14C — October 25 - November 7, 2019 — Women in Business — M id A tlantic
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Women in Business
Sue Boyle, GEI Consultants, Inc. 2019 recipient of the Growing Great Women in the Garden State Award hat is your cur- rent position? I am a senior en- great importance to me, just shattered all expectations with their successful golf event which Sue Boyle Senior Consultant
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NYC Brownfield Partnership, and BCONE—are becoming more invested in social media
vironmental consultant, with specialties in brownfield re- mediation and redevelopment, non-profit professional orga- nization management, and regulatory advice. Why did you choose the field/profession you are in today? I’ve been interested in the environmental field since high school and became interested in facility siting and hazardous waste management in graduate school. Brownfield remediation
GEI Consultants, Inc. Years with company/firm: 11 Years in field: 36 Years in real estate industry: 20
Brownfield remediation and redevelopment became a real passion because of the ability to see tangible, positive results of a project.
Real estate organizations / affiliations: Brownfield Coalition of the Northeast; NYC Brownfield Partnership, NAIOP, NJ Builders Association
as a way to attract the next generation of environmental and brownfield professionals. Tiesha Green and MariCate Conlon are helping us and dragging some of the more “seasoned” professionals into the modern age! What was the most defin- ing moment for you in the profession you are cur- rently in? NJSWEP awarded me the “Growing Great Women in the Garden State” Award this year, which joins my Philadelphia SWEP Touchstone Award from about 9 years ago. I may be the only person to receive the awards from both chapters of SWEP. I’m not sure. I am sure that all of the recipients of each chapter’s award are amazing women and it is an honor to be in their company. Do you feel being awoman is an advantage, disadvan- tage or no advantage in to- day’s business world? Why? Why not? I was just invited to moderate the “Women in Brownfields” session being held for the first time in December, 2019 at the National Brownfield Confer- ence, so I’m feeling very strong- ly that being a woman in that field is an advantage! What has been a great advantage is building a strong network of women professional colleagues and friends: I can rely on them to always get the job done and I know I’m going to have an amazing time working beside them. What is the funniest, most unique situation you have faced/conquered during your business career? I was hung in effigy next to a giant tombstone with my name and a skull and crossbones on it on the side of a major interstate highway early in my career. I have the photo to prove it! I wasn’t alone: there were 11 of us treated the same way; we like to think it was because we were doing our job and the process was working. Then, and now, it is a semi-twisted badge of honor: because, how many people can say that happened to them?
raised over $37,000 for both or- ganizations’ scholarship funds. The recipients of the scholar- ships are so inspiring. What impact has social media/networking had on your business? All three non-profit organi- zations that I direct—LSRPA,
and redevelopment became a real passion because of the ability to see tangible, positive results of a project. What was your greatest professional accomplish- ment in 2019?
The NJ Licensed Site Reme- diation Professionals Associa- tion (LSRPA), for which I am the contracted Executive Director, and the NJ Society of Women Environmental Professionals (SWEP), an organization of
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