Ezgi Karayel is the founder and Principal of Vektor Consultants. She manages all aspects of the firm, strongly focusing on brownfield redevelopment projects across New York Metropolitan area.
She works with real estate developers and shareholders by developing strategic approaches to the environmental challenges of complex real estate transactions, regulatory compliance, site assessments, and remediation. Her experience includes a broad range of environmental services including regulatory compliance, due diligence assessments, acquisition support, design and implementation of engineering controls and remediation systems, excavation support and soil disposal plans, and facility decommissioning.

Ms. Karayel holds a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from University at Buffalo. She is the current President of the New York City Brownfield Partnership and serves on the Advisory Board of Brownfield Coalition of the Northeast. She is the chair of the Partnership’s Scholarship Program and works closely with committee members to support the education and training of students who are pursuing environmental careers.