Dr. Mary Kirchhoff is Executive Vice President of Scientific Advancement at the American Chemical Society and Director of the ACS Green Chemistry Institute. Her career has spanned a variety of experiences related to sustainability in chemistry, including working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's green chemistry program and co-editing a book on *Greener Approaches to Undergraduate Chemistry Experiments.* In this episode, Dr. Kirchhoff shares insights from her career and and the importance of green chemistry with two graduate student interviewers from the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology.