Fonda Lindfors New
Fonda Lindfors New, Principal Geologist, Chief Executive Officer and founder of Quaternary Resource Investigations, LLC (QRI), established QRI in 1986 in Baton Rouge from a love of restoring the oilfield legacy sites in coastal Louisiana and to provide environmental investigation, regulatory compliance, drilling and emergency response/remediation services in the Gulf Coast. Today, QRI’s services and service regions have grown to include five sections from 4 offices nationwide: Environmental/HTRW/Consulting, Geophysical, Remediation, Emergency Response, and Construction. QRI is now an 92-employee, a US Small Business Administration (SBA) Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB), a Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) and an Economically Disadvantaged Small Woman Owned Business (EDWOSB).
Originally from Charleston, South Carolina, Ms. New moved to Baton Rouge in 1981 to establish, operate and manage the Louisiana State University / Louisiana Geological Survey radiocarbon laboratory, which was developed to complement her stratigraphic work in the Gulf Coast. Since 1986, QRI has specialized in geoscience investigations and regulatory compliance issues in coastal Louisiana and has developed technologies such as HTAS™ and Pulser™ to offer cost efficient and environmental friendly methods to investigate coastal and wetland areas.
Professionally, Ms. New has over 32 years of environmental management and technical advisor experience directing multi-task contracts for federal and private sector clients and is responsible for business development, management of business lines, and profit and loss with the company.