Dr. Kath Williams brings many years of experience in sustainability to help committed owners and project teams meet their sustainability goals. Her areas of specialization include application of green building rating systems, sustainability education and training for corporations and professional firms, and development of high performance building standards.
The firm's specialty in LEED project development, LEED documentation, sustainability education and training, and strategic planning using an integrated design and the charrette process are globally recognized since it's founding in 1999.
Kath's professional expertise was recognized with the awarding of the LEED FELLOW 2011 designation as one of the first 34 in the world! She was the first inductee into the India Green Building Hall of Fame for her decade of work promoting and documenting a variety of high performance buildings across India.
As assistant to Vice President of Research at Montana State University, Kath was introduced to green building technologies as principal investigator on a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) grant. She was project chief for the Montana State University EPICenter project in the 1990s that served as the basis for the Living Building concept and was a test case for LEED. She was appointed to the new US Green Building Council in 1996 and was elected vice chair, serving for six years under the first three USGBC chairpersons.
Later as president of the World Green Building Council for three years, Kath helped found green building councils in India, Taiwan, Australia, Mexico, UAE, El Salvador, and Guatemala, where she is an honorary, lifetime member.
Kath was honored in Montana by USGBC-Montana with the first "Pioneer" award and recently was named one of the 125 Women of Achievement, designated during the celebration of the 125 years of Montana State University, where she earned her doctorate in 1998. She has served as a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Australia, supporting the development GreenStar.
In 2024, USGBC honored Kath with the Kath Hurst Leadership Award. The award luncheon was held at Greenbuild Philadelphia in November.
As a community volunteer, Kath served two terms as President of the Board of Trustees for the Museum of the Rockies, Inc. in Bozeman, Montana. She was recently elected to the Board of Directors for Warriors and Quiet Waters Foundation, Inc. (warriorsandquietwaters.org)
