Kristen Hite

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Name: Kristen Hite
Member Since: October 3rd, 2006
Member Name: Kristen.hite
Biography:

Kristen Hite helps leverage international investments for sustainable development through her work in the international program of Environmental Defense. She has also worked for the Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans, assisting with rebuilding efforts following Hurricane Katrina. While in law school, Hite served as an editor of the Georgetown International Environmental Law Review and directed a symposium on the environmental consequences of war. A founding member of SustainUS, she has been a spokesperson for international youth during UN negotiations on sustainable development.

J.D., Georgetown University Law Center; M.S. gestión ambiental/environmental management, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador); B.S. biology, B.A. Spanish, Wofford College.