Kristin ShawKristin Shaw works in communications and public involvement at WSP, one of the world's leading engineering professional services consulting firms, where she is responsible for outreach and public involvement efforts for some of the largest and most inovative transportation, resilience, and infrastructure projects across the United States. Formerly, Shaw served as Digital Marketing Manager for TCF Center, Detroit's Convention Center, where she also served as the project administrator for the 2019 LEED Gold Certification and oversaw many of the facility's corporate social responsibility programs and sustainability efforts.As a versatile marketing and communications leader and photographer, Shaw draws from a passion for visual storytelling, sustainability, and urban planning to focus on transportation systems that reduce emissions and provide more equitable and accessible options for all users. With a focus on human behavior and experience, Shaw believes that the best places are built from the collective imagination. She has significant experience in both policy development and implementation regarding materials management, green buildings, sustainable business practices, environmental education, and marketing, as well as working with environmentaljustice communities.Shaw serves on the Michigan Leadership Advisory Board for the USGBC Detroit region and as a co-chair of the Detroit City Council Recycling and Waste Reduction Committee. She is a member of the American Planning Association, Women in Transportation, and Women in Climate Tech and has been involved with the MidtownCultural Connections planning team in Detroit. Shaw additionally works with the State of Michigan Council on Climate Solutions: Buildings and Housing and Transportation and Mobility Working Groups Shaw has received numerous awards and accreditations throughout her career. She is a LEED-accredited professional and was recognized with the 2019 USGBC Detroit Outstanding Leadership in Sustainability award, Michigan Association of Planning Outstanding Graduate Project award, Detroit Young Professionals Vanguard award, Public Relations Student Society of America Brick award, and Wayne State University Alumni Award, and she was honored in 2019 to be among Crain's Detroit Business 20 in Their Twenties. Shaw is a featured artist in the 2021 SaveArtSpace exhibit At Whose Expense, where her combined passion of design and storytelling come together to press the issue of a climate emergency. In addition, Shaw volunteers with the Detroit 2030 District, Green Living Science, EcoWorks Detroit, Bees in the D, and other local organizations. Shaw holds a bachelor's degree in Public Relations and a master's degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Wayne State University.Shaw believes that with the right amount of listening, learning, and action, equitable and sustainable cities are just around the corner. Read More Read Less