Kristin Fitzgerald is with U.S. EPA's Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery in Washington, DC. She has been with the Agency for fourteen years, working primarily on hazardous waste generator issues. Kristin started working on hazardous waste generator issues. Kristin started working on RCRA twenty-five years ago – answering questions on the RCRA/Superfund Hotline. Prior to joining EPA she worked as a consultant to the EPA and the Department of Energy and conducted research on the effects of elevated carbon dioxide on wetland plants while managing a laboratory at a University. She holds a B.A. in Government from St. Lawrence University in New York and an M.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from George Mason University in Virginia.