Kate started volunteering with Ecology Ottawa in 2009, and has been a supporter of the organization ever since. She has worked in the sustainable development field for over twenty years, principally with Global Affairs Canada and the former Canadian International Development Agency, and has spent over ten years living abroad in Costa Rica, Japan, Kosovo, Honduras, and Vietnam. While thinking globally, Kate has also been one to act locally, volunteering over the years with a wide range of Ottawa-based non-profits including CKCU-FM, Citizens for Safe Cycling, Peace and Environment Resource Centre, Great Canadian Theatre Company, Samba Ottawa, Glebe Community Association and Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability. She was recently awarded a graduate certificate in sustainability from Harvard University and now works for Environment and Climate Change Canada to reduce plastic pollution and advance a circular plastics economy in Canada.