Dewberry has hired Elizabeth L. Lusk as a senior environmental scientist in the firm’s Raleigh office.
Lusk will be responsible for the development and review of environmental permits for transportation, utility, and other civil works projects throughout North Carolina. As a previous North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) employee, she has an extensive background performing natural resource assessments, managing environmental permitting, and monitoring regulatory compliance for transportation projects. With more than 14 years of NCDOT experience, she has conducted natural resource surveys and provided permit acquisition oversight for several notable roadway, bridge, bypass, and interchange widening and new construction projects. Lusk also served the NCDOT’s preconstruction branch as a member of the project delivery team and contributed to the department’s project development and environmental analysis procedures manual. Prior to joining NCDOT, she worked for the forest services of North Carolina and Maryland as well as a private environmental consulting firm.
Lusk received a master’s degree in Forest Management from Duke University and a bachelor’s degree in German from Davidson College where she is an active member of the sustainability council and previously served as an assistant teacher. Lusk is acting governance chair on the Haiti Fund, Inc.’s board of directors, has served as the secretary/treasurer of the Society of American Foresters’ North Carolina Division, and is a graduate of both the NCDOT Legacy Leadership Program and the North Carolina State University Natural Resource Leadership Institute.
