Melisa Reiter

Ms. Reiter is a Chief Scientist with Earth Resources, Inc. based in Tampa, Florida. She has more than 31 years of experience in marine and freshwater ecology. Her specialized expertise is regulatory permitting including private development, government agencies, non-profits, and public sector clients. Her experience includes services such as marine studies, habitat assessment and evaluation, water quality studies, ecological assessments, NEPA studies, threatened and endangered species surveys, and wetland mitigation design and monitoring.

Her regulatory experience includes marine-related projects for docks and large-scale marinas, seagrass mapping and assessment, and coral reef natural resource damage assessments and monitoring. State and federal regulatory permitting experience includes roadway and pipeline corridors, large-scale subdivision permitting, project development and environment (PD&E) and habitat restoration studies. Melisa has extensive expertise in permitting and coordinating with FDEP, Water Management Districts, ACOE, USFWS, NMFS as well as other local, state, and federal agencies. She is proficient with all major environmental regulations and policies as well as state and local level regulations.

Melisa is an avid dog lover and has volunteered with a nonprofit agency specializing in guide and services dogs for over 12 years. Her claim to fame is being able to say she was once in the Guinness Book of Worlds records (longest underwater Uno game). The record unfortunately, has since been broken.