Faith Ragan, CPSM
Since 2022
Active
SMPS San Francisco Bay Area Chapter member
AEC marketing professional
Faith leads comprehensive proposal management for Montrose Environmental Group, one of the nation’s largest environmental services companies with over 2,500 employees across 75+ locations worldwide. As Senior Proposal Specialist, she coordinates complex RFP responses across three business segments: Assessment, Permitting and Response; Measurement and Analysis; and Remediation and Reuse, supporting a publicly traded environmental consulting and engineering firm (NYSE: MEG) serving diverse industrial sectors.
Her expertise spans environmental consulting, geotechnical engineering, materials testing, water resources, and scientific advisory services, with specialized focus on proposal development for government agencies, utilities, oil and gas, renewable energy, and industrial manufacturing clients. Faith brings distinctive capabilities in RFP analysis, proposal team coordination, content library management, and interview preparation for complex environmental compliance and remediation projects.
With 20+ years of AEC industry experience spanning California’s most prominent environmental and engineering firms including Geosyntec Consultants, SmithGroup, EKI Environment & Water, and Harris & Associates, she has developed deep expertise in proposal management systems including Deltek Vision, Deltek VantagePoint, and Cosential. Her comprehensive understanding of environmental services enables effective proposal support for projects ranging from PFAS remediation to emergency response, air quality monitoring, and sustainability consulting serving federal, state, and municipal agencies.
Faith demonstrates exceptional professional leadership through her CPSM certification achievement and distinguished 2013 SMPS San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Volunteer of the Year Award, recognizing her sustained passion, commitment, and involvement in advancing the AEC marketing profession throughout Northern California. This prestigious chapter recognition honors her contributions to professional development programs, networking events, and educational initiatives that benefit hundreds of AEC marketing professionals.
Her leadership extends through comprehensive professional certifications including APMP Foundation Certification, demonstrating mastery of Association of Proposal Management Professionals standards, and dual Loopio certifications as both Certified Project User and Certified Librarian, positioning her among the most technically proficient proposal management professionals in the environmental consulting sector. These specialized credentials reflect expertise in proposal automation technology, content library management systems, and collaborative RFP response platforms.
Faith brings extensive experience in marketing information systems implementation, having successfully deployed and customized Deltek Vision and Deltek VantagePoint CRM databases for multiple AEC firms. Her technical marketing capabilities span desktop publishing using Adobe Creative Suite, email marketing platforms, WordPress content management, and lead research services including IMS, Onvia, PlanetBids, and BidSync. This combination of proposal management expertise and technical proficiency enables systematic approach to business development and marketing operations.
With seven years of progressive marketing leadership at RGA Environmental (later acquired by Terracon), Faith advanced from Marketing Coordinator to Marketing Manager, providing supervision and guidance to marketing staff while developing firm-wide marketing information systems. Her 20+ years across prominent California environmental and engineering firms provides comprehensive industry perspective spanning geotechnical, environmental, water resources, and infrastructure sectors.
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