Jude is a Natural Resources and Environmental Planner with 31 years of experience as a natural resources regulatory consultant. Jude began his career working for the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (LDNR) Office of Coastal Management. He served as a Coastal Resources Analyst, reviewing applications for coastal resource impacts and developments throughout Louisiana Coastal Zone Management Area. Since LDNR, Jude has worked in environmental consulting for the past 30 years assisting clientele with infrastructure and development projects both locally and nationally. His experience includes large offshore infrastructure and river borne projects, grassroots LNG and petroleum facilities, interstate/intrastate pipelines, utilities transmission and wetland impact and restoration projects across the southern U.S.