Our Offering

Ascent, founded by Curtis Alling, Gary Jakobs, Sydney Coatsworth, Amanda Olekszulin, and Honey Walters, provides clients with personally engaged professionals dedicated to meeting higher standards by applying leading-edge thinking to complex environmental issues. We are a certified Small Business Enterprise (SBE) and a Woman-owned Business Enterprise (WBE).

Our Culture

Your success is our success. Our careers are focused on this philosophy. What does this mean? Helping our clients succeed through senior engagement and constant focus on the end goal; supporting the career development of our employees through growth opportunities and personal involvement; and committing to help elevate industry standards by leading and participating in educational forums. We want to be a first-choice, career employer, with dedication to and support of our local communities. learn more

Primary Services

  • California Environmental Quality Act
  • National Environmental Policy Act
  • Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
  • Climate Change Planning
  • Greenhouse Gas Analysis
  • Air Quality Studies
  • Noise and Vibration Analysis
  • Natural Resources Management
  • Wetlands and Endangered Species
  • Strategic Environmental Regulatory Guidance
  • Complex Project Management

Our Standards

Think of us first when you are facing complex and important environmental and natural resources issues. We have the depth of experience, enthusiasm, resources, quality standards, dependability, integrity, and personal service that our clients deserve. We seek to listen and understand, then deliver solutions aimed at exceeding our clients' expectations. These standards will serve as guideposts as we grow.

Our Experience

With over a century of experience among our five principals, we are focused on our passion: personally supporting our clients and staff and bringing high-level thought leadership to the environmental planning industry. Consistent with our expertise and project experience, we provide CEQA and NEPA, natural resources, strategic regulatory guidance, climate change/greenhouse gas, and air quality and noise analysis services to California and the Western U.S.

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