Perry Horner

phorner@hornerenvironmental.com

Perry began studying wetland science and listed species with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) in North Carolina in 1987. In 1991, he transferred to the ACOE Tampa Regulatory Field Office as an ecologist. His main responsibility in this position was the field inspection of federal jurisdictional delineations. In 1994, Mr. Horner resigned from the ACOE and established Horner Environmental Professionals, Inc. (HEP). HEP is a private consulting firm specializing in wetland delineation, permitting, mitigation design, planting, monitoring, and listed species surveys and management plans. 

Tito Marquetti

tmarquetti@hornerenvironmental.com

Tito started with HEP is 2016, after working in the veterinary field for 6 years as a technician and practice manager. Tito was hired at HEP to handle the invoicing and accounting but quickly picked up other tasks and skills to help him excel to the office manager. Tito also conducts Phase I ESAs and assists in listed species work keeping to his roots with the animal world. Tito and his and his wife have an array of animals including four dogs and two cats.

Kyle Horner

khorner@hornerenvironmental.com

Kyle began his environmental career in 2014 here at HEP as an equipment operator, transporter and service technician while completing his associates degree. Since then, he has received his Authorized Gopher Tortoise Agent permit and quickly began completing gopher tortoise surveys and excavations. He has been heavily involved in mitigation banking, applying his equipment knowledge and operator experience as well as gaining state and federal land management certifications in the process. Earthwork, hydrology control, mulching/clearing and controlled burning make up some of his skillset pertaining to land management. As a service technician, Kyle carries out services and repairs on our fleet of heavy and light duty machinery.

Trey Thrailkill

tthrailkill@hornerenvironmental.com

Trey graduated from the University of South Florida in 2011 with a B.S in Geology and quickly began work in the environmental field specializing in petroleum contaminated sites. Soon after he accepted a job in Alaska where he worked as a logging geologist in the oil and gas fields, primarily on the North Slope . In 2016 he grew tired of the commute and returned to Florida full time in the environmental field, once again working mainly on sites associated with the Petroleum Restoration Program with a heavy emphasis on remediation. In 2018 he accepted a position with HEP where he is once again focused on Phase II investigation and remediation while also assisting in wetland mitigation projects and general field data collection.

Bryce perry

bperry@hornerenvironmental.com

Bryce, a fourth generation Floridian, started at Horner as our Aquatics Manager. Bryce is continuing his education studying for his associates degree now. He plans to get a BS in Nuclear Medicine.

Bryce received his commercial applicator license from the FDACS in 2020. Bryce enjoys the aquatics field and uses his passion to better the environment.

Emma Overmiller

eovermiller@hornerenvironmental.com 

Emma grew up in Oklahoma, and loves the outdoors and all forms of wildlife care and conservation. She attended college at Oklahoma State University (Go Pokes!), and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences. In her freetime, Emma enjoys going to the beach, working out with her husband, and taking walks with their dog, a german shepherd-corgi mixed breed named Ollie. She joined the team at HEP as an Ecologist in July 2023 conducting Phase I ESA’s, wildlife surveys, listed species reports, wetland mitigation planting, and much more.

E.A. Free Kashon

fkashon@hornerenvironmental.com 

Free grew up in Crawfordsville, Indiana and attended Wabash College (Wabash Always Fights!) and received a BA in Biology in 2017. After graduation, he bounced from internship to internship, working for organizations ranging from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center to the Department of Energy. After living on Long Island for six months, Free attended Arkansas Tech University and finished his graduate program with a Master’s degree in Fisheries and Wildlife Science. He taught high school biology from 2021 to 2023 before taking a position with HEP in June of 2023. In his spare time, Free enjoys playing his guitar, writing music, reading, and working out. Since joining HEP, he has worked on a variety of projects including Phase 1 ESAs, wildlife surveys, wetland monitoring, and general data management.