About

Jennifer has a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Environmental Science from the University of Maine at Farmington, and an M.S. from the University of Maine at Orono. She has worked on the west coast, conducting rare plant surveys for the U.S. Forest Service, and spent several years at Lake Tahoe, CA working with landowners to protect the water quality of one of the deepest lakes in the world. Jen spent ten years working as an environmental consultant for a small environmental consulting firm in Portland, Maine where she earned recognition as a regional leader in the field of watershed planning and watershed restoration. Jen brings a unique balance to the field of environmental consulting through Ecological Instincts by providing ecologic design services to clients who want to improve their overall sense of health and well-being while reducing the environmental impact of their homes. She began her design career in 2000 following the purchase of her first home, and since then, has provided whole-home design services for homes between California and Maine. Jen’s holistic design approach, and passion for protecting the environment come together nicely to provide creative design solutions that bring joy to people’s lives. Jen is an Accredited Staging Professional (ASP), certified Reiki II practitioner, Feng Shui practitioner and holistic design consultant, yogi, outdoor recreation enthusiast, volunteer water quality monitor, and mom.

Katie Goodwin joined Ecological Instincts in February 2021. After graduating from the University of New Hampshire with a B.S. in Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Katie worked several seasons as a botany technician in Massachusetts and Arizona before moving to Maine to work at the Department of Environmental Protection. In this role, she monitored the water quality of streams throughout the State of Maine, collecting and managing field data, and assisting with various volunteer programs including volunteer lake watershed surveys. She brings skills in data management, water quality monitoring, planning and conducting watershed surveys, and GIS mapping to the Ecological Instincts Team.

Jon Viti joined Ecological Instincts as a Project Manager in April 2024. Jon grew up in Central Maine and earned his B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Vermont. After graduating, Jon worked for many years as a seasonal biological technician with federal agencies such as the National Park Service, US Geological Survey, and the US Forest Service, in the intermountain west. Entire summers were spent in the field collecting data on plants and streams and entire winters were spent on the ski slope. Wanting to further his career and ability to help implement conservation practices on a larger scale, Jon attended graduate school at the Ohio University, earning a M.S. in Environmental Studies. Upon graduating, Jon moved to Idaho to help coordinate the State’s stream monitoring program with Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. Jon then went on to work for the Idaho Governor’s Office of Species Conservation as a planner, where he focused on stream restoration planning for endangered Salmon and Steelhead in Central Idaho, before moving back to Maine in 2024.