Meet Our Team

Kinsinger Environmental Consulting

KEC manages projects for a private developers in the U.S. We provide full-service environmental project management and planning with responsibilities that include:

  • Representing clients at Development Plan Review (DPR), Planning Commission & City Council meetings
  • CEQA Environmental Documents (IS/MND/EIR), public meetings & comment response
  • NEPA FONSI/EIS Biological Assessments & incidental take permit negotiation
  • Consistency Analysis for Habitat Conservation Plans, local, state and federal regulations
  • Technical studies including: Biology, Cultural Resources (CR), Acoustics, Traffic, Air Quality / GHG / Energy, SWPPP, WQMP
  • Permitting with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) & Streambed Alteration Agreement (SAA) and signed Memorandum of Agreement (MOU)
  • Mitigation lands acquisition, agreements and negotiation
  • Monitor and manage project entitlement progress using interactive Gantt charts apps

Debbie Kinsinger – Founder and Principal Scientist

Ms. Kinsinger founded KEC in 2003 with the goal of guiding land developers through the entitlements process from project siting to grading plan permitting and site preparation. As an Environmental Planner / Project Manager specializing in California Environmental Compliance she leads KEC in coordinating engineering and environmental compliance plans in the development of NEPA/CEQA Environmental Impact studies. Ms. Kinsinger works closely with her clients assisting them in navigating the entitlements process with a range of potential options and a clear understanding of the entitlement costs and project fees in advance of making irretrievable commitments of resources.

Ms. Kinsinger’s clients benefit in negotiations with agencies and regulators from her background as both the developer’s representative and an agency regulator who has conducted thousands of environmental investigations including: jurisdictional waters and wetland delineations, biological studies and focused surveys for sensitive, threatened and endangered flora and fauna.

Miranda Anocibar – Biologist and Project Manager

 Mrs. Anocibar is a Biologist and Project Manager with more than six years of experience supporting utility, public, and private sector projects across Southern California. She leads biological field assessments, prepares technical reports, and manages project schedules and deliverables to ensure work meets agency standards and KEC’s quality expectations.

Her field background includes special‑status species surveys, nesting bird monitoring, habitat assessments, and construction monitoring. She oversees field staff and subconsultants as needed, maintaining consistency, safety, and high‑quality data collection across teams.

Andy Pigniolo – Consulting Archaeologist and RPA

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