Author Description
Annette Pearson currently serves as the Environmental Permitting Manager for the Surface Water Management Division in Pierce County Public Works. Her section manages complex natural resource issues and provides environmental documentation for capital and maintenance projects for Pierce County. Ms. Pearson has spent nine years of her career in the public sector and 20 years in the private sector. Focus areas include: floodplains; Endangered Species Act consultations; habitat restoration; water quality; and environmental permitting/documentation on the local, state and federal levels. She obtained her BS with an emphasis on molecular and cellular biology from the University of Washington, and she has a joint MS from Western Washington University in aquatic ecology and toxicology. Ms. Pearson is an active participant in the American Public Works Association. She currently co-chairs the Management and Public Administration Committee (MPAC). Pierce County is one of only three communities in the nation that have received a Class 2 rating in the Community Rating System (CRS) for the National Flood Insurance Program.
