Geory Kurtzhals

Geory Kurtzhals joined the Notre Dame Sustainability Team as the Senior Director in July 2022. In this role, she oversees the direction of the team while focusing on strategic operational partnerships to advance campus sustainability. Geory has worked within higher education sustainability for over a decade, with prior experience at Indiana University, Southern Illinois University, and Clark University. After an early and diverse corporate career with Starbucks Coffee, she fulfilled a childhood dream by serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nicaragua. During this 27-month experience, Geory had the opportunity to think deeply about our role in the world - how our individual and collective decisions affect our local and global neighbors.

 

Upon returning to the United States, she completed her Master of Business Administration in Sustainability and Social Change in 2015 at Clark University Graduate School of Management in Worcester, Massachusetts, where she was a Paul D. Coverdell Fellow. Geory earned her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism with a certificate in Environmental Studies in 2001 from Indiana University in Bloomington. Geory’s diverse background also includes work as an outdoor educator and additional volunteer and cultural exchange experiences within and outside of the United States.