Title: Director, Commercialization Practice
Category: Managing Professional
Education: M.S., Civil Engineering; B.S., Chemical Engineering
Ms. Dufresne received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Lowell, Lowell, MA, and her M.S. in Civil Engineering, Hazardous Materials Management, from Tufts University, Medford, MA. She spent 8 years at the Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance, providing hands-on pollution prevention and regulatory compliance assistance to large and small businesses, universities, state agencies, and municipalities throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, including researching new manufacturing methods and materials for reducing a facility’s use of hazardous materials. Prior to that, she worked in the printed circuit board manufacturing industry in both manufacturing and environmental affairs. Ms. Dufresne joined Foresight in May of 2000 and has worked on hundreds of technologies in the medical, environmental and energy arenas. Her areas of specialty include environmental compliance and "green" technologies.