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KatherineA. (Kate) Knuth <br />RelevantExperience <br />Instituteon theEnvironment, University ofMinnesota Sep. 2010 – Present <br />Program Director, BoreasLeadership Program <br />Leadandcoordinate theBoreas Environmental Leadership Program. Idevelopand <br />teachleadership skillsworkshops forgraduateandprofessional students and <br />coordinate allprogramming. <br />Co-developed andtaughtCarbon andRenewable EnergyPolicyundergraduate <br />courseandstudyabroad coursebringingstudentsto UNClimateConference in <br />Cancun <br />MinnesotaEnvironmental QualityBoard, Jan. 2013 – Present <br />CitizenBoardMember <br />Appointed byGovernor Daytonascitizenmember ofexecutivebranchboard <br />consisting of9stateagencycommissioners andfivecitizenmembers <br />Member ofclimate changesubcommittee <br />Minnesota House ofRepresentatives, RepresentedDistrict50B; 2007 - 2012 <br />StateRepresentative <br />Assistant MajorityLeader, 2009-2010biennium <br />Member ofcommittees withjurisdiction overenvironment, energy, commerce, <br />finance andtaxissues <br />MemberoftheLegislativeEnergy Commission <br />Chiefauthor ofGreen Solutions ActandToxic FreeKidsAct <br />MemberoftheNationalCoalition ofLegislators forEnergyActionNow, agroupof <br />statelegislators whoworked onnational climateandenergypolicy <br />Invitedtoparticipate inEmergingPolitical LeadersProgram, StateLegislative <br />Leaders Foundation, July2010 <br />New BrightonParks, Recreation andEnvironment Commission, Member; Jan. – Dec. 2006 <br />Centerfor GlobalEnvironmentalEducation, HamlineUniv.; MNDec. 2005 – Feb. 2008 <br />Environmental Entrepreneur Fellow <br />Education <br />Pursuing Ph.D. inConservationBiology <br />University ofMinnesota MN, Sep. 2009-present <br />Dissertationresearchonenvironmental leadership andsustainability <br />HumphreyPolicyFellows Program University ofMinnesota, MN, 2012- 2013academic year <br />Projecttitled “Realizing theOpportunity atTCAAP” <br />M.Sc. inBiodiversityConservationandManagement, withDistinction <br />OxfordUniversity, UnitedKingdom <br />Thesistitle: “LinkingEnvironmentalLeadership andEducation: TheScouting <br />MovementandtheUnited States Congress”