As a Senior Climate Resilience Project Manager, Catherine works on the Climate Ready Boston team with a focus on coastal resilience. In this role, she oversees the development of neighborhood coastal resilience planning, the implementation of coastal resilience projects, wetlands protection and restoration projects, and the cross-departmental integration of climate resilience into the City's planning, projects, and permit review.

Before joining the Environment Department, Catherine was an Environmental Planner at VHB where she worked on sustainability and resiliency planning projects and managed the environmental and development review processes for private and public development projects in Greater Boston. She began her career at the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation, where she worked on the development of affordable housing projects, and subsequently served as the Assistant to the Director of Planning at the Boston Planning and Development Agency. Originally from Durham, N.C., Catherine received her Bachelor of Arts in Architecture and Biology from Wellesley College and her Master in Urban Planning from the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Contact Catherine if you have questions about Climate Ready Boston's coastal resilience planning and implementation efforts!