Karyn M. Erickson, M.E., P.E.
Principal Engineer, President
Karyn M. Erickson, P.E. is President of Erickson Consulting Engineers, Inc. which is based in Sarasota, Florida. Ms. Erickson has 28 years of experience in applied coastal and estuarine engineering, from the planning and field investigation phases through permitting, final engineering and construction. ECE has completed many coastal engineering projects in the U.S. and the Turks and Caicos Islands, working through all phases of these Projects. ECE is presently conducting all design, permitting and construction drawings to reopen Midnight Pass for Sarasota County. ECE is also working with Lee County, Florida in the design, permitting, drawings and construction for a similar project to reopen Blind Pass. ECE has recently completed several large scale coastal construction projects including the Emerald Beach Restoration Project (2004) and the Pelican Point and East Grace Bay Beach Restoration Projects (2007).
Ms. Erickson is a registered Professional Engineer in five of the U.S. states including Florida. She is a recipient of the American Society of Civil Engineers “2005 John G. Moffatt-Frank E. Nichol Harbor and Coastal Engineering Award”. She is a Board Member of the Association of Coastal Engineers, an Executive Board member of the Civil Engineering Certification, Inc. which certifies civil engineering certification programs within the USA, and served on Boards at the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Coastal Engineering Research Needs and the State of Florida, Coastal Engineering Technical Advisory Committee. Ms. Erickson has authored over two dozen published articles and reports.