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title: Maya Ellis | Alder Environmental
description: Meet Maya Ellis, the fictional environmental planning director in the Fieldwork theme demo.
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# Maya Ellis.

Director, Environmental Planning

FIELDWORK / EXPERTISE

ME

Director, Environmental Planning

Director, Environmental Planning

## Maya Ellis

Maya brings environmental specialists and project teams into the same conversation. Her work begins by understanding the decision a client needs to make, then shaping an evidence programme around it.

She leads multidisciplinary projects through early scoping, design development and planning, with an emphasis on clear communication and useful handovers.

- Environmental scoping
- Multidisciplinary coordination
- Planning evidence
- Client collaboration

> The best technical work makes the next conversation clearer.

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THE JOURNAL

## Notes from the practice.

Observations and ideas from the people working on the ground.

[![Former industrial site and green riverbank](https://fieldwork.hoplyy.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/fieldwork/images/demo/brownfield.jpg?width=1672&height=941&name=brownfield.jpg)](https://fieldwork.hoplyy.com/resources/site-briefing-guide?hsLang=en)8 minute read

### [The early-stage site briefing checklist](https://fieldwork.hoplyy.com/resources/site-briefing-guide?hsLang=en)

The information that helps a consultant understand your site, your decision and your timescale.

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[![Coastal habitat and boardwalk](https://fieldwork.hoplyy.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/fieldwork/images/demo/coast.jpg?width=1672&height=941&name=coast.jpg)](https://fieldwork.hoplyy.com/insights/ecology-programme?hsLang=en)6 minute read

### [Make space for ecology in your programme](https://fieldwork.hoplyy.com/insights/ecology-programme?hsLang=en)

A project planning conversation about survey scope, access and seasonal information needs.

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[![River meanders through the wider landscape](https://fieldwork.hoplyy.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/fieldwork/images/demo/river.jpg?width=1672&height=941&name=river.jpg)](https://fieldwork.hoplyy.com/insights/catchment-thinking?hsLang=en)5 minute read

### [Thinking beyond the site boundary](https://fieldwork.hoplyy.com/insights/catchment-thinking?hsLang=en)

How a catchment view changes the questions you ask about a development site.

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## Let us look at the bigger picture.

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