Kate Harvey

Kate Harvey is an Associate at the Consensus Building Institute, where she designs and facilitates meetings about environmental and public policy issues. Recent projects include designing and facilitating the founding meetings of the U.S. Offshore Wind Collaborative, designing and facilitating a collaborative sustainable development regional planning process in three Rhode Island communities, leading visioning sessions with national public housing leadership on the future of public housing, and co-facilitating citizen advisory groups seeking agreement on Superfund cleanup processes. Kate co-manages a coalition of agencies and organizations working to improve air quality in the Boston area through voluntary programs. She has also co-facilitated Aquaculture Dialogue and Global Forest and Trade Network agreement seeking sessions for the World Wildlife Fund.

Kate has co-authored and led multiple multiparty teaching simulations on natural resource management and decision-making for federal and international agency leaders, community organizations, and research institutions in the U.S. and abroad. She has developed and delivered courses on negotiation and communication skills for conservationists, and participates in an ongoing series of courses on resolving land use disputes.

Recent Media Appearances or Coverage

• April 2008, Providence Journal 

Articles by Kate Harvey