Team member highlight: Meet Kit Price

Kit joined Encore as a Benefits & Culture Generalist in August 2024. As one-half of Encore’s People & Talent team, Kit ensures that Encore’s company culture remains strong and employees have all of their needs met. Prior to joining Encore, she worked at the trade association Renewable Energy Vermont (REV) for over 3 years managing day-to-day operations and organizing the annual REV conference. She also spearheaded organizing several womxn+ in energy networking happy hours. Prior to moving to Vermont, Kit served as a researcher and project manager for Dr. Dorceta Taylor, a professor in environmental justice at the University of Michigan.

Kit has Master’s degrees in Sustainable Systems and Business Management from the University of Michigan and an undergraduate degree in Geology from the College of Wooster. Outside of work, Kit enjoys quilting, exploring nature and collecting rocks and fossils, spending time with her family and two cats, and furthering mental health awareness and destigmatization efforts.

3 Questions to get to know Kit

What does a sustainable future mean to you?

With my geology background I continue to think about how we alter our environment without regard to natural systems and how it continues to only provide short term wins. To get to a future that is truly sustainable, I believe we need to change how we approach the natural world. We need to stop trying to control nature by asking “what can you do for us?” and instead approach it as a collaborator by asking “how do we do this together?” Our planet houses an abundance of sophisticated and impressive self regulating systems that work on many different timelines (millions of years, decades, months, days) and in order find sustainability we need to learn to live in concert with these systems.

What’s your favorite way to spend time outside?

I love exploring nature and collecting rocks and fossils. I’ve learned the hard way that I should never venture into nature without extra room in my pack or a bag to hold my finds (I have had to become very creative when I find myself in a bind). I also love swimming and I’m at home in the water.

What’s a great book or podcast you’ve engaged with recently?

I recently read A Happy Place by Emily Henry and loved it. 10/10 recommend. I would also suggest the podcast “We can do hard things” by Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle. It’s both inspiring and feels like a hug.