Meet the Team

Our staff has training and expertise in human and ecological risk assessment, pesticides and fertilizers, civil/environmental engineering, environmental toxicology, chemistry, biology, and planning. Our staff includes licensed professional engineers, Pest Control Advisers (PCAs), DPR Qualified Applicators (QALs), Certified Crop Advisers (CCAs), API 653 and STI SP001 Certified Inspectors, an Industrial General Permit (IGP) Trainer of Record (ToR) and Qualified Industrial Stormwater Practitioner (QISP), and an SWRCB Stormwater Qualified SWPPP Developer (QSD)/Practitioner (QSP).
We are members of:
Blankinship & Associates, Inc. is certified by the State of California as a small business and by the Small Business Administration (SBA) as a HUBZone business. For more information on our state and federal contracting capabilities, click here.
The firm was founded in 2000 by Michael Blankinship. Mike has an MS in Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry from UC Davis in the Departments of Environmental Toxicology and Environmental Engineering and a BA in Chemistry from Saint Michael's College, located in Colchester Park, Vermont. He is a California registered professional engineer (Civil) and is a California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR)-licensed Pest Control Adviser (PCA), IGP QISP, and ToR, QSD/QSP.
We are members of:
- Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA)
- California Association of Pest Control Advisors (CAPCA)
- California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC)
- California Farm Bureau Federation
- California Weed Science Society (CWSS)
- Golf Course Superintendents Association of Northern California (GCSANC)
- North American Lake Management Society (NALMS)
- Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
- The Wildlife Society (TWS)
- Yolo County Farm Bureau
Blankinship & Associates, Inc. is certified by the State of California as a small business and by the Small Business Administration (SBA) as a HUBZone business. For more information on our state and federal contracting capabilities, click here.
The firm was founded in 2000 by Michael Blankinship. Mike has an MS in Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry from UC Davis in the Departments of Environmental Toxicology and Environmental Engineering and a BA in Chemistry from Saint Michael's College, located in Colchester Park, Vermont. He is a California registered professional engineer (Civil) and is a California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR)-licensed Pest Control Adviser (PCA), IGP QISP, and ToR, QSD/QSP.
Nikki Slade
Staff Scientist Forensic Science UC Davis (2014) Environmental Toxicology UC Davis (2011) |