Sharon Burkett has more than 20 years of experience in environmental investigation and remediation, environmental due diligence, and litigation support. She has conducted and managed soil and groundwater investigation and remediation activities involving various chemicals and non aqueous phase liquids at numerous sites throughout North America. She has conducted several hundredPhase I environmental site assessments (ESAs) and compliance reviews, and has assisted private equity firms, manufacturing companies, real estate investment firms and lenders in the evaluation of potential environmental liabilities associated with merger and acquisition (M&A) targets with assets in North and South America, Europe and the UK. Sharon has also provided litigation support in cost allocation and cost recovery matters related to remediation of environmental contamination and adequacy of site investigation and remediation. She has a MS in geology with a focus on hydrogeology from Washington State University, and a BA in geology from Franklinand Marshall College.