Owner/Manager

Zia Yasrobi, PE

Zia moved to Jackson in 1978 and decided he did not want to leave this great community. After founding Y2 with wife Brenda Younkin, Zia has focused on providing a wide array of engineering services in Wyoming, Utah, and Florida. Zia holds a Class A Contractor license in the Town of Jackson and is licensed to practice engineering in 11 states. Zia gives back to the community in many ways, but his primary focus is in the Elks Club and Lions Club.

Owner/Natural Resources Specialist

Brenda Younkin, MS, CRMC

A native of Nebraska, Brenda completed graduate school at Utah State University and found her home in the mountains in 2001. After founding Y2 with husband Zia Yasrobi in 2010, Brenda stayed in touch with her ranching roots by working with federal land permittees and land management agencies to complete vegetation monitoring and grazing term permit renewals on federal lands. Brenda has extensive experience with NEPA, land use plan development, and standards and guidelines development. Brenda is a former skater for and big fan of the Jackson Hole Juggernauts roller derby league, serving as their treasurer for 6 years. Whenever she can, Brenda also volunteers her time with Community Safety Network and other community organizations.

Public Relations Specialist

Cody Beers

Cody is a Wyoming native, raised on South Pass and in Cody. He graduated with a journalism degree from the University of Wyoming in 1988. He’s worked in the newspaper business, and for the past 29 years, for the State of Wyoming — first at the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (Wyoming Wildlife Magazine as associate editor/photographer) and currently at the Wyoming Department of Transportation as a senior public relations specialist and tribal liaison. He also works at the Wind River Radio Network, mainly as a play-by-play commentator for the Riverton Wolverines, Wyoming Indian Lady Chiefs and Chiefs, and Riverton Raiders baseball. Cody’s experience is about working with people to improve situations; providing information by being the best, first source of information; and working toward win-win solutions.

Range Scientist

Bree Burton, MS

Bree is the Range Scientist at Y2 Consultants. Bree grew up in Challis, Idaho where she gained her passion for working with ranchers and public lands. Bree has been with Y2 for two and half years and focuses on coordinating the process for public land grazing permit renewals. Bree works with ranchers and federal land agencies across the west to assist with all aspects of the NEPA process including Land Health Evaluations and Environmental Assessments. In her free time, Bree enjoys camping, fishing, archery and exploring the great outdoors with her three dogs.

Rangeland Wildlife Specialist

Russell Burton

Russell has been a Rangeland Wildlife Specialist at Y2 since 2016. He is a true Wyoming native, born and raised. He grew up in Saratoga, attended the University of Wyoming, and now lives near Pinedale. He is an avid hunter, fishermen, archer, and outdoorsman, and is very involved in the Sublette County 4-H program. Russell’s expertise at Y2 includes rangeland, habitat, and wildlife management; vegetation data collection, analysis, interpretation, and reporting; interagency coordination; study design and implementation; and habitat improvement planning.

Fun fact: Russell achieved the rank of Eagle Scout through Boy Scouts of America and has received his American Degree through the National FFA Organization.

Senior Ecologist

Chuck Butterfield, PhD

Chuck has been Y2’s Senior Ecologist since 2013. He is the rare and elusive Wyoming native. Chuck is the wrangler of the Natural Resource/GIS teams and head plant nerd.

“Without deviation from the norm, there can be no progress”
— Frank Zappa

Project Coordinator

Shelby Carlson, PE

Shelby is a Wyoming native, raised in Riverton. She obtained a Civil Engineering degree from the University of Wyoming in 1987. She worked for the last 30 years for the State of Wyoming at the Department of Transportation and the State Construction Department. Shelby’s experience has focused on transportation engineering, contract administration, project management, and leadership. Shelby joined Y2 Consultants in January 2021. In her spare time, Shelby is involved in the Cheyenne Engineer’s Club, the Wyoming Engineering Society, and P.E.O. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, and many activities that get her into the Wyoming outdoors.

Co-Manager, Civil Engineering Department

Katie Creasey, PE

Katie is the co-manager of the Civil Engineering Department and has been with Y2 since 2015. She grew up in the land of 10,000 lakes, earned a degree in Chemical engineering at MIT and a degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford, then moved to Jackson to get away from the density on the coasts. Her interests include water resources management, stormwater management, water distribution systems, and site planning and grading. She is licensed as a Professional Engineer in Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah, and is currently serving as the secretary of the Wyoming Society of Professional Engineers. When not at the office, Katie spends her time trying to become an official Jackson local by skiing, mountain biking, and hiking as much as possible.

Administrative Manager

Carrie Daniel

Carrie has been an Office Manager at Y2 Consultants since July 2013. She grew up in Michigan and moved out west 36 years ago to be closer to her family. Carrie lived in the Jackson area for 16 years and is now working remotely from Boise, Idaho. (Technology is a wonderful thing!) Prior to Carrie joining the Y2 team, she worked in the medical and legal field.

Structural Engineer

Forest Davidson, EIT

Forest has been a structural engineer at Y2 since the fall of 2019. His love for the outdoors and the mountains brought him to Wyoming from Missouri. He grew up in Moberly, Missouri and attended the University of Missouri, where he received a degree in Civil Engineering. He has a passion for hunting, fishing, and the outdoors. Forest’s expertise at Y2 is structural design of materials including steel, timber, concrete, and masonry.

Senior Planner

McKay Edwards, AICP

McKay is a land developer, land planner, urban and resort designer, project manager, and builder. He started working with Y2 in March of 2020 and brings invaluable experience to our staff and projects.

McKay Edwards, AICP, has designed, entitled, and constructed resorts, urban infrastructure, trails, and park facilities; and has overseen redevelopment and brownfield reclamation in the western US and Canada. He has advised institutional, private, and corporate landowners and real estate developers throughout Utah and elsewhere in western North America. His designs have been the basis for some of the most iconic, valuable, and sustainable resort developments in Utah.

McKay is a proud father, skier, and backcountry aficionado.

Landscape Architecture Studio Lead

Patricia Ehrman, PLA, LEED

Patricia returned to her family’s Wyoming roots, moving to Jackson in 1988 where she worked for a local engineering firm and a landscape architecture firm, and then operated her own landscape architecture design firm. She joined the Y2 team in 2013, filling the role of Landscape Architecture Studio Lead. Her expertise includes design, permitting and construction detailing for site and landscape planning projects ranging from small residences to urban commercial properties to large parks.  

Human Resources and Marketing Manager

Sara Fagan

Sara joined Y2 Consultants in 2020 as Human Resources and Marketing Manager. She has 20+ years’ experience in organizational development and operations, systems and strategy. She is a generalist with extensive experience in human resources, marketing and communications, finance, grant and proposal writing, and technical editing. Prior to Y2, Sara was the Operations Director at the Jackson Hole Children’s Museum. Sara has also consulted regularly for local nonprofits, including the Center for Jackson Hole, Children’s Grand Adventure, JH Trout Unlimited, and Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative. Sara holds a master’s degree from Duke University. In her free time, she enjoys running, reading, volunteering for her local community, and exploring the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem with her husband, Chris, daughter, Dani, and dog, Moxie.

Survey Department Manager

Mark Fellermann, PLS

Mark has been surveying in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem for 15 years. He cut his teeth in the woods of Minnesota, grew up in Upstate New York and received his formal education in Charlottesville, Virginia. Mountaineering on snow and rock, gardening, and canoeing are the passions that have kept him close to Jackson for the last 20 years.

Civil Engineering

Jacob Gardner, PE

Jake has been a Civil Engineer at Y2 since 2018. A native of Florida, Jake traded in the waves and sunshine for the mountains to enjoy climbing and hiking. Jake received a B.S. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering and began a career in Land Development where he developed a skill set in road and utilities design. In his time at Y2, Jake has completed numerous projects ranging from simple site grading to stream restoration. Jake’s first visit to Wyoming was when he attended an outdoor educators course through the National Outdoor Leadership School in the summer of 2015.

Rangeland/NR Specialist

Danielle Goodman

Danielle is a Rangeland Field Crew Lead with Y2. Originally from Idaho, Danielle moved to Jackson three years ago to enjoy the outdoor opportunities and working with Y2. Danielle specializes in field data collection and planning, data QA/QC, and crew management. During the summers Danielle enjoys working in the field and skating the trails around Jackson.

Planner

Ryan Maye Handy

Ryan joined Y2 Consultants in 2021 as a Planner. Ryan was born and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She majored in Russian in college, lived in Russia for a while and got a masters degree in journalism from Columbia University. She has worked as a journalist for four newspapers in Colorado and Texas, and was most recently a reporter covering utilities and oil and gas regulation for the Houston Chronicle. She left journalism to become an urban planner in 2019 and is in her last semester of a masters in urban and regional planning with the University of Colorado – Denver. In her free time, she’s a backcountry and cross-country skier, an avid cyclist, rock climber, knitter and aspiring cellist. 

Civil Engineering

Skyler Helffrich, PE

Skyler was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. After graduating from UMASS Amherst in 2015, Skyler moved back to Baltimore to start his career as a transportation planner and roadway designer. He then moved back north to Boston after a few years and continued his work as a roadway designer. His love of the mountains however soon brought him out west. Skyler has been a Civil Engineer with Y2 Consultants since 2018. Skyler’s work has spanned from North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Wyoming. Skyler’s area of expertise is road and pathway planning and design.

Civil Engineer

Tyler Klos, EIT

Tyler grew up in Wisconsin, the land of cheese and the Green Bay Packers. Tyler received a B.S. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin. His career path started near his hometown where he gained experience in site planning, grading, and stormwater management. Typical projects in the region ranged from apartment buildings, schools, hospitals, and commercial developments. He decided to make the move to Jackson to explore the Tetons skiing, fishing, hiking, and camping with his wife and dog.

Survey Technician

Noah McCorkel

Noah has been a Survey Technician at Y2 since 2018. A native of Colorado, Noah moved to Jackson to recreate in the mountains surrounding town and spend time with close friends. When he is not surveying, Noah enjoys skiing, climbing, biking and reading.

Senior Civil Engineer

Delbert McOmie, PE

Del joined the Y2/Western team in January of 2020. Del is a Wyoming Native, born and raised in Lander, Wyoming. He was fortunate to have lived, worked, and explored many areas of Wyoming during his working career. He obtained a Civil Engineering Degree from the University of Wyoming and is a Licensed Civil Engineer. He worked for the State of Wyoming for over 40 years, 35 of those with the Wyoming Department of Transportation, including 15 years as Chief Engineer. His last 5 years, he worked as Director of the School Facilities Department and State Construction Department. His experience spans both Transportation and Building Renovation/Construction and Major Maintenance. Del is a member of Cheyenne Engineers Club, Wyoming Engineering Society, and National Society of Professional Engineers. He is also a Graduate of Leadership Wyoming, class of 2004. In his spare time Del can be found in Wyoming’s Great Outdoors.

Structural Engineer

Max Moran, EIT

Max Moran is a structural EIT from Burlington, Vermont. Upon his graduation from the University of Vermont in 2018, Max moved to Wyoming in search of soft snow and big mountains. Max began working with Y2 in the spring of 2019 and is working towards his PE licensing. Max performs a variety of roles in the structural department including but not limited to structural design, drafting, and special inspections.

Survey Technician

Ryan Nichols

Ryan has worked as a Survey Technician at Y2 since 2020. Ryan grew up in Southwestern Ohio and moved out west after graduating from Hocking College in 2002. Ryan started his surveying career in Southern California and eventually spent 5 years surveying the Pacific Northwest. He moved to Teton Valley in 2009 where he met his wife and has a son and 2 dogs. In his free time, Ryan enjoys working on his house, camping, woodworking, and spending time with his family.

Marketing Coordinator

Kosha Olsen

Kosha has over 20 years of marketing, communication, and program management experience, primarily in Wyoming’s agriculture sector. Most recently she spent ten years as the director of communications for the Wyoming Stock Growers Association and six years as program director for the Wyoming Beef Council. Kosha grew up on the farm her great-grandmother homesteaded in 1908 near Albin, WY, attended Northwest College in Powell for two years, and transferred to Kean University in New Jersey to complete a bachelor’s degree in communication. Kosha and her husband, Brian, live in Cheyenne where Brian is the administrator for the Wyoming Department of Transportation Aeronautics Division. They have three children – son Finn entering 3rd grade, and twins Ian and Ivy entering 2nd grade. Kosha’s hobbies include cooking, traveling, and playing the piano. She also sits on the board of directors for her local electric cooperative, High West Energy.

Senior Planner Emeritus

Scott Pierson, PLS

Scott is a leading and respected figure, locally, regionally and state-wide. He has a thorough understanding of the issues facing the valley and the region, mediating land disputes, and testifying on land- and survey-related litigation. Scott began his surveying career in Jackson in 1980, subsequently establishing Pierson Land Surveys, which added landscape architecture and planning departments in the 90’s. Following the firm’s acquisition in 2017, Scott remained aboard to loan his expertise on complex land planning issues to Y2’s clients.

Senior GIS Project Manager

John Rogers, MS

Migrating from the mountains of the Sierras and Cascades, John joined Y2 in 2020 as the Senior GIS Project Manager. He has a BA in Environmental Studies and BS in Geography from the University of Oregon, and a Graduate Certificate in GIS and MS in Geography from Portland State University. With experience in both the government and private sectors, his areas of expertise include geospatial analysis and statistics, data standardization, development and quality, natural resource management and assessment, digital terrain analysis, climate science and hydrology, along with a passion for cartography. John spends his recreation time year-round in the mountains trekking, biking, or skiing, and in the summer enjoys adventuring the West by motorcycle or taking in the lakes and rivers paddling the canoe he built.

Co-Manager, Civil Engineering Department

Vince Roux, MS

Vince co-manages the Civil Engineering Department with Katie. He joined Y2 in 2013 after earning a Master’s from Colorado School of Mines. Vince’s grandfather, Dr. Jacques Roux, moved his family from Switzerland to Jackson in the 60’s, and although Vince grew up abroad he has always had roots in the valley. Vince’s engineering expertise includes water and wastewater conveyance and treatment, grading and drainage design, roads and driveways, environmental testing and remediation, water rights, and he is the in-house CAD expert. Vince is a husband and father, a passionate angler, and an avid snow sport enthusiast. Prior to entering the workforce Vince completed mandatory Swiss military duty and was a Peace Corps Volunteer for 2 years in Burkina Faso, West Africa.

Accounting Specialist

Danielle Scott

Danielle has been an administrative assistant at Y2 since the fall of 2018. She reluctantly moved here from the UP of Michigan with her husband in 2007 so he could snowboard and play in the mountains. With a background as a medical office specialist and in small business management, Danielle has a keen eye for detail. She is a former skater for the JH Juggernaut roller derby team, a dog mom, and a self-proclaimed craft nerd.

Structural Engineer

Isaac Serre, PE

Isaac has been in the Structural Engineering Department at Y2 since 2018. Originally from Northern Minnesota, he moved to Jackson to enjoy hunting, snowmobiling, and biking. Isaac has 6 years in the industry and has proficient practice in timber, steel, and concrete design.

Survey Project Staff

Mike Whitman, MA

Mike has worked as a Survey Technician at Y2 since 2017 and is currently pursuing his Land Surveyor in Training credentials through the University of Wyoming. Mike grew up on a small island off the coast of Maine but moved to California for college, where he graduated from the University of California Berkeley with a master’s degree in geophysics and worked for the USGS on landslide mitigation projects in the Bay Area. After moving to Jackson in 2012 Mike worked as a rock-climbing guide in the Tetons for Exum Mountain Guides. An avid climber and ski mountaineer, he still manages to fit in some climbing guide work on weekends throughout the summer months.

Associate Geotechnical Engineer

Meriel Young, EIT

Originally from Scotland, Meriel moved to Colorado in 2016 where she received an M.S. degree in Geotechnical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. Meriel worked for a large consulting firm in Denver for the last three years, both while in graduate school and after graduation. Meriel has experience in soil and rock classification and testing, foundation design, and slope stability analysis. Meriel has been a part of the Y2 team since 2020.

Meriel enjoys being in the mountains and is excited to experience all the different recreational opportunities Jackson and the Tetons have to offer.