Antero Rivasplata is a technical director who specializes in CEQA compliance and general plan preparation with ICF International. He has worked as either project manager or CEQA adviser on a variety of projects, including CEQA-NEPA documents for transportation projects, EIRs for general plan updates and NEPA documents for federal and local agencies. He is a co-author of the 2012 update of the CEQA Deskbook published by Solano Press, a member of the American Planning Association, the American Institute of Certified Planners and the Association of Environmental Professionals, as well as the editor for its quarterly publication Environmental Assessor.

Maggie Townsley, M.S., a vice president at ICF International, specializes in developing streamlining strategies in project delivery under NEPA and CEQA for transportation projects for federal, state and local governments. She has completed hundreds of environmental reviews for a variety of public and private projects throughout California. In addition, she coordinates extensively with federal agencies to secure related environmental permits and approvals, including conformity determinations from the EPA under the Clean Air Act and historic evaluations under the National Historic Preservation Act. Townsley has also provided third-party adequacy reviews of environmental documents and has taught numerous courses in environmental compliance.