About Sandy Walters

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Sandy serves as Executive Project Supervisor for RES’ Florida team. Previously, Sandy founded Sandra Walters Consultants in 1997, serving as the principal planner and environmental scientist until December 2021, when RES purchased the company.

Sandy is qualified as an Expert Witness in Florida administrative hearings and court proceedings. She has conducted and supervised environmental studies and developed avoidance and mitigation plans in all South Florida submerged and upland habitats. Additionally, she has successfully permitted projects ranging from single-family homes to developments of regional impact, working with all regulatory agencies. Sandy has extensive experience designing and implementing public participation programs and reviewing and developing comprehensive plans and local codes. She has frequently successfully represented clients with many agencies and government boards.

She served for 15 years on the South Florida Regional Planning Council board, appointed by three Florida governors, including as chair in 2009 and 2015. She was president of the Florida Regional Council Association from 2019-2020. Sandy presently serves on EPA’s Water Quality Steering Committee and Technical Advisory Committee for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary; and served from 2000 to 2004 as a Governor’s appointee on Florida’s Acquisition and Restoration Council, which supervises the purchase and management of State conservation lands.

She holds a Master’s degree from the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science of the University of Miami, FL, and a bachelor’s from the University of California, Davis.