Katy Kinsolving is director of philanthropy for Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy. Formerly, she was the capital campaign manager at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, New York. A Vassar College graduate, Katy is a member of the Sharon Energy and Environment Commission and a vice-chair of the Conservation Committee of the Garden Club of America. She has served as a trustee of the Watershed Institute in central New Jersey and has worked for a variety of organizations including the Brooklyn Museum, the Big Apple Circus and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Katy is a co-founder of C-Change Conversations, a non-partisan climate change education organization with national reach.

A blue-ribbon cooking school graduate, Katy has also worked in public relations for the food industry. She lectures on the connections between food systems and climate change and is the co-author of Essential Flavors, a cookbook, published by Viking. Katy has lived all over the world and currently lives in Sharon, CT.  She has raised two sons and loves to travel, write, and cook.

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