Kate is the Organics and Landscape Resource Conservation Program Lead for Seattle Public Utilities. Her professional experience over the last 20 years has focused in soil science, organic materials management, and technical communications. Prior to her work with City of Seattle she has served as a consultant helping utilities and industry groups with science communications and strategic planning, a biosolids project manager for King County, a research assistant at the University of Washington, and a laboratory analyst at Soil Control Lab in Watsonville, CA.