Katherine W. Strange

Katherine is the Chief Legal Officer of Milestone Environmental, a leading environmental infrastructure company delivering reliable, safe, compliant, and best-in-class waste management solutions. In her role, Katherine oversees all legal, land, regulatory, human resources, and government affairs functions across Milestone and its subsidiaries. She leads the company’s legal and risk strategies and guides complex business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and contract negotiations, and provides general commercial, litigation, corporate compliance, and regulatory oversight.

Prior to joining Milestone, Katherine served in legal roles at CNOOC Energy USA, Marathon Oil Company, and Baker Hughes, where she advised on a broad range of domestic and international legal matters. She began her legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in San Antonio and then practiced at the Watt Beckworth law firm in Houston, where she specialized in oil and gas litigation and transactional matters. Katherine earned her B.A. in geology from Colgate University and her J.D. from the University of Houston.

She and her husband, Matt, live in Houston with their three daughters, son, and Dolly Parton — the best dog in the world.