Annie Gibbs

Annie has over a decade of experience managing projects designed to analyze the potential effects of hazardous substances on natural resources. She has served as both a testifying and consulting expert for natural resource damage assessments (NRDAs), evaluating injuries to natural resources, developing compensatory restoration, and determining overarching project strategies. Annie’s specific tasks have included habitat and resource equivalency analysis; case strategy development; coordination with natural-resource trustees; data analysis related to toxicological and other biotic effects; and literature reviews. She also has extensive experience engaging with federal, state, and local agencies; tribes; and stakeholder groups across various service areas, including remediation, restoration, and oil spill planning and response. 

In a previous role as a contractor to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Annie provided support to NRDA trustee councils. She provided technical support on multiple NRDA cases on behalf of NOAA, including cases concerning the Kalamazoo River, the St. Louis River Interlake/Duluth tar site, and the Sheboygan River and Harbor. Notable highlights include leading trustees to a settlement at the St. Louis River Interlake/Duluth tar site and bringing a second party into the Sheboygan River and Harbor NRDA settlement.