Shane Johnson, an ecologist with Passarella & Associates of Fort Myers, has been promoted to team leader.

The position includes supervising a project team and overseeing business development, client relations and document preparation.

Johnson and his team conduct jurisdictional determinations, environmental construction inspections, environmental-impact and ecological assessments, listed species surveys and wetland monitoring.

Johnson holds a zoology degree from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Before joining Passarella & Associates in early 2004, he worked as a shorebird technician with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation and as a research assistant with the Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory in Carbondale, Ill.

Johnson is a member of the Florida Association of Environmental Professionals, Calusa Herpetological Society and Society of Wetland Scientists.

Passarella & Associates is an ecological consulting firm.