Our Company

The Team

Serving the Compliance and Due Diligence needs of Lending and Real Estate Institutions.

The strength of LCS has always been the people who work here. Our staff has an acute understanding of a lender’s perspective. So, we know how to search out threats and hazards to a real estate transaction – and provide insight to close your transactions with peace of mind.

LCS CEO Ted Duffy

Ted Duffy

Chief Executive Officer

Ted Duffy

Chief Executive Officer

As CEO, a member of the LCS Executive Leadership Team and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. Duffy is responsible for the oversight of technical, financial, and business development operations including strategic direction and planning.

Mr. Duffy has extensive experience in environmental investigations, design remediation, and project management capabilities. During his tenure with a previous employer, Mr. Duffy acted as Executive Vice President to the Chief Executive Officer in the development and management of products and services for a large client base. Mr. Duffy's understanding and research into the issues facing lenders and real estate professionals have allowed him to develop low cost environmental service packages for our growing client base.

Mr. Duffy also has considerable experience in asbestos and lead-based paint related issues having served as general manager for a large consulting firm in the New York City area. His depth and breadth of knowledge lends a unique perspective on building related issues in real estate transactions.

LCS president Ben Bremer

Benjamin Bremer

President

Benjamin Bremer

President

Mr. Bremer is President of LCS. He works with the maintenance and development of both new and existing clients nationwide. Mr. Bremer also manages the LCS Express and other outsourced due diligence programs from development through implementation.

Since joining LCS in 1999, Mr. Bremer has been involved in thousands of Environmental Site Assessments and construction projects. This includes site reconnaissance, data review, and report preparation. Mr. Bremer has completed field studies nationwide range from small gasoline stations to large scale industrial facilities.

While an Environmental Scientist with LCS, Mr. Bremer has also been involved in hundreds of intrusive investigations and remediation projects. Such investigations have included gasoline stations, dry cleaning facilities, motor repair facilities, and industrial facilities. Mr. Bremer’s hands-on experience has included soil sampling, groundwater monitoring well preparation and sampling, environmental drilling, underground storage tank removals, remediation projects, project management, data review and report preparation.

While studying at SUNY at Buffalo, Mr. Bremer interned at Wastestream Technology, Inc. where he was involved in testing soil and water extractions for potential pollutants. His experience in the lab primarily dealt with metal extractions, while also being introduced to volatile organic compounds, semi-volatile organic compounds, pesticides, and herbicides analysis.

LCS COO Meg Battin

Meg Battin

Chief Operating Officer

Meg Battin

Chief Operating Officer

Ms. Battin is an expert in various aspects of the environmental field including environmental management, compliance, research, and site investigation. Ms. Battin has acted as a liaison between property owners, and governmental and financial agencies. She was previously a partner and Vice President of an environmental consulting firm in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

Since joining LCS in 2002, Ms. Battin has conducted and reviewed thousands of Phase I and Transaction Screen Environmental Site Assessments, environmental compliance and research projects, as well as conducted and managed numerous Phase II and Phase III projects including hydrogeologic investigations, storage tank management and underground storage tank (UST) removal and closure projects, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) monitoring, assessment and reporting, groundwater monitoring well installation and monitoring, landfill delineation projects, and site characterization and remedial design projects.

LCS CFO Mary Kay Myers

Mary Kay Myers, CPA

Chief Financial Officer

LCS CFO Mary Kay Myers

Mary Kay Myers, CPA

Chief Financial Officer

Mary Kay is an experienced accounting professional, with expertise ranging from monitoring cash flow and budgeting to customer invoices and collections. She currently manages all financial related aspects of the business.

After graduating from Canisius College with a B.S. in Accounting, Mary Kay began her career as an auditor with one of the Big 4 international accounting firms. There, she serviced a wide range of clients in many different industries, including construction, manufacturing, and non-profit organizations. Later, she went to work for a local municipality as the director of finance, preparing annual budgets for all funds and districts, and implementing and managing investment and purchasing policies.

Prior to joining LCS in 2000, she was an accountant with a manufacturing company where she implemented and managed a computerized employee stock option plan, maintained capital expenditure projects, and prepared monthly and quarterly cash flow statements, in addition to her daily tasks of managing accounts receivables and collections.

LCS SVP Douglas Reid

Douglas B. Reid

SVP, Environmental Due Diligence

LCS SVP Douglas Reid

Douglas B. Reid

SVP, Environmental Due Diligence

Douglas Reid is the Sr. VP of Environmental Due Diligence for Lender Consulting Services, Inc. and is responsible for oversight of all Environmental Due Diligence and Remediation Operations. He works with LCS’ clients assisting with environmental risk management, consulting on potential liabilities and providing practical solutions for identified concerns associated with commercial real estate located anywhere in North America.

To date, Mr. Reid has completed or been directly involved with more than 10,000 Phase I, Transaction Screen Environmental Site Assessments, Underground Storage Tank abandonments, Vapor Intrusion assessments, Remedial Investigations, Feasibility Studies and Remediation projects. Previously, Mr. Reid worked as a consultant to major oil companies working on gasoline stations and major oil storage facilities.

Mr. Reid graduated from Slippery Rock University, located in Pennsylvania, in 1995, with a B.S. in Environmental Science and joined LCS in 1998.

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Liz Mahoney

SVP, Director of Sales and Business Development

Liz Mahoney

SVP, Director of Sales and Business Development

As Senior Vice President and Director of Sales and Business Development, Liz Mahoney leads the strategy and growth of the LCS commercial team, drawing on deep experience across the commercial real estate industry.
Since joining LCS in 2020, Liz has built and deepened relationships with lending clients nationwide, guiding them through their risk management needs and connecting them with the right LCS Valuation, Environmental, and Construction services. Grounded in consultation, education, and responsive partnership, her approach meets clients where they are and stays with them beyond the transaction. She also hosts The Smarter Lending Podcast, keeping LCS at the center of the conversations shaping today's lending landscape.
Liz brings firsthand experience with the SaaS platforms that connect vendors and lending institutions, giving her a clear view of both sides of the risk management process. Beyond LCS, she serves as Vice President of the Mortgage Bankers Association of New York and is a two-time GlobeSt. Women of Influence honoree.

Mike Kosmoski

SVP, Construction Services

Mike Kosmoski

SVP, Construction Services

Mike Kosmoski is a career construction professional multidisciplinary work experience in the construction industry. He holds a B.S. in Architecture from the University at Buffalo and has used that knowledge to assist in all facets of a diverse group of construction projects. His career path has allowed him to be involved in a wide variety of construction methods and building compositions. Prior to joining LCS in 2020, Mr. Kosmoski was Director of Construction for a Buffalo based multifamily contractor with a nationwide presence.

With an in-depth knowledge of the preconstruction discipline, Mr. Kosmoski is highly skilled at plan and specification cost reviews, property condition assessments, schedule creation/analysis, conceptual estimating, scope of work generation and drawing constructability reviews. Also, his involvement as a construction project manager allows him to QA/QC outgoing reports with a highly critical eye. Mr. Kosmoski’s background and depth of knowledge provides our clients the perfect resource to assist with a wide variety of risk management solutions.

Currently, Mr. Kosmoski is a licensed general contractor for the state of North Carolina and has a license pending in South Carolina.

LCS Abby Pudhorodski

Abby Pudhorodsky

VP, Environmental Due Diligence

LCS Abby Pudhorodski

Abby Pudhorodsky

VP, Environmental Due Diligence

Abby’s primary focus is in the operations of LCS’
Environmental Due Diligence Department. Specifically, she oversees report preparation and review, and provides leadership to technical writers. Since joining LCS in 2002, her duties also include interfacing with clients, lenders, and third-party database providers. Abby was involved with the review and analysis of over 5,000 desktop reports in a single year.

With extensive experience in the environmental field, Abby's expertise includes Desktop Reports, Environmental Site Assessments & Due Diligence, Third-Party Environmental Report Review, and Technical Reporting & Data Analysis.

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Noelle McDonald

VP, Valuation Services

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Noelle McDonald

VP, Valuation Services

Since joining LCS in 2022, Noelle’s primary focus is to manage the overall operations of the LCS Valuation Services Department as well as general management of valuation employees working in conjunction with the COO, Regional Managers and SVPs of the Corporation to assure the success of LCS, Inc. Noelle also contributes to business development, establishing strategic plans and goals and leading staff to meet company objectives for growth and high quality client services.

Noelle's expertise includes complex valuation and consulting assignments including: Acquisition/ Disposition, Litigation, Ad Valorem (tax protest), Estate Settlement, Condemnation, Going-Concern, Portfolio Management and Restricted-Use (internal decision making). Assignments completed for assets located throughout the Midwest, as well as nationally. Experience serving as a Appraisal Reviewer for a national bank (FIRREA compliance). She also served on the federal level as a Underwriter for HUD.

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Keith Spolan

SVP, Environmental Due Diligence Services

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Keith Spolan

SVP, Environmental Due Diligence Services

Keith serves as Senior Vice President of Environmental Due Diligence, overseeing departmental operations, employee development, and improvements to policies and procedures. He joined LCS in October 2026.

With 28 years of environmental, engineering, and consulting experience, Keith’s background spans transaction advisory, construction consulting, technical review, and nationwide client programs serving banking, real estate investment, and telecommunications clients. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Florida in Civil Engineering and Civil Engineering / Construction Management, respectively.

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More than 25 Years of Lending Confidently

In 2023 We Celebrated a Quarter Century of Success

Our Philosophy

Make a difference in all your real estate transactions

We make a difference by bringing experience that was born and forged in the world we live in. Our senior staff has an acute understanding of a lender’s perspective. This gives us a unique outlook on the nuances and complexities associated with property transactions.

The six-lined LCS logo is adapted from the 3,000 year-old Chinese text called the I Ching or Book of Changes. The I Ching consists of 64 hexagrams, each of whose combinations of broken and/or unbroken lines offers a keyhole glimpse into the meaning of a particular moment in time. The LCS hexagram of six unbroken lines represents the power of pure energy. We translate it as “Be Creative in Facing Challenges.”

Being creative in facing challenges comes down to seeing the business through the eyes of both the lender and the borrower and understanding their respective needs.

Being practical in the transaction is important. Identifying alternative methods to collateralize the mortgage, finding the right type of environmental insurance policy or creating an escrow account to cover post-closing investigations and anticipated remedial costs are examples of LCS’ practical and creative approach.

We customize all our products and services to meet your specific needs, and we work with you to learn exactly what those needs are. We see all your transactions from your point of view. We will provide what you need in the most affordable and efficient manner possible.

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