We are proud to share that Lawra J. Dodge, PG, LSRP, Founder and President of Excel Environmental Resources, was featured in the April 2026 edition of the New Jersey Site Remediation Professional Licensing Board Quarterly Newsletter.
The Board Member Spotlight highlights Lawra’s 40 years of experience in the environmental industry, her leadership in Brownfields investigation and redevelopment, and her longstanding service as an original member of the NJ Site Remediation Professional Licensing Board. The article also offers a personal look at her life outside the environmental field, including her family farm, love of skiing, and commitment to helping shape a fair, consistent, and forward-looking framework for future generations of LSRPs.
We invite you to read the full feature below and learn more about Lawra’s career, leadership, and dedication to protecting public health, safety, and the environment.
Board Member Spotlight: Lawra J. Dodge, PG, LSRP
Lawra J. Dodge, PG, LSRP is founder and President of Excel Environmental Resources, an environmental consulting firm specializing in Brownfields investigation, remedial action, and contaminated property redevelopment. Excel represents private developers and corporations as well as the public sector, including municipalities, counties, and non-profits, and is celebrating 32 years in business. She is a licensed Professional Geologist (PG) and a Licensed Site Remediation Professional (LSRP) with 40 years of experience. She brings technical and regulatory expertise and a pragmatic perspective as a consultant and advisor to a wide range of stakeholders in the environmental industry.
Click Here to read Lawra Dodge’s full career?biography.
Lawra Dodge is an original member of the NJ Site Remediation Professional Licensing Board appointed in November 2010 and has served as the Chairperson of the Continuing Education and By-Laws Committees as well as the Ad Hoc Committee on the use of Artificial Intelligence by LSRPs.? She is also a member of the Outreach Committee.
Outside of the Board and her environmental consulting firm, Lawra has three wonderful children who are now young adults pursuing their own individual careers.? Since 2012, she has owned and operated a family farm in beautiful Readington Township, Hunterdon County where she raises cattle, chickens, and other livestock.? She is an avid skier and travels the northeast as well as out west to ski as often as possible!
Lawra is passionate about serving on the SRPL Board because she views the work of the Board as establishing the framework for future generations of LSRPs. The environmental industry in NJ is constantly evolving so the work of the Board must evolve as well.?? Her personal message to LSRPs is to try to get to know the work of the Board and the Board members by attending Board meetings and visiting the Board website to review the work of the various committees to familiarize yourself with what the Board is all about.? We are here not just to ensure that LSRPs are conducting their work in a manner that is protective of human health, safety, and the environment but also to establish a fair and consistent framework for the LSRP program and provide guidance and insight for the LSRPs in our great state.
