Our Mission

To increase the appreciation for water and energy resources while promoting sound environmental policy through research, education, and action.

Disadvantage Business Enterprise (DBE) Certification – Vendor ID Code: 16090

DUNS: 067251121 CAGE: 866A5

NAICS Codes:

• 541620 – Environmental Consulting Services

• 541611- Admin Management/Consulting Services

Meet our Founder - Stacey Isaac Berahzer

More and more communities have a growing interest in—and willingness to pay for—water resource management projects. Concerns ranging from flooding to higher water bills to emerging contaminants in drinking water are causing more communities to focus on water.

Many are looking to improve watershed management, address equity issues for limited-income water utility customers, or encourage climate change mitigation by making green practices and jobs more economically viable.

Stacey Isaac Berahzer, founder of IB Environmental, has spent 20 years in the environmental field, most of it immersed in water resource management as a senior project director with the Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

As a passionate proponent of clean, affordable water who is deeply connected to work in the water industry, she’s uniquely qualified to help funders, nonprofits, utility companies, and others overcome the constant challenges related to funding and managing these projects.

Stacey has worked on water policy at the national level with groups such as the American Water Works Association, on watershed management with the Chattooga Conservancy, and with a group of Georgia-based funding agencies who specialize in water management projects, among many others.

Stacey’s passion for environmental work led her to earn a degree in Environmental Science from North Carolina Central University and a Master of Public Administration from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is past chair of the board of directors for the Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership and teaches in the Georgia Association of Water Professionals Leadership Academy.

Her areas of expertise include:

• Pricing and affordability of water services

• Stormwater and watershed management

• Background in Caribbean water issues

• Speaks Spanish

As a consultant, she is passionate about helping the people who work to make water clean, safe, and affordable by connecting them with the funding and support they need.

Contact Information

Email: stacey@ibenvironmental.com

Phone: 770-509-3887

LinkedIn: Stacey Isaac Berahzer

Analyst and Marketing Manager - Rita Moore

Rita is very enthusiastic about the natural world and how we can best interact with it most sustainably. Rita began her academic journey at Emory University, where she studied Environmental Science focused on Sustainability. There she worked in a climate laboratory and with the Georgia Environmental Protection Division. After graduating, she moved to the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina. While there, she worked in the agriculture sector and even ran her permaculture-based farm. She moved back to Atlanta and decided to shift to a more marketing-focused role and began at IB Environmental in the spring of 2022.

Contact Information

Email: ritam@ibenvironmental.com

Phone: 770-807-1128

LinkedIn: Rita Moore

Environmental Policy Analyst - Mark Lannaman

Mark Lannaman is a recent Georgia Tech graduate with an M.S. in Environmental Engineering and an M.S. in Sustainable Energy & Environmental Management. He also holds a B.A. in Journalism from Georgia State University, and an M.S. in Global Media and Cultures. He is excited to blend his background in the humanities with science and policy to forge interdisciplinary solutions for complex environmental problems and deliver true sustainability that benefits society, environment and the economy. 

Contact Information

Email: markl@ibenvironmental.com

Phone: 770-272-3060

LinkedIn: Mark Lannaman

Policy Analyst and Developer - Ashok Sankaran

Ashok Sankaran, a Policy Analyst and Developer at ibE, brings a unique blend of coding expertise and policy analysis to the team. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from Rice University and an M.S. in Public Policy from Georgia Institute of Technology. Formerly a Software Engineer at XPO Logistics, he transitioned to policy analysis, dedicated to tackling complex issues and contributing meaningfully to informed policy decisions. Ashok aspires to continue to bridge the gap between technology and impactful policy solutions.