Kim Lundgren

About Kim Lundgren

Kim is a mission driven professional with over two decades of experience designing, securing funding for, and implementing sustainability programs focused on climate change mitigation and adaptation. Kim is accomplished in building new teams and services through effective networking and interpersonal skills, strategic planning, fundraising, and technical know-how. She has a strong track record facilitating multi-sector dialogue between local governments, institutions, businesses, and residents related to achieving sustainability goals. Her success as a project manager is based on structured workplans, innovative design and delivery, continuous improvement, ongoing client engagement, and significant technical experience with greenhouse gas emissions inventories, protocols, and accounting tools; energy baseline and benchmarking tools; and strategic planning processes. Kim is also adept at facilitation, training, and public engagement. She has applied her skills in both the public and private sector with specific emphasis on local government sustainability initiatives and corporate sustainability programs. Kim is a member of the American Planning Association, Chair of the American Public Works Association Center for Sustainability, and is one of the first Envision™ credentialed sustainability professionals in the US, which is focused on developing sustainable infrastructure.

Experience

1. Founder & CEO

   Kla Kim Lundgren Associates

   Dec 2014 — Present · Boston, MA, US

   Kim Lundgren Associates, Inc.(KLA) is a small, woman-owned, benefit corporation that delivers solutions to create sustainable communities. Driven by a passion to achieve tangible results, a desire to focus on innovation, and a sense of urgency to address the impacts of a changing climate, Kim Lundgren paved a new path and founded KLA. KLA excels in the design and implementation of sustainability plans and programs. We intimately understand the challenges associated with trying to instill a new way of thinking and behaving in order to create a sustainable community that works for everyone. Led by an early municipal sustainability pioneer, the KLA team delivers excellence through agile project management, continuous innovation, and high caliber performance. The team has expertise and decades of experience in strategic sustainability planning, greenhouse gas accounting, climate vulnerability assessments, sustainability indicator development & performance measurement, communications & marketing, community & stakeholder engagement, change management, facilitation, and training.

Education

• Oregon State University

  Environmental Science

  1995 — 1995

• University of Massachusetts Amherst

  BS, Environmental Science

  1993 — 1997

• Tufts University

  MA, Urban and Environmental Policy & Planning

  2000 — 2002

• Griffith University

  Australian Environmental Studies

  1997 — 1997

Skills

• Fundraising
• Climate Change Adaptation
• Renewable Energy
• Environmental Engineering
• Energy
• Project Planning
• Sustainable Business
• Environmental Awareness
• Environmental Planning
• Mitigation
• Strategic Planning
• Sustainable Development
• Carbon
• Environmental Permitting
• Program Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Strategy
• Environmental Policy
• Energy Policy
• Policy Analysis
• Community Outreach
• Environmental Issues
• Project Management
• Environmental Consulting
• Policy
• Green Building
• Leadership
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Public Policy
• Carbon Footprinting
• Sustainability Consulting
• Urban Planning
• Climate Change
• Sustainability
• Sustainability Reporting
• Land Use Planning
• Environmental Science
• Public Speaking
• Energy Efficiency