KATIE WEILER

Katie Weiler has spent over a decade in the business world, starting in the travel industry and transitioned into management consulting focusing on actionable strategy and leadership development before pivoting into marketing and SEO strategy. In 2017 Katie became hooked on our global plastics crisis and began growing her set of knowledge around plastics issues. She started a journey to be plastic free and low waste while running an educational Instagram on single-use plastic. Katie founded Viable Gear in 2021, a company seeking to reduce petroleum-based plastics in the aquaculture and fishing industries by using a seaweed-based bioplastic. Katie also does sustainable consulting to help individuals and companies reduce their waste and plastic footprint with actionable changes that are implementable and financially achievable. 

Katie lives in Portland, ME and works out of her home office and the New England Ocean Cluster. When she’s not in front of her computer she is enjoying the outdoors skiing or walking her dog, practicing yoga, enjoying the food scene in Maine, and generally having a good time because life is short!