DALLAS, TX, March 11, 2020 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Karla M. Smith has been inducted into Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected based on current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all considered during the selection process.
A licensed Professional Geologist with more than 25 years of experience in the field of environmental consulting, Ms. Smith has served as the Executive Vice President of AEI Consultants ("AEI"), a full-service real property consulting firm, since 2017. As part of her duties, Ms. Smith provides oversight, coordination, and technical leadership for all phases of environmental assessment, mitigation and remediation. This may include subsurface investigations, soil, groundwater and soil vapor remediation, risk assessments, vapor intrusion assessments, environmental cost risk analyses, regulatory interaction and expert witness testimony. From 2015 until 2017, Ms. Smith found success as the Senior Vice President. It is during that timeframe that Ms. Smith was asked to lead and strategically build AEI's regionally housed Site Mitigation Services team into a cohesive centralized national division. Ms. Smith, as held the position of Division Leader for this national team, since that time. Prior to 2015, Ms. Smith was the Regional Director for AEI for the Midwest and a Vice President and senior technical lead for AEI's site mitigation services.
Prior to her current role, Ms. Smith served as a Principal Geologist for LFR/ARCADIS US in Georgia from 2008 to 2012. Previously, she excelled as a Vice President of national accounts for Nova Consulting between 2006 and 2008. From 2003 until 2006, Ms. Smith maintained activity as a Vice President within the National Client Group for Professional Services Industries, Inc. in Texas and Georgia and from 1995 until 2003, became a Vice President and led an environmental operational team at Reed Engineering Group, Inc., located in Texas. Ms. Smith began her career as an exploration geologist in the oil and gas business of Louisiana, moving to Texas then finding her footing in the upcoming environmental field. Ms. Smith has been a Texas educator, teaching middle school Earth Science, coaching high-school fast-pitch softball and teaching geology and oceanography at Texas Women's University ("TWU").
Before embarking upon her professional journey, Ms. Smith attended Millsaps College, for which she received a Bachelor of Science in Geology in 1982. Following this accomplishment, in 1990, she earned a Master of Science in Geoscience from the University of Louisiana. Ms. Smith concluded her academic efforts with a Master of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University's Cox School of Business in 2002. Along the way, Ms. Smith attended the University of Texas at Arlington and completed educational requirements for a Texas Teaching Certificate in Earth Science.
Since then, Ms. Smith has notably been honored at the Globe St. Real Estate Forum as a Woman of Influence in 2019 and was honored by AEI for Divisional Excellence, also in 2019. To remain well versed in developments in her field, she is a member of the Environmental Bankers Association (EBA) as well as WRISE, SEIA and AWEA (Renewable Energy Organizations), and she also served as the Senior Warden at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church of Atlanta. In five years, Ms. Smith hopes to continue serving the planet through her work, perhaps touring as a motivational speaker or environmental business advisor, and in her leisure time, spending more time with her family, perhaps fly-fishing and just enjoying nature, as often as she can.
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