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Today, we celebrate Hannah Dunn Losey, P.E.'s 5-year anniversary with TRICORD! With over 10 years of experience in the energy industry, Hannah is an expert in global Low Carbon Fuels programs and currently leads TRICORD's Energy Transition and Low Carbon Fuels team. She is a licensed Professional Engineer in Texas and Louisiana and holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Southern California. In her spare time, Hannah enjoys reading, hiking with her family, and volunteering with a local service dog organization.  

TRICORD Consulting recently celebrated 11 amazing years with a team retreat in beautiful Park City, Utah! We enjoyed a perfect mix of adventure and relaxation, from scenic hikes and a scavenger hunt to horseback riding, golf, delicious food, and even better company! It was the perfect opportunity to rest, relax, reflect, and build relationships. Here’s to more adventures and successes ahead!

TRICORD's Catherine Fuentes is celebrating her 1-year anniversary with our team. Catherine is a University of Texas at Austin chemical engineering graduate with over 30 years of experience in the petrochemical, chemical, pipeline, and refining industries as an engineering and environmental professional. She has extensive experience with federal regulations (NSPS, NESHAP, MACT), state regulations (TX, LA), compliance management, NSR permitting, and Title V permitting. Catherine enjoys spending time with her husband and three kids, being outdoors camping, boating, skiing, running, and traveling.  

TRICORD is thrilled to introduce Hedrick Strickland to the team! Hedrick has been an environmental consultant for almost 13 years with a primary focus on fenceline monitoring. She also spent a year seconded to an e-commerce company as Regional Environmental Manager for approximately 200 delivery stations in the eastern U.S. She also managed the ad-hoc environmental compliance budget for hundreds of delivery stations nationwide and served as liaison for the airport hub business unit, providing guidance for many aspects of environmental compliance at the local, state, and federal levels and across various media. Outside of work, Hedrick enjoys gardening, Duke basketball, cooking, weight lifting, rock climbing, and working her way through more books and podcasts than she can ever possibly finish.

Today, we celebrate Dustin Haffner's 1-year anniversary with TRICORD! Dustin holds a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from Louisiana State University and has over 9 years of consulting experience, focusing on regulatory air compliance and environmental field services, including LDAR, BWON, and Optical Gas Imaging (OGI). He has led project management, built client relationships, and supported air permitting, compliance reporting, and regulatory audits. Additionally, Dustin leads TRICORD's Geospatial Mapping of Air Pollution (GMAP) team and is a certified Level III Infrared (IR) thermographer. Dustin enjoys playing guitar, hiking, mountain biking, traveling, and RVing with his family. He is a valuable member of the TRICORD team, and we look forward to celebrating many more years of his hard work and dedication to TRICORD's clients.

We are thrilled to celebrate Meenu Pillai's one year anniversary with TRICORD Consulting! Meenu has a Bachelor of Science in Biological and Agricultural Engineering from Texas A&M University. She has over 5 years of experience in environmental permitting and compliance with a focus on air quality, including air permitting experience in Texas and multiple states for PBR, NSR, and Title V. In her free time, Meenu loves travelling, playing board games, karaoke, volunteering, and spending quality time with friends and family.

We are so excited to welcome Stephanie Meranda to our TRICORD team! Stephanie holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wyoming (go Pokes!) and brings 15 years of air quality compliance and permitting experience in the petrochemical industry. Recently, she’s focused on GHG emissions reduction efforts and has extensive expertise in BWON & QQQ. Stephanie is excited about supporting the EPA’s latest initiatives in these areas. Outside of work, Stephanie has been married to her amazing husband Josh for 10 years. Together, they have two awesome little boys, two dogs, and chickens. In their free time, they love kayaking, hiking, fishing, ATVs, camping, attending concerts, and baseball games.

Join us in welcoming Onofre Garza to the TRICORD Consulting team! Onofre brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in environmental multimedia, particularly in the petroleum refining and petrochemical industries. He holds a B.S. in Natural Gas Engineering and an MBA from Texas A&I University - Kingsville, along with an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Texas A&M University - Kingsville. Outside of work, Onofre enjoys spending quality time with family and friends, camping at the Frio River, exploring the Hill Country on long drives, and experimenting with new recipes. We’re thrilled to have him on board at TRICORD!

TRICORD is thrilled to celebrate Derick Kopp's 1 year anniversary! Derick has a B.S. in Engineering from Bob Jones University and a M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Clemson. He has over 15 years of experience dealing with air quality permitting and compliance for the petroleum refining and petrochemical industry across numerous states. He has extensive experience with flares and helping clients navigate the complexities of complying with many of the new flare requirements under NSPS and MACT standards. Derick grew up in Africa and Ireland but has spent most of his adult life in the South, so he (sorta) identifies as a Southerner, even though he doesn't eat grits or fried okra! In his free time, he enjoys playing piano, spending time with his wife and 3 kids and he is very active in his church.

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