As founding Chair of the Tailings and Mine Waste Committee of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME), Kimberly (Kim) Finke Morrison, PE, RG, actively works to raise awareness about responsible tailings management through programs and training. Kim served as the managing editor for the first edition of SME's Tailings Management Handbook: A Life-Cycle Approach, published in early 2022, and has authored or coauthored nearly 40 other technical publications A consultant for more than 20 years, Kim brought her experience into the mining industry. For 5 years, commencing 2019, she served as the global function lead for tailings, dams, and heap leach at Newmont's corporate headquarters in Denver, Colorado. In 2020, she was named to the 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining (WIM100) and received the SME President's Individual Citation Award for significant individual contribution and leadership in the mining industry.