The Pitch‘s Questionnaire with Green Works in Kansas City President Kate Corwin
Name: Kate Corwin
Occupation: President, Green Works in Kansas City
Tell us about your work with Green Works: We educate urban high school students about the environment and then raise money to place them in paid summer internships in the environmental field. The goal is to get these students involved in meaningful environmental projects and introduce them to careers that most of them have never considered. We are the only nonprofit in Kansas City doing this work.
Hometown: I grew up in the Flint Hills, in the town of Wamego, Kansas.
Current neighborhood: Southmoreland neighborhood northeast of the Plaza
Who or what is your sidekick? My sidekick is a rescue beagle named Scout. Scout does yoga at around 4 p.m. on her favorite rug and eats as many vegetables as I do. And she reminds me to have fun.
What career would you choose in an alternate reality? I have so many: film director, comedian, saxophone player for a rock band, scientist, sculptor, owner of a garden store, architect, even hotel concierge. I’ve been told that I’d do a heck of a job as director of FEMA, but I wouldn’t enjoy it.
