Kate Winnebeck

Senior Sustainability Advisor, LCA practice lead at Pure Strategies, Inc.
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Credentials

  • Life cycle assessment certified professional
    American Center for Life Cycle Assessment
    Oct, 2011
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • Pure Strategies, Inc.
    • United States
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Sustainability Advisor, LCA practice lead
      • Sep 2021 - Present

      As life cycle assessment practice lead, I perform LCAs for clients to support their sustainability strategy. As life cycle assessment practice lead, I perform LCAs for clients to support their sustainability strategy.

  • New York State Pollution Prevention Institute (NYSP2I)
    • United States
    • Environmental Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Pollution Prevention Engineer
      • May 2021 - Sep 2021

      Developed and delivered a novel framework for calculating greenhouse gas emissions reduction potential at start ups, in partnership with NYSERDA, NYS incubators, and Clean Tech Open. Expert in product life cycle assessments, with a specific focus on reusable & disposable products and modeling recycling and remanufacturing at end of life.

    • Emerging Contaminants Program Manager
      • Jul 2018 - Sep 2021

      Design, develop and implement research projects to identify the sources of contaminants and source reduction methods. Outcomes directly impact New York State environmental policy. Areas of focus: the contribution of household & other products to 1,4 dioxane water contamination and investigating sources of PFAS water contamination.

    • Senior Project Manager
      • Mar 2017 - Apr 2021

      LCA program manager with fifteen years experience performing life cycle assessments (LCA) to quantify environmental impacts and determine areas for improvement. Results identify and lead to cost and environmental savings. Focus on modeling recycling and remanufacturing systems. Clients include Welch Allyn, Bausch & Lomb, Kodak, New Pig, Urban Mining Northeast, OLEDWorks, and NYSERDA.

    • Senior Environmental Health & Safety Specialist
      • Oct 2011 - Feb 2017

      Assist companies with product stewardship and reductions in toxic chemical use initiatives. Perform green product assessments, including evaluation of a product's environmental attributes, recyclability, and human health effects and life cycle assessments (LCA) to assist companies in quantifying their environmental effects and determine areas for improvement. Manage projects from proposal development to budget, timeline, and deliverables.LCA program manager. Oversee LCA projects and activities within NYSP2I. Proficient in SimaPro LCA software, performing ISO 14040/14044 complaint comparative assertion LCAs, streamlined LCAs, and both chairing and serving as a committee member of LCA peer review panels. LCA Certified Professional, Oct. 2011-Oct. 2017.Successfully awarded $427K grant funding from the US EPA Region 2 Pollution Prevention program, US EPA Region 2 Source Reduction Assistance program, US EPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, and US EPA Environmental Education program. Developed project concepts and budgets, authored proposals, and served as co-PI of awarded projects. As the NYS Professional Wet Cleaning Program Manager, provide assistance and education to NYS dry cleaners on environmentally preferable garment cleaning processes, manage the conversion of cleaners to wet cleaning, conduct demonstrations at wet cleaners, and design and develop a consumer education program. Through in person workshops and webinars, educate the public on toxics found in the home environment and ways in which they can reduce their and the environment’s exposures.Serve as manuscript reviewer for the Journal of Cleaner Production.

    • Environmental Health & Safety Specialist
      • Jun 2005 - Sep 2011

      Train and mentor small and medium size companies within central and western New York to develop sustainable and effective safety teams and safety management programs. Includes performing ergonomics and safety walkthrough assessments, identifying hazards and violations of 29CFR1910 standards, remediating hazards, and developing and delivering training to 2,000+ individuals at 30+ companies. Co-PI, funded by NYS Hazard Abatement Board.

  • Rochester Institute of Technology
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Environmental Health & Safety Coop
      • Mar 2003 - May 2005

      Alternated three month blocks of full-time work and working 20 hours per week while taking classes full-time. Provided ergonomics, safety and health consultation for small to medium sized companies across Western New York. • Performed ergonomics and safety & health onsite assessments for 40+ client companies. Identified violations of 29CFR1910 Occupational Safety & Health Standards and proposed interventions. Composed technical reports as a result of onsite assessments and, in most cases, presented reported findings to client management ranging up to CEO level • Developed and delivered company-specific mandatory OSHA training to over 1,000 employees. • Performed lockout/tagout inventories & developed 350+ machine specific LOTO procedures. • Independently performed onsite chemical inventories at client companies.

  • Alcoa
    • United States
    • Mining
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Environmental Engineering Intern
      • Jun 2002 - Sep 2002

      Performed environmental engineering tasks at two aluminum smelters totaling 360,000 metric tons of annual capacity. Operated in a heavy manufacturing setting with minimal supervision. • Mapped plant waste streams and developed single point lessons in preparation for ISO 14001 registration. • Created and implemented a series of tracking forms for all plant waste streams in both smelters and dust collector inspection forms for compliance with Title V air permit. Performed environmental engineering tasks at two aluminum smelters totaling 360,000 metric tons of annual capacity. Operated in a heavy manufacturing setting with minimal supervision. • Mapped plant waste streams and developed single point lessons in preparation for ISO 14001 registration. • Created and implemented a series of tracking forms for all plant waste streams in both smelters and dust collector inspection forms for compliance with Title V air permit.

  • Alcoa
    • United States
    • Mining
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Organic Preparation Lab Intern
      • Jun 2001 - Sep 2001

      Prepared soil and water samples from the dredging of the St. Lawrence River and from a 700 plus acre 100 year old aluminum plant site. Performed extractions of water and solid samples in preparation for PCB, pH, pAH, BN, and BNA analyses. Improved the extraction process flow path resulting in improved efficiency measured by the number of extractions performed per hour at no additional cost. Prepared soil and water samples from the dredging of the St. Lawrence River and from a 700 plus acre 100 year old aluminum plant site. Performed extractions of water and solid samples in preparation for PCB, pH, pAH, BN, and BNA analyses. Improved the extraction process flow path resulting in improved efficiency measured by the number of extractions performed per hour at no additional cost.

Education

  • Rochester Institute of Technology
    BS, Environmental Management
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
    MS, Environmental Health & Safety Management

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