Program Manager
Kimley-Horn and Associates
Heidi Rous is a Certified Permitting Professional (CPP) and brings 35 years of experience providing comprehensive compliance and planning services specializing in climate, sustainability, resiliency, and risk assessment. Heidi partners with her clients to de-risk development projects from initial site selection through project implementation. Heidi manages multi-disciplinary teams of environmental professionals focused on technical analyses to meet the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act, California Environmental Quality Act, and similar state environmental review laws. Throughout her career, she has supported a wide array of public and private energy clients, including power plants, central utility plants, utility- and community-scale solar, and battery energy storage systems. She often presents and lecturers on her subject matter expertise in health risk assessment and risk managment. In addition, Heidi is managing the preparation of climate vulnerability assessments, decarbonization plans, resiliency and sustainability plans, safety elements, hazard mitigation plans, and other adaptation planning efforts for private and publicly funded projects nationwide.