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Kathleen Gray

Kathleen Gray
Director, Environmental Resource Program,
Associate Director for Outreach and Public Service and Lecturer, Institute for the Environment,
UNC-Chapel Hill

Contact Information
kgray(at)unc.edu

CB# 1105
337 W. Rosemary St.
Room 102
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1105

Phone: (919) 966-9799

Education

M.S.P.H., Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1992

B.S., Mathematics, Vanderbilt University, 1988


Professional Focus

Environmental health/science education, community outreach

Research

Solid and hazardous waste management, pollution prevention, sustainable development, environmentally preferable purchasing


Expertise

Ms. Kathleen M. Gray, associate director for outreach and public service in the UNC Institute for the Environment, directs the Environmental Resource Program (ERP), a public service unit that conducts K-12 teacher professional development, provides research and technical assistance to community groups, non-profits and government agencies, and facilitates experiential education for undergraduates. She also directs the outreach and research translation efforts of two federally-funded research centers in UNC's School of Public Health. Ms. Gray has over 15 years experience conducting environmental health education with community audiences and assisting businesses and government agencies in making sustainable choices. Ms. Gray serves on the boards of two statewide environmental nonprofits - the NC Conservation Network and Earth Share of NC. Prior to joining UNC, she led an assessment of NC's recycling industry for the Division of Pollution Prevention in the NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources, advised over 300 businesses in expanding their use of environmentally responsible products and services for Green Seal, assisted EPA's voluntary environmental programs in developing and evaluating educational materials, and led a community-focused environmental health program at Vanderbilt University. Ms. Gray earned an MSPH in Environmental Sciences and Engineering from UNC-Chapel Hill and a BS in Mathematics from Vanderbilt University.


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