Kirsten Bourne Consulting

I consult with business and nonprofit clients to build mission-based community, increase stakeholder engagement, and foster brand loyalty. I’m passionate about minimizing food waste, creating healthy habits in our personal lives, and communicating the impact of our habits on the environment.

Focus Areas

• Zero waste school operational systems implementation

• Curricular design, including developmentally-appropriate environmental education strategies and scaffolding for English language learners

• Educational programming and events strategy

• Brand and messaging strategy

• Public relations & media promotion

• Community partnership development and management

• Copywriting; online content curation

• Visual merchandising and promotion

• Packaging & label design/project management

• Live moderation and interviewing. Prior engagements have included:

  • Natural Products Expo East: Interview with Carla Vernon, Natural & Organic Operating Unit President at General Mills [pictured at right] (2018)

  • Pineapple Collaborative: Moderator, Against the Grain event panel (2018)

  • General Assembly: Moderator, Now You're Cooking: Making It as a Food Startup (2012)

Consulting Clients

• Environmental Education Consultant, Public Schools of the Tarrytowns, Sleepy Hollow, NY (2023)

• Marketing Consultant, Common Grain Alliance, Washington, DC (2022)

• Retail and Marketing Consultant, Glen’s Garden Market, Washington, DC (2018, 2013)

• Business Communications Consultant, Trickling Springs Creamery, Washington, DC (2014)

• Panelist on Social Media for food retail, National Specialty Food Association January and July 2013

• Panelist, UT Austin McCombs Business School Net Impact Sustainability Summit, 2012