Karin Didriksen North currently works as an Associate Engineer in the City of Palo Alto's Environmental Compliance Division. Ms. North received her bachelor's degree in environmental science and hydrological science and a master's degree in environmental science management (specialization groundwater remediation) from the University of California Santa Barbara.

She works on a variety of projects focusing on pollution prevention for wastewater and stormwater. She stays abreast of emerging contaminants entering the Bay, as chair of the chair of the Santa Clara Watershed Management Initiative Emerging Contaminants Workgroup. Her most recent challenge is to develop a Bay Area-wide solution to the proper disposal of pharmaceutical waste. She has worked in the environmental field for local government and private consultants in California and Sydney, Australia for approximately 8 years.