Matt Kuharic

Adjunct Instructor

MKuharic@Cornish.edu

Matt Kuharic is the Program Manager of Climate Change Initiatives in King County’s Department of Natural Resources and Parks. Prior to this role, Matt was the County’s Climate Change Response Coordinator in the King County Executive Office. Matt has a B.A. in geology from Carleton College, Minnesota and spent several years researching glacial history and long term climate change in Tibet and Mongolia before receiving a graduate certificate in Environmental Management from the University of Washington in Seattle. Matt’s current work focuses on greenhouse gas emissions mitigation efforts as well as helping the government and community prepare for inevitable climate change impacts. Matt taught HS 370, The Science and Policy of Climate Change, at Cornish College during the Spring of 2007, and is excited to engage with the Cornish community again.