Rich Parrish has been the President of Impact Environmental, and its senior consulting geologist, since he founded the firm in 1989. He has over 25 years of experience working as an environmental professional in the New York metropolitan area. He has shaped Impact Environmental from its early roots as a small consulting company into a full-service environmental remediation contracting firm. Mr. Parrish is as fluent in the legal language of the industry as he is of the technical language. This dynamic blend of disciplines has provided him the ability to protect his clients while plying to their needs.

During his career with Impact Environmental he has overseen the performance of over 5,000 Phase 1 and 2 Environmental Site Assessments, designed over 200 gasoline station release investigations and recoveries, directly supervised the investigation and remediation of over a dozen State listed Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites, navigated more than 20 clients through all phases of the Brownfield and Voluntary Cleanup Acts and authored over 20 Beneficial Use Determinations for the recycling of contaminated media. He also has permitted over 10 solid waste recycling facilities located in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Indiana to accept contaminated media for recycling.

Mr. Parrish has also worked as a professional witness in several large civil and criminal environmental law cases. He has served as a member of the New York State Department of Environmental Citizen Council for Inactive Hazardous Waste Sites, is a member of several professional associations and currently serves as the Environmental Commissioner for the Incorporated Village of Poquott.

Mr. Parrish has a Bachelors Degree in Earth and Space Sciences from Stony Brook University. He is a licensed Professional Geologist in the State of Tennessee. He has authored a variety of professional papers and industry chronicles.