Key Personnel
Mitigation Solutions delivers confidence and solutions for any environmental mitigation need. With a diverse team of highly qualified market and land analysts, biologists and sales professionals, we will support infrastructure development while preserving and restoring our nation’s natural resources — that’s why clients can Bank on Us.
Terry McKenzie
President & Founder
Terry McKenzie is president and founding principal of Mitigation Solutions USA (MSUSA). Prior to MSUSA, he spent six years as the creator, owner, and operator of Martin Creek Wetland Mitigation Bank, a viable and profitable wetland mitigation bank located in the Sabine River watershed in Texas. Developing new markets for conservation banking species is Terry’s primary focus, and he has been instrumental in the success of Muddy Boggy Conservation Bank in Oklahoma. He has served as the primary contact for all Muddy Boggy American Burying Beetle (ABB) credit sales, 60 percent of which have come from pipeline or transportation projects. He holds degrees from Saint Louis University and North Lake Community College. Terry has extensive training in environmental issues, including wetland, stream, and endangered species mitigation. In his spare time, he enjoys the fellowship in restoring and showing classic cars and trucks from the ’40s to the ’70s. Enjoying the smiles and the memories they inspire make his day.
JoAnn Hill
Senior Manager, Sales and Operations
JoAnn Hill joined Mitigation Solutions USA (MSUSA) in April of 2016 as salesforce and administrative coordinator. She was promoted to business and information systems manager in May of 2018 and to senior manager for sales and operations in February of 2019. JoAnn focuses on business development, manages the client engagement process. She is responsible for the immediate and long-term planning of business and information systems solutions. Being a forward-thinking visionary, JoAnn develops and streamlines processes and procedures and closes gaps within operations, marketing, business development, and information management. JoAnn trains internal staff on CRM and communicates changes and enhancements to CRM. JoAnn corresponds directly with clients, partners, C-level executives, and governing authorities. Prior to her role at MSUSA, she spent nearly two decades within the oil and gas industry. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with loved ones, road cycling, competitive and non-competitive Dragon Boat racing, roller skating, walking, and traveling the world.
Sheila Evans
Administrative Manager
Sheila Evans joined Mitigation Solutions USA (MSUSA) in the spring of 2012 as contract coordinator and now assists as administrative manager. Sheila has also worked for the last 10 years as the administrative manager with an environmental company that is involved in permitting mitigation and conservation banks. She is a Texas state licensed real estate sales agent and the office manager for a real estate company involved in locating and the acquisition of properties for said banks. Prior to joining MSUSA, she worked in the medical field for 31 years in management positions in Center and Nacogdoches, Texas. Sheila graduated from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, with a bachelor of science degree. In her spare time, she and her husband enjoy spending time with their daughters and grandchildren and are avid hot-air balloonists.
Grayson Wylie
Geographic Information Systems Lead
Grayson Wylie joined Mitigation Solutions USA (MSUSA) in 2017 as the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Lead responsible for creating and maintaining the spatial data involved in mitigation banking, including the maps you see on the website. GIS technology is used to visualize, study, and evaluate a landscape — regardless of size or complexity. Specialty areas include database management of spatial information, aerial imagery and lidar interpretation, digital land classifications and analysis, GPS field data collection, and custom and historical imagery acquisitions. Prior to MSUSA, his experience was with Precision Aerial Reconnaissance (PAR) in Ruston, Louisiana, while earning a degree in GIS Technology at Louisiana Tech University. He is currently enrolled at Texas A&M working toward a master’s degree in geoscience. Grayson is a Henderson native and a Beckville, Texas, High School graduate. He lives in Gary and lists his leisure-time favorites as hunting and fishing but adds that he also enjoys more hard work because his true joy is found in gaining knowledge, successfully completing projects, and tackling difficult assignments.