Kat Woerner

Bachelor's

Economics

Environmental Studies

Natural Resource Economics

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Sustainability Specialist

• Collected, analyzed, and reported on UNL sustainability key performance indicators through AASHE STARS (Sustainability Tracking and Assessment Rating System) • Wrote policy to ban styrofoam across all University of Nebraska campuses • Organized the annual furniture drive, diverting over 100 items from the landfill • Assisted with community engagement and educational outreach programming including class and departmental presentations and workshops, and community event tabling • Consulted with students, faculty, and staff to develop their sustainability-related projects • Developed and lead office projects like alternative recycling and composting pilot programs, campus community surveying, zero-waste event assistance, and more • Connected with UNL personnel to implement a million-dollar recycling renovation project • Assisted in writing and developing UNL's first Sustainability Master Plan • Redesigned the Office of Sustainability website to attract a larger audience and be more user-friendly