About Us

Envirolutions Consulting was started in 2014 by Principal Laura McKaughan in Oakland, CA. Laura served as Associate Director of Green Programs for the SF Conservation Corps for nearly 8 years and also previously served as a Sustainability Coordinator for Stanford University Student Housing. She is the former President of the Northern California Recycling Association and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the California Resource Recovery Association. Envirolutions Consulting specializes in small businesses, multi-tenant commercial complexes as well as multi-family dwellings in implementing effective waste diversion programs. Envirolutions has also reached multi-cultural audiences with bilingual staff. Our dedicated team has been effective at implementing programs resulting in tons of new material being diverted away from landfills, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and assisting the state and communities throughout California in reaching their diversion goals.

The Envirolutions Team

Laura McKaughan
Principal

​Laura is an environmental consultant with over 13 years experience in planning and implementing zero waste projects. She has provided technical assistance to local government and private industry in commercial recycling and organics and has delivered hundreds of hours of education in zero waste to schools, businesses and nonprofits.

Juliana Gerber
​Project Lead

Juliana Gerber joined Envirolutions in 2015, where her 20+ years of administrative experience, and 10+ years in the resource recovery field, have been able to shine. Juliana currently assists Envirolutions in a variety of projects such as commercial and residential zero waste outreach, technical assistance and waste characterizations. She also assists Envirolutions with training volunteers for multi-family organics participation, as well as technical assistance for waste audits and reporting.

Alejandra Warren   
Project Associate

Alejandra is a strong advocate of zero waste, sustainability and environmental conservation both in her personal and professional life. She currently assists Envirolutions in a variety of projects such as bilingual commercial and residential zero waste outreach, technical assistance and waste characterizations. Alejandra also co-led the efforts for the passage of the single use plastic ban in Pacifica in 2018.

Alicia Boal
Project Associate

​Alicia has worked with Envirolutions since July 2019. Her administrative skills have dovetailed into her role with Envirolutions Consulting. She has also worked on numerous projects as a technical assistant that have helped both residential and consumer clients reduce their carbon footprint. She has also participated in waste characterizations that help municipalities better understand how their clientele can better divert their waste and increase sustainability.

Jeffrey Fialkowski
Project Associate

Since 2014, Jeffrey has worked with various environmental organizations like the Pennsylvania Resources Council and Race to Zero Waste to hit material diversion rates as high as 95% large charitable and community events in the greater Pittsburgh area of Pennsylvania as well as the San Francisco Bay Area. As part of Envirolutions Consulting, he works with local governments, waste haulers, and other organizations to ensure that modern consumers and businesses reduce their carbon footprint, avoid waste, and increase the sustainability of their day-to-day operations.

Kate Ashton
​Admin Associate

Kate joined the Envirolutions team in 2019 as their Quickbooks ProAdvising Bookkeeper. Kate has 15+ years of administration and business knowledge with a core strength in finances and bookkeeping. Kate loves working with businesses that make differences in other people's lives, both large and small. 
Kate helps her clients by supporting the management of their daily financial needs so they can focus on running your business and generating profits.
You can reach Kate here