National Practice Leader For Aviation Services
CurrentRyk Dunkelberg is Mead & Hunt’s National Practice Leader for aviation and environmental planning, a key client liaison, and an active project manager. He joined Mead & Hunt with Barnard Dunkelberg & Company in June 2012. Educated in planning and law, he serves as a project principal for the firm’s master planning, noise and land use compatibility studies, and environmental planning projects. Ryk is involved in and responsible for sustainability studies, airport master planning studies, site evaluation and selection studies, FAR Part 150 studies, environmental assessments and impact statements, and airport resource planning and analysis. As a project director, he is responsible for the administration and management of complex environmental and planning programs. He has been responsible for preparing more than 45 FAR Part 150 studies and noise exposure map (NEM) updates.In addition to his complete professional and technical knowledge of airports and environmental planning, Ryk possesses nationally recognized expertise in the legal aspects of aviation and airport development and has been responsible for the development of zoning ordinances and other land use controls throughout the nation. Projects he has been responsible for reflect his unique approaches and solutions for preparing implementation mechanisms in relation to airports. As such, he has been responsible for numerous intricate airport planning and sustainability assignments.Ryk is a dynamic speaker with an engaging personality. He is a studious observer as well as a skilled and patient practitioner. Along with Ryk’s other talents and abilities, his great sense of humor and his demonstrated capabilities in emotionally charged settings provide him with an exceptional and proven leadership style for the public forum.
