Kathleen Kirkpatrick

Kathleen resides in Montgomery Alabama and is a Senior Associate for The Capacity Collaborative. She is an environmental engineer and climate activist with a passion for helping rural communities. She brings over three decades of experience building coalitions among disparate stakeholder interests to generate community-based sustainability solutions through strong engagement and strategic communications. A LEED Accredited Professional (AP) since 2009, she was among the first Sustainable SITES APs and is the first Just Communities Accredited Practitioner. Kathleen honors local organizing and the legacy of the civil rights movement in all that she does.