Kimery Wiltshire

Kimery Wiltshire is the CEO and director of Carpe Diem West, a non-profit dedicated to addressing the effects of climate change on water resources. For over twenty years, Kimery’s work has focused on building strategic, solution focused partnerships to meet water and climate challenges. She is the former Director of the Kenney Foundation, where she worked on initiatives to protect and restore river systems in the western United States.

She has also led the development of a number of projects, including the Diversity Network Project, which supported social justice and housing in the context of urban environmental health, Resources for Community Collaboration, which provided funding and training for western rural communities to more effectively engage in resource decision making, the Sustainable Business Ratings System, an innovative means of assessing companies’ environmental, economic and social performance, and Girl Scouts Save the Bay, which grew to involve the 100,000-strong Northern California Girl Scout community.