2025 Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit

Interests: Sustainability, fisheries management, ecology, environmental permitting and compliance, RTE species management

Short Bio:
Kimberly Long serves as a Principal Environmental Specialist with Constellation coordinating environmental permitting and compliance for growth and development projects. Previously, Ms. Long served as a Principal Consultant with ERM in the Corporate Sustainability & Strategy Group and as an Environmental Performance Improvement Manager with Exelon Corporation. In these roles, she was responsible for coordination of annual environmental performance and sustainability reporting, conducting benchmarking analyses and collaborating with key environmental stakeholders, developing new environmental initiatives and coordinating environmental stewardship activities. Additionally, with Exelon, Ms. Long served as a FERC License Compliance Manager overseeing the implementation of environmental, recreation, fish passage and flow management requirements for Exelon’s hydroelectric facilities. She also served as a subject matter expert responsible for environmental permitting and compliance support for NPDES, obstruction and encroachment, wetland, stormwater and drinking water programs.
Before joining Exelon, Ms. Long was employed with FirstEnergy Corporation as an Associate Scientist responsible for drinking water compliance, FERC relicensing support and obstruction and encroachment compliance at generation, transmission and distribution projects. Prior to that, Ms. Long worked for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection as a Watershed Manager and a Water Pollution Biologist. At the Department, Ms. Long conducted stream assessments for fish and macroinvertebrates and compliance surveys, coordinated activities of volunteer monitoring and watershed associations, and supported Growing Greener Grant administration throughout Southeast Pennsylvania.
Ms. Long serves on the Board of Directors for the CC-P Certification of the Association of Climate Change Officers and as an advisory board member of the PA Climate Leadership Academy. Ms. Long also serves on the Nominating Committee for the Partnership of the Delaware Estuary and the Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the Society of Women Environmental Professionals Philadelphia Chapter.
Ms. Long received a B.S. degree in Biology from Millersville University and an M.S. degree in Biology from Bucknell University.