Garvin Pittman, PMP Joins Fenstermaker’s Coastal Team

Garvin Pittman, PMP has joined C. H. Fenstermaker & Associates, L.L.C. as Director and Environmental Specialist. With over two decades of experience, he specializes in the management of coastal projects and programs in Louisiana. As a key member of Fenstermaker’s Coastal team, Mr. Pittman manages coastal projects and is charged with developing and maintaining client relationships.

With extensive field experience and leadership skills, Mr. Pittman is one of the state’s leaders in the coastal arena. As an embedded contract project manager at Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority for four years, he managed a team of project managers responsible for up to thirty-two Coastal Wetland Planning Protection and Restoration Acts projects at any given time. The responsibilities of Mr. Pittman’s team included financial management and forecasting of each project for input into CPRA’s Annual Plan as well as shepherding these projects through the design and construction phases. in addition, Mr. Pittman managed CPRA’s Coastwide Reference Monitoring Systems project and Natural Resource Damage Assessment – Coastal Wetland Vegetation project.

Vice President of Fenstermaker’s Environmental team, Dr. John Foret, says, “Garvin brings a tremendous skill set to the Fenstermaker Coastal Team via his strong coastal project managment experience. That experience, coupled with his strong communications skills, equates to an individual who will successfully manage the many details of a coastal restoration project while, at the same time, keep and eye on the hozion to avoid potential project delays.”

Mr. Pittman has a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana State University.