Kathryn Haynes
Executive Director
Southeast Compact Commission
Forum Convenor
Member of the LLW Forum Executive Committee

Appointed Forum Participant by the Southeast Compact Commission in 1987

As Executive Director of the Southeast Compact Commission for Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management, Kathryn Haynes is responsible for the day-to-day activities of the commission. She began work with the Southeast Compact in 1984 — one year after the formation of the compact—and became Executive Director in 1988. Over the course of her long association with the compact, she has assisted the commission in developing and implementing a procedure for selecting a second host state, amending the compact law in eight states and Congress, lobbying Congress for the enactment of the Low-Level Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985, developing policy to allow the importation of waste to the regional facility in South Carolina during 1993 and 1994, and monitoring site development in North Carolina.

Haynes began her professional career as a health educator and has worked with the public and private sectors to resolve controversial public health issues including the introduction of sex education into public schools, the promotion of water fluoridation in public water systems, and the siting of hazardous waste treatment facilities.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology and anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a master’s in public health from the University of North Carolina School of Public Health.

Haynes, a strong believer in interregional cooperation, is one of the founders of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Forum. She was elected by her peers to serve as Alternate Convenor of the LLW Forum in 1994, and was elected in 1999 to her second term as Forum Convenor. She has published articles about siting controversial facilities in professional and trade journals and has taught public health courses at universities in North Carolina.