Kaleigh Sims, Board Member

Kaleigh Sims is the Director of Regulatory and Environmental Services at a large water resource recovery utility in Greenville, SC (ReWa). She has over 10 years of experience in the water sector. Her background is in stream ecology with a master’s in environmental toxicology, but she has worked in many sectors of water from drinking water, stormwater, and wastewater to assessing environmental risk.   Her role at ReWa focuses on strategic planning initiatives for ReWa’s environmental laboratory, pretreatment program, environmental compliance, and natural resource departments. Kaleigh oversees the big picture projects that help ReWa protect human health through monitoring and compliance but also protect the environment through environmental compliance and long-term natural resource planning.  Natural resource protection is deeply engrained in Kaleigh’s passion for the work that she does day in and day out.

Q&A WITH KALEIGH

FEATURED IN THE MARCH REEDY RECAP BOARD MEMBER HIGHLIGHT

Best piece of advice for taking care of the Reedy River 

Through small actions we all create a ripple effect, it is important to practice environmental stewardship in your own backyard

Most fun part-time job you've ever had  

US Forestry Service, Summer spent doing trail maintenance, mountain bog restoration, and hog trapping

What's your favorite book? 

That is a hard one, recent one is probably Untamed: Wildest Women in American and the Fight for Cumberland Island