A member of the Gesgapegiag Mi'kmaq tribe in Quebec, Canada, and a dual citizen of Canada and the United States, Kathryn R. Burton has been moving between worlds all her life.She served as Chief of Staff to the City of Boston (the first Indigenous person to hold a Cabinet position in the city) during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, coordinating over 18,000 employees and a $3.6B operating budget during a major public health crisis.As Chief of Staff for the State Treasurer for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Kathryn handled major statewide initiatives, and designed and oversaw complex public debt and public finance structures, while ensuring that small business owners, women, minorities, immigrants, and veterans had access to the pioneering Small Business Banking partnership.Ms. Burton advises a range of nonprofits, start-up companies, and community organizations.