| As a research professional in the Planning and Environmental Services unit, Katie
                                    Hill helps governmental clients at the local, state and national level develop solutions
                                    to environmental challenges and take advantage of opportunities. An attorney who joined
                                    the Institute of Government in 2020, Katie works on projects concerning environmental
                                    policy analysis and development, natural resource planning, climate resilience, land
                                    use, wastewater infrastructure and land conservation. Prior to joining the Institute,
                                    Katie was a legal associate at the University of Georgia River Basin Center, where
                                    she worked on a wide range of environmental policy and planning projects and authored
                                    guidebooks on local wetlands protection, coastal wastewater management and ad valorem
                                    taxation of conservation easement properties. Katie is a member of the 2018 class
                                    of the Georgia Institute for Environmental Leadership and is a former member-at-Large
                                    for the Environmental Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia.  |  
                           
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                                    J.D., University of Georgia School of LawB.S., University of Florida |