Lauri Branch
Senior Environmental Regulatory Specialist
With 30 years of experience, Lauri Branch has managed a wide variety of energy projects spanning the upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors. She is well-versed in global environmental policy advisement, strategic program management, public policy and outreach, sustainable development, environmental permitting, project management, and regulatory research and analysis. As Senior Environmental Regulatory Specialist, she is instrumental in Insignia’s project permitting strategy, routing and siting, environmental compliance, impact avoidance and minimization, and compensatory mitigation. A biologist by training, Lauri has extensive experience with National Environmental Policy Act compliance and federal agency consultations. Lauri is also certified as a Registered Environmental Manager with the National Registry of Environmental Professionals. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Botany from McNeese State University in Louisiana.