Kathy Pope
Development Director and Community Outreach Manager
Email: kathy.pope@environmentalprotectionnetwork.org
Kathy Pope serves as EPN’s Development Director and Community Outreach Manager. Kathy not only manages EPN’s development work, but also co-founded and manages our pro bono capacity-building technical assistance program to fight climate change and environmental injustices across the country.
Kathy has 18 years of editorial and office management experience. Prior to joining EPN, she worked independently with editorial clients such as Wiley Publishing, Agency Sacks, and California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment, where she contributed to research on climate justice. She also assisted on a hydrogen fueling campaign in California for E4 Strategic Solutions. Prior to her environmental work, she managed large-scale interior design projects and served as an editor at Rubin Postaer and Associates, the largest independent advertising agency on the West Coast. At EPN, Kathy combines her expertise in development, outreach, and project management to expand resources, strengthen partnerships, and advance environmental justice.
Kathy lives in New York with her husband and twins.