Gary Jakobs

Gary Jakobs co-founded Ascent Environ- mental, an environmental, natural resources, urban design and planning consulting engineering firm, in 2010. Ascent has grown from five original partners to a staff of more than 80, with offices located throughout California. Jakobs has more than 35 years of professional experience in environmental planning studies and has led the development of advanced California Environmental Quality Act workshops for the Association of Environmental Professionals since 2006. UC Santa Barbara