Dr. Beth Schenk

Executive Director of Environmental Stewardship at Providence

Beth Schenk has been committed to decreasing the environmental impacts of health care for almost 30 years. Through conservation of resources, by improving practices and processes, and through education and research, she has helped drive improvements in Providence and serves as its Executive Director of Environmental Stewardship, helping advance the organization toward its goal of becoming carbon negative by 2030. Beth is an assistant research professor at Washington State University College of Nursing. She led the development of CHANT: Climate and Health Tool, measuring health professionals’ awareness and engagement with climate change and health. CHANT has been translated to several languages and used in over 30 nations. She developed the WE ACT Framework (Waste, Energy/water, Agriculture/food, Chemicals, Transportation) to organize the extensive range of environmental stewardship, while motivating action.