Kate has spent more than 15 years leading global teams to deliver impactful results. She’s an expert in impact strategy, investing, philanthropy, and global marketing with a firm commitment to creating a more sustainable and inclusive world. Kate has raised $50+ million for, and invested $30M+ in, innovative tech-enabled entrepreneurial ventures. She’s currently in the privileged position to serve as impact investor and corporate philanthropist to advance Autodesk's sustainability and impact goals deploying millions in capital to promising startups and nonprofits.She brings a global perspective to her work having lived in Australia, China, and Colombia, and overseen projects across East Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Kate excels at challenging the status quo in order to have an outsized impact. She’s a savvy manager, creative thinker, and social enterprise strategist. She’s had the pleasure to serve as expert, speaker, and published author in leading media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Aspen Ideas Magazine, Impact Alpha, More Than Profit, Lean for Social Good Summit and more.