Dr. Katy Baugus, Justice Industries, Inc.
Friday, August 7, 2026 I 7:30 - 9:00 am CT
Urban Green Lab
Dr. Katy Baugus, EdD, CSWM, is the Executive Director of Justice Industries, Inc., a Nashville-based nonprofit social enterprise weaving together environmental stewardship and workforce development for individuals facing barriers to employment. Through Just.Glass and Just.Mattresses, Justice Industries diverts glass and mattresses from landfills in partnership with Springback Mattress Recycling, and supports seasonal Christmas tree recycling with Preston Taylor Ministries.
A social worker by training, Dr. Baugus spent years teaching graduate social work and mentoring the next generation of practitioners while living abroad as a military spouse. That experience, moving through communities around the world and seeing both inequity and resilience up close, deepened her commitment to work that treats people as assets rather than problems to solve. Environmental social work became a natural extension of that commitment.
A proud military spouse who has been happy to call Nashville home for the past three years, Dr. Baugus brings both a global perspective and deep local investment to her work at Justice Industries.
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