Katherine Sharp Email & Phone Number

San Diego, California, United States

Global Manager of Sustainability & ESG at Dexcom building out robust sustainability initiatives to evaluate and improve environmental/ social impacts of manufacturing, operations, and business practices. Oversee Dexcom's global GHG Emissions Inventory to track, analyze, and set targets to decrease carbon footprint.Manage annual sustainability report.

San Diego, California, United States

Environmental, Health, Safety, and Sustainability (EHSS) Department: Lead global programs in environmental compliance, ESG, and Sustainability

Greater San Diego Area

Formerly Amec Foster WheelerConsultant within the water quality department working for clients around the San Diego area to ensure adherence to water quality regulations and enhance sustainability programs. Key writer and editor of WQIP Annual Report, Annual Sampling Report, and contributing author to metrics and analysis of client Annual Sustainability.

Greater San Diego Area

Amec Foster Wheeler now Wood PLC

San Francisco, CA

• ProductBio, data science start-up used environmental standards to provide smart recommendations for green procurement to large public and private organizations.
• Created and prepared revenue models, GHG tracking guidelines, and presentation materials for fundraising/investor activities, and Sustainability/Environmental Social Governance reports.
• Developed outreach strategy for strategic partnerships which resulted in official partnerships with international organizations.
• Built relationships with environmental standard and ecolabel programs to acquire sustainability criteria and product lists to further build the ProductBio database.
• Created and designed marketing materials for product and website mock-ups.
• Designed annotation tool which allows users to input sustainability criteria in order to calculate the environmental, social, and fiscal impacts of products throughout the supply chain.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Program within the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics. Program focuses on providing guidance to federal purchasers on federal green purchasing requirements.
• EPA’s Recommendations for Standards, Ecolabels, and Specifications for Federal Purchasers: Conducted research on sustainability standards. Communicated with stakeholders from the government, non-profit, and private.
• Reviewed and analyzed current regulations and policies relevant to sustainable purchasing focusing on: Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), OMB Circular, EO 13653, CEQA.
• Certified as the Contract Officer Representative (COR) for the EPP Team and manage technical assistance and budgets for contracted work assignments.
• Active voting/balloting member of the international IEEE 1680.1 Sustainability Standard for Computers and the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Sub-Group of the standard.
• Content editor of EPA’s Greener Products webpage and serve as the primary contact for inquiries into the program and first point of contact for press inquiries.

San Diego, CA

Performed as organization’s public relations representative and presented educational, fun and entertaining narrative about the animals and plants to visitors of all ages and nationalities. Operated double decker bus, worked in ticket booth, welcomed and assisted visitors.

Izmail, Ukraine

• Youth Development Volunteer at The Regional Center of Social Services for Children, Families, and Youth in the town of Izmail (pop. 80,000) located in Southern Ukraine near Odessa.
• Chair of Nationwide Women in the Workforce Peace Corps Committee that brings Peace Corps Volunteers together to promote gender equality through organized projects.
• Wrote multiple grants to government and non-governmental organizations and conducted outreach to fundraise for projects under my direction.
• Managed, monitored and balanced several project budgets at one time.
• Organized and led an after-school English club at the local orphanage, an English club for Economics.

Solana Beach, CA

Outdoor and Travel Outfitters

Peru

Intern with Stanford Engineers for a Sustainable World in partnership to Catholic University in Peru, and non-profit Geo Hazards International. Quarter long course at Stanford with a focus on schoolhouse retrofits in Chocos, Peru for earthquake safety and to develop technical, social, and educational modules to have a lasting impact on earthquake safety.

Stanford, CA

Student Advisor for the overseas program to Santiago, Chile. Responsibilities include publicizing, organizing, and preparing future students.

Worked under the title of Geographical Information System (GIS) Technician II for the Ridgecrest site. Data work specializing in Excel and the online database for geographical and geological site records.

Represented Nike to promote the new Nike Women's Zoom Trainer shoe. Promotion entailed marketing, and public speaking.

Environmental and product performance research: Developed portfolio of resources and methods to improve conservation and environmental manufacturing processes and become more competitive in the window and door market.

Taught lessons on conservation and wildlife in front of large groups of children ranging from 5-10 years old.

Organized all insurance files for the year.

Bachelor’S Degree, Geological Environmental Science, And Management Science And Engineering

Activities and Societies: Division I Field Hockey Team, Kappa Kappa Gamma

Master’S Degree, Environment And Development

Coursework in Evironmental Planning, Environmental Impact Assessment Reports, Ecosystem Services, Development Theories, and Policy Planning

Spanish

Activities and Societies: Volunteered in the earthquake relief effort with Un Techo Para Chile.Stanford Study Abroad Program in Santiago.