Brent Fitzgerald, Technical Manager, Industrial Programs, provides technical expertise on carbon credit project review and verification oversight of carbon capture and storage, mine methane capture and destruction, and orphaned oil and gas well plugging projects in the voluntary carbon market. He also contributes to the development and approval of innovative ACR GHG emissions reduction quantification methodologies and verification strategies for carbon markets. Brent joined ACR in 2021.

Prior to joining ACR, Brent worked for 10 years in GHG reporting, sustainability, and multi-media environmental permitting and compliance with an emphasis on state and federal air quality regulations. While with Pinnacle Renewable Energy, he served as Environmental Manager for two Title V SBP-certified wood-pellet manufacturing facilities in Alabama, where he completed monitoring and reporting requirements, built upon data management systems, and developed permitting and compliance strategies alongside optimal plant performance. At Trinity Consultants, he served as Senior Environmental Consultant for industrial clients in the oil & gas, chemical, and power sectors across the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest, where he worked with plant personnel and corporate management to complete complex construction and modification permitting projects, regulatory agency enforcement resolution, and professional training. He also researched and authored reports on systemic sustainability in higher education and on supplementing a landfill gas-to-energy system with anaerobic digester biogas from organic waste.

Brent received a Bachelor of Science degree in Earth and Environmental Sciences from Vanderbilt University and a Master of Environmental Management degree from Duke University.