Ingeborg leads our Worcester, Massachusetts office. She is a scientist and planner with over 30 years of experience
in land planning and strategic regulatory consulting for public, private and institutional clients. Her expertise lies in environmental science,
wetlands assessment and
impact analysis, regulatory permitting, and public participation. She has experience with the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act,
Mass Environmental Policy Act impact analyses; Section 401 and 404 of Clean Water Act; local, state and federal wetland evaluations
and impact analyses; stormwater management (NPDES and Storm Water Management Plans) and municipal regulatory analysis, such as zoning
and open space planning. Ms. Hegemann has also been an expert witness regarding wetland regulation on several occasions.
Ingeborg has long been involved with Massachusetts DEP advisory committees (e.g. Rivers Protection Act regulations, Water Quality Certification Process
under the Clean Water Act's 401 regulations, and DEP's Stormwater Advisory Committee), and assisted in the development of DEP regulations.
She also serves on local boards and commissions, and on boards of directors for environmental associations, including the Society for Ecological
Restoration and Society for Wetland Scientists Professional Certification Committee, where she participates in the reviews and approvals of Professional
Wetland Scientists. She routinely lectures and authors material for professional associations and is an adjunct professor teaching Wetland Ecology at the
University of Massachusetts/Lowell. She holds a Master's degree in Regional Planning from the University of Pennsylvania.
