About Kate Gaertner

Kate Gaertner is a leading expert and consultant in corporate sustainability with 25 years of corporate and entrepreneurial experience. She holds a Masters of Science in Sustainable Management from the University of Wisconsin, an M.B.A. from the Wharton School, and an A.B. from Dartmouth College.

Kate is a technical advisor to the Loopt Foundation, a non-profit that is seeking to progress zero waste goals in both pre- and post-consumer materials, served on the board of the XXcelerate Fund, a business-accelerator and fund for women led businesses, and has held positions at XM Satellite Radio, Ziff Davis Media, and Time Inc., as well as worked as a strategic consultant to Fortune 500 companies developing go-to-market business cases. She also founded a sustainable women’s active wear lifestyle brand, OMALA. 

Kate is available for speaking engagements on a variety of topics around corporate and personal sustainability including business circularity, carbon inventories, materiality assessments and stakeholder engagement.