Gretchen Worth leads the Susan Christopherson Center for Community Planning’s (The Christopherson Center) work with New York State communities on planning issues at the intersection of climate resiliency, equity, and the built environment. The Christopherson Center is a founding partner of Circularity, Reuse, and Zero Waste Development (CR0WD), a collaborative network advocating for more sustainable treatment of our built environment, including the development of a circular construction economy in which deconstruction and building material reuse are the norm, rather than demolition and the creation of vast amounts of landfill waste. Worth has a bachelor’s in journalism and master’s degrees in historic preservation planning and global development.