Kathleen Finlay

Special Advisor to the Board of Directors

Kathleen is a leader in the environmental movement and has been instrumental in organizing women who advance issues related to social justice and sustainability. Kathleen is currently president of the Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming, a nonprofit organization focused on local food production in the Hudson River Valley and educating a national audience about efforts to regionalize food and agriculture. Under her leadership, Glynwood has become a premier learning hub for food and farming professionals. 

Previously, Kathleen was director of Harvard’s Center for Health and the Global Environment, founded the Harvard Community Garden, produced two award-winning documentaries (Once Upon a Tide and Healthy Humans, Healthy Oceans) and co-authored the book Sustainable  Healthcare (Wiley, 2013). 

Kathleen also founded Pleiades, a membership organization working to advance women’s leadership in the sustainability movement. She holds a degree in biology from UC Santa Cruz and a master of science in science journalism from Boston University. She has authored numerous reports and publications and acts as an advisor to various environmental and community organizations, including Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney’s Agricultural Advisory Board and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s Agricultural Working Group.