kathleen kirkpatrick
the capacity collaborative

Kathleen Kirkpatrick (Manager, Southeast at The Capacity Collaborative), is an environmental engineer and climate activist with a passion for helping rural communities in the Deep South. She earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical and ocean engineering from the University of Rhode Island and pursued graduate studies in sustainability and Biomimicry. 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. Based in Montgomery, Alabama Kathleen honors local organizing and the legacy of the civil rights movement in all that she does.