULI Advisory Services Panels in several locations in the US.
