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02/20/2006: "Lecture: How We Can Save The Sound & The Straits"

(People for Puget Sound photo)

The Web of Life Along the Pacific Flyway, a natural history lecture series, presents Kathy Fletcher, Executive Director of People for Puget Sound, at the Grange, Wednesday February 22 @ 7 PM. Her topic will be, How We Can Save The Sound And The Straits."

She will talk about the state of the Sound and Straits, the governor's new Puget Sound initiative, People for Puget Sound, how each of us can help protect the Sound and Strait's beauty and bounty for future generations and other topics.

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Kathy Fletcher is founder and executive director of People for Puget Sound, a citizens organization formed in 1991 to protect and restore Puget Sound and the Straits. She also serves on the Northwest Straits Commission, created to reverse the decline of marine species in northern Puget Sound and Straits adjacent to Canada. Prior to founding People for Puget Sound, Kathy chaired the Puget Sound Water Quality Authority, a state agency formed to prepare and oversee a comprehensive plan to clean up and protect the Sound and Straits.

Kathy is currently also a gubernatorial appointee to the Washington Oil Spill Advisory Council and the Puget Sound Initiative's advisory council, the Puget Sound Partnership.

During President Carter's administration, Kathy served on the White House Domestic Policy Staff, where she handled environmental and natural resource issues. Her career includes five years heading environmental, conservation and other programs at Seattle's municipally-owned electric utility. She has taught environmental policy and nonprofit management at the University of Washington Graduate School of Public Affairs. She has worked for the Environmental Defense Fund and other environmental organizations.

Kathy has served on many nonprofit organization boards, including the national Sierra Club and the National Environmental Trust, and is currently on the board of the Washington Foundation for the Environment and the Northwest Jewish Environmental Project. She has been recognized as "Manager of the Year" by the Seattle Management Association, and has been awarded the Washington State Governor's "Environmental Excellence Award" and the Evergreen State Society's "Evergreen Award."

Kathy received her bachelor's degree in biology magna cum laude from Harvard University, where she also was awarded Phi Beta Kappa. She is a native of Seattle, where she resides with her husband Ken Weiner and is a proud mother of their son Josh who is a student at Stanford University.