Kate (Roberts) Whetzel Email & Phone Number

Strategic, globally minded, and high-performing program director with 12+ years of progressively responsible leadership experience for mission-driven organizations in the US and abroad. History of consistent achievement at the confluence of strategy, program design, operations, and talent development.Process-oriented and highly analytical with a strong bias toward action and results. Passionate about guiding impact businesses and nonprofits to design, build, and fund greater impact and scale. Track record of building innovative systems, scaling operations, optimizing key processes, delivering cost savings and efficiencies, and cultivating strong cross-sector partnerships to enhance organizational effectiveness. Entrepreneurial, highly adaptable, and culturally sensitive. Combines startup management experience in the Bay Area with extensive portfolio of freelance consulting work and strategic leadership experience for programs in Nepal, Tanzania, Zambia, and Nicaragua.Professional enabler. Leverages superlative communication skills and an empathetic ability to bring out the best performance in others. Expertise in developing leadership capabilities critical to an organization’s growth and evolution.Influential relationship cultivator with success in mobilizing government, nonprofit, business, and community stakeholders around a shared vision. Possesses an MBA with extensive coursework completed in the area of launching and scaling startups. Enthusiastic about partnering with corporate and non-profit organizations that seek to drive positive social change. Core Competencies:Strategic Planning | Program Management | Continuous Improvement | Organizational Development | Cost Savings & Efficiencies | Systems Improvement | Sustainability & Social Impact Measurement | Capacity Building | Programmatic Initiatives | Project Management | Nonprofit Management | Cross-Sector Partnerships | Stakeholder Management | Project Leadership | Communication | Financial Analysis | Data & Insights | Financial Administration | Training & Development | Talent Management | Fundraising | Event & Conference Management | Diversity & Inclusion | Coaching | Advising | Mentoring | Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)