Ward Marotti joined Spangler Environmental in 2020 as Vice President of Client Engagement and Practice Lead for Natural Resources. In this capacity, Ward is responsible for facilitating SEL’s strategic diversification in new and existing markets and for providing technical oversight and leadership for Natural Resources projects and teams.

Ward has been involved in successful ecological restoration project planning, design, implementation, oversight, and monitoring for over 28 years in the Southeast, West, Gulf Coast and South America. In addition to Ward’s restoration experience, he has completed hundreds of public and private environmental compliance and permitting projects, including: NEPA and SEPA EAs and EISs, Individual and Nationwide 404/401 permits, NCDENR water quality and riparian buffer variances (major and minor), Endangered Species Act Section 7 and 10 impact permits and conservation plans, protected species relocation plans, and watershed use re-classifications. He is past-president of the National Association of Environmental Professionals’ North Carolina Chapter and currently holds a seat on the organization’s national board of directors.