First Environment Appoints Devin DeMarco to Vice President of Business Development
In his new role, DeMarco will lead the firm’s continued growth and further strategic partnerships.
BUTLER, N.J. (September 5, 2025) — First Environment, Inc., an award-winning environmental consulting and engineering firm and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), today announced the appointment of Devin DeMarco, Market Area Director of Government Services, to Vice President of Business Development. In this new role, DeMarco will oversee the company’s strategic growth objectives, expand market presence regionally and nationally, further teaming relationships, and pursue contract opportunities that foster long-term financial strength.
DeMarco joined First Environment in 2008 and has more than 25 years’ experience in broad-scope environmental consulting serving commercial/industrial clients and all levels of government. During his tenure with the firm, he has managed multiple practice areas covering a broad array of services, expanded technical service offerings, and spearheaded the development of teaming relationships and joint ventures that have proven key to higher-value contract award and successful execution. Notably, for the past seven years, he has served as program manager for the company’s prime environmental consulting services contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) – New York District, supporting the District’s civil works mission and military environmental programs throughout the Mid-Atlantic states.
“Over the past 15 years, Devin has consistently demonstrated strong leadership skills, strategic vision, and an exceptional ability to ensure the firm consistently meets technical delivery and revenue-based performance goals,” said Tod Delaney, founder and president of First Environment. “His diverse technical and industry expertise, collaborative relationships with private and public partners, and keen business acumen position him to successfully meet First Environment’s strategic growth objectives. We welcome him in this new role and look forward to him supporting the company in an even greater capacity.”
DeMarco is a member of the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), past president of the SAME New Jersey Chapter, and member of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), where he currently serves as a USACE committee member of the ACEC New York Chapter.
He earned a Master of Science in environmental policy studies from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in environmental science from The University of Scranton.
Dr. Delaney is President of First Environment and has more than 40 years of experience providing a wide variety of environmental services, including site investigations; remedial design; environmental management systems; strategic planning; industrial audits; air pollution control; and the development of new control and treatment technologies for water, wastewater, and hazardous waste. His professional experience includes the design, development, and management of programs for investigation and control of contaminants in the air, water, and soil. Through his work in these fields, he has developed and executed extensive field data collection programs, remedial strategies for regulatory compliance, and preliminary and final designs of chosen control options. Cleanup efforts have included soil removal, building decontamination, and groundwater pumping and treatment. Over the course of his career, he has worked for and consulted to hundreds of clients; taught graduate and undergraduate college courses in chemical and environmental engineering; and authored dozens of reports, presentations, and publications. As president of First Environment since 1987, Dr. Delaney provides strategic oversight on the firm’s site investigation, litigation support, greenhouse gas management, renewable fuels, and climate change adaptation projects. In addition, Dr. Delaney has maintained active involvement in the international discussions of standards regarding greenhouse gas verification, life cycle analysis, carbon footprinting, and environmental management.






