<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/0703-paige-karl-from-green-mountains-to-urban-sustainability.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><feature_title>Featured News</feature_title><title>Paige Karl ’24: From the Green Mountains to urban sustainability</title><author>Jodi Frank</author><author_email>info@skidmore.edu</author_email><pubDate>07/07/2025 05:22:03 PM</pubDate><display>display</display><description>With the help of alumni mentors and experiential learning at Skidmore, Vermont native and former student-athlete Paige Karl ’24 has transformed a lifelong interest in the environment into a corporate sustainability role in New York City.</description><category>Alumni Stories</category><image_listing><img src="/news/2025/images/0703-paige-karl-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Paige Karl headshot: She wears all black and stands in front of a white wall"/></image_listing><image><img src="/news/2025/images/0703-paige-karl-banner.jpg" alt="With the help of alumni mentors and experiential learning at Skidmore, Vermont native and former student-athlete Paige Karl ’24 transformed a lifelong interest in the environment into a corporate sustainability role in New York City. "/></image><caption>With the help of alumni mentors and experiential learning at Skidmore, Vermont native and former student-athlete Paige Karl ’24 transformed a lifelong interest in the environment into a corporate sustainability role in New York City.</caption></item>