RWIEF BIOs

Jake Farrell, SR/WA has been with the Omaha Public Power District for over 13 years and is currently the manager of Real Property and Facilities Management. He is a seasoned senior project manager and right of way coordinator who has managed the full suite of siting and ROW-related services for infrastructure and energy corridor projects throughout the Midwest region. Dedicated to IRWA, he has been a member of IRWA’s Platte River Chapter 78, Region 3 since 2006. After serving in all leadership roles within the Chapter and Region, he joined the International Executive Committee and currently serves as International [...]

Matt McGee obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from Texas State University in 2005. He became a Right of Way Agent for NuStar Energy, L.P. in March 2015 after working four years for Contract Land Staff on various projects in the South Texas Region. At NuStar, his job responsibilities include managing capital projects and operations support for all existing pipeline and terminal assets throughout the Midwestern United States. Matt became a member of Chapter 39, South Texas, of the IRWA in March 2015. The following year he was voted in as Secretary of Chapter 39 and recently completed [...]

Angel Banks is the Right of Way Manager for the Metropolitan Sewerage District, a regional public sewer authority in Asheville.  She created the District’s right of way division in 1991, establishing policies and procedures for easement acquisition over 1,000 miles of sewer lines.  Working with area municipalities, she developed agreements allowing greenway uses over the District’s sewer easements.  Angel became a member of IRWA in 1991.  She served on Chapter 31 committees and officer positions, becoming President in 2004.  From 2004-2009 she served as Region 6 Secretary/Treasurer, Vice Chair and Chair.  She served with the IRWA Leadership Institute since [...]

Kevin L. Winner, SR/WA, MBA, AB obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Organizational Communications and Master’s in Business Administration from the University of New Mexico. He is a Project Manager for Percheron located in the Southwestern US. Percheron is a land and right of way Service Company providing a wide range of comprehensive right of way acquisition and permitting services primarily to the pipeline, power, energy, renewable, transportation, telecommunication, and governmental sectors. He has been involved in the Right of Way Industry since 1999 and has worked for both private and public utility companies negotiating property rights for telecommunications, pipelines [...]

David W. Sinclair, SR/WA, is a Senior Project Manager for Paragon Partners Ltd. and is based in their office in Houston, TX. Prior to joining Paragon Partners, Mr. Sinclair was President of Steele Land Services, worked at ENGlobal for 11 years in various executive positions, and worked at Enron for more than 16 years serving as Director of Right of Way until January of 2001. While at Enron his responsibilities included overseeing the acquisition of land and right-of-way for new facilities and managing existing land rights across their domestic pipeline system. In addition, Mr. Sinclair also provided right-of-way assistance [...]

After retiring from the Federal Highway Administration with over 30 years of service, he served as the Director of Real Estate Services for TBE Group for 2 years. He is a Veteran of the United States Air Force serving from 1966 until 1969 and began his career in Right-of-Way with the Georgia Department of Transportation in 1973. He served in the Office of Real Estate Services, Washington Office from 1998 through 2002 and was responsible for FHWA’s National Training Program, the Highway Beautification Program and assisted in the Uniform Act compliance and re-write. He developed and presented FHWA’s Outdoor [...]

Noelle Hoelsken, SR/WA, is a Senior Land Acquisition Agent for Stanley Consultants, Inc. based in Centennial, Colorado. Ms. Hoelsken has over 12 years of right of way acquisition and project management experience in the Energy Industry with both private and public entities. She has been an active member of the International Right of Way Association (IRWA) since 2016. Ms. Hoelsken has been very active in serving the Denver Chapter of the IRWA and has held several committee and officer positions including Chapter President and International Director. Ms. Hoelsken is a past Region 9, Young Professional Representative and has lead [...]

Sharon Slauenwhite, SR/WA, is Supervisor of Roads and Rights of Way with the Department of Transportation, Infrastructure and Energy in Prince Edward Island, Canada. She has worked in real property law and public infrastructure for 30 years in both the private and public sectors. Sharon has been an IRWA member since 2003, and has enjoyed serving in leadership roles with Atlantic Canada Chapter 65, Region 8, the International Governing Council, and the Canadian Right of Way Education Foundation. She became a CLIMB certified instructor in 2016. Presently Sharon is the IRWA's 2020-2021 International President, and is honoured (yes, that's [...]

Carol A. Croft, SR/WA is a principal in Croft & Associates, a right of way consulting and real estate appraisal firm in Nashville, Tennessee. Carol has over 30 years of experience in right of way appraisal and acquisition work for local, state and federal agencies as well as utility companies. She has been an active member of the International Right of Way Association since 1979. In service to the Tennessee Chapter, she has held numerous committee and officer positions including President and Director. In 1985 she was the chairperson for the IR/WA's annual conference held in Nashville, Tennessee. Carol [...]

Joseph (Joe) B. Neighbors, SR/WA graduated University of Georgia 1965, Batchelor of Business Administration.  Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in U.S. Army in 1964, Two years active duty, twenty seven years as a Reservist, Retired 1993 with the rank of Colonel, two Meritorious Service Medals and Legion of Merit. Employed by Georgia Power from April 1968 until September 1996, Began as a Right of Way Agent in the Land Department, progressed up to Supervisor, Condemnation Appeals, Manager Land and Right of Way Acquisition, Manager Land Support Services, Assistant to Vice President, Governmental and Regulatory Affairs Joined the American Right of Way [...]