Kami Bruner; she/they

Waste Reduction Program Manager, Zero Waste Washington

Kami currently serves as Zero Waste Washington's Waste Reduction Program Manager, and co-leads the Repair Economy project as well as ZWW's Fix-it Fair initiative. She originally hails from Nashville, TN with extended layovers in New Orleans and Los Angeles. Kami cut her teeth in community organizing while still in Nashville, working with multiple environmental organizations and grassroots social justice efforts. She got her BA in Religious Studies from The University of the South (Sewanee), an MS from Tulane University with a focus on just sustainable community development and disaster resilience, and completed an Urban Permaculture Design Certificate in Detroit. She’s interested in systems thinking, organizational capacity-building, and serving as connective tissue between great people and great ideas. When not building the Repair Economy, you’ll likely find her repurposing scavenged treasures, washing her collection of aluminum foil and ziploc bags, or nesting in the woods.