Meet the
team

Prior to Validere, Karen Marsh served as a senior environmental engineer and lead regulation developer for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), authoring key regulations, such as New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the oil and gas industry. A licensed Professional Engineer with a focus in climate change, Karen has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University, and a M.Sc. in Water and Waste Engineering from Loughborough University. She brings 15+ years of experience in developing regulations to reduce methane emissions, various leak detection and repair (LDAR) regulations, fugitive emissions detection, air permitting, and greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting.