Kathy Klein

Executive Director

Kathy Klein is PDE’s Executive Director.

Kathy first joined PDE in 1997 and served as the Executive Director until 2007. Before her return to PDE in 2018, she was the Executive Director of the Water Resources Association of the Delaware River Basin and worked as a strategic planning consultant with the Philadelphia Water Department.  Throughout her career, Kathy has worked to improve environmental quality in the Delaware River Watershed and spent many years serving as development and program directors for several other regional organizations.

Kathy has a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from the University of Colorado, Boulder. She resides in Wilmington, Delaware, and likes to spend weekends enjoying the Delaware River in Stockton, New Jersey, with her family and dog, Kai.

You can reach Klein via email kklein@delawareestuary.org.