Kate Knight Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Texas, United States

Dallas, Texas, United States

Plano, Texas, United States

As Director of MPact, I served as the first Managing Director of MPact, PBC, the for-profit arm of My Possibilities a North Texas non-profit with a mission of helping adults with intellectual disabilities reach their full potential.• BUSINESS STRATEGY - vetted potential social enterprise opportunities and set strategy for reaching profitability goals• PROJECT MANAGEMENT - led post-acquisition transition of Soap Hope, LLC into the MPact portfolio, including business strategy and operation evaluation, technology overhaul, mission integration, and rebranding resulting in a 15% increase in margin• NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT - designed & launched private-label product line contributing 30% of 2020 revenue in six months• COMMUNITY RELATIONS - represented MPact as spokesperson and impact storyteller at community events and in the media• ORG DESIGN - developed complex inter-organization infrastructure to support the new non-profit/for-profit hybrid model to ensure 501c3 audit compliance

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Primarily responsibly for developing and providing oversight for the GroundFloor, an impact accelerator program which supports early-stage social ventures.• PROGRAM MANAGEMENT – design, implement and manage annual non-profit accelerator program and team to optimize organizations for maximum impact and sustainability, yielding 5x leverage of invested funds.• VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT – manage and engage working board made up of 30 volunteer executives to execute accelerator program, while providing dynamic corporate engagement opportunities for partner companies.• INVESTMENT OVERSIGHT – exercise responsible stewardship and provide due diligence and guidance throughout the fund allocation • IMPACT MEASUREMENT– develop key success metrics and measurement tools to provide quantitative means for illustrating program impact in alignment with organizational goals and objectives• SOCIAL VENTURE CONSULTANT– provide business evaluation and consulting services for over 100 organizations seeking admission to our program, as well as in-depth coaching for 17 selected participants around marketing, sales, financial analysis and social impact.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• MARKETING STRATEGY – owned cross-channel, cross-platform marketing strategy for premium economy product launch: push marketing, digital UX, email, promotions, and traditional and online advertising• DATA-DRIVEN INSIGHTS – synthesized performance and customer feedback data into usable insights to direct audience targeting, channel selection and customized offers • CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION – collaborated internally with corporate, technical and customer-facing teams and externally with agencies and vendors to execute marketing strategy• EXPERIENTIAL MARKETING – designed & executed live customer experience event to launch new 777 business class offering to the NY market leading to on-the-spot ticket upgrades – event was replicated across the network

Austin, Texas

Central Texas Education Funders is a collective impact organization comprised of corporate & family foundations that fund education initiatives• COMMUNICATIONS - designed and implemented a comprehensive communications strategy utilizing social media to streamline and amplify membership outreach • ENGAGEMENT - surveyed members and provided recommendations for organizational direction, future programming & funding needs based on results analysis• IMPACT MEASUREMENT - collaborated with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation's Ed-Fi Program to gain consensus among stakeholder on key common indicators to measure impact in education philanthropy

Dallas, Tx

• ADVERTISING - Supervised advertising contract with a circulation of 600,000 readers, and managed the creative execution of all campaigns• CRM - Led client recruiting program, increasing membership by 40%• CUSTOMER SERVICE - Instituted a customer invoice tracking and approval system to ensure accuracy, which reduced turnaround time by 75%

Santa Monica, Ca

• PROJECT MANAGEMENT - quarterbacked all aspects of Myriad Sales team attendance at international sales markets with 7000+ attendees, including registration, budgeting, operations, materials, catering and event planning, generating approximately $140k per market in sales• AGENCY MANAGEMENT - assisted in managing creative agency relationships to ensure on-schedule, on-budget delivery of all sales materials for six major annual foreign sales film and TV markets.• CRM - managed bi-monthly marketing emails to 10k+ clients • SOCIAL MEDIA - brainstormed and implemented social networking for Independent film release campaigns generating a 15% increase in online buzz• EVENT MANAGEMENT - planned and executed company events, including screenings, parties, and festival events for up to 1000 people

• Double Feature Films – post production on World Trade Center and pre-production on Freedom Writers• Focus Features – The Return – Director’s Assistant• Troublemaker Studios – The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D – Art Department Assistant Coordinator

Mba, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Non-Profit Management

Activities and Societies: NetImpact, McCombs Admissions Committee, Sports, Entertainment & Media Association, Graduate Marketing Network.

Bs, Communications - Radio-Television-Film

Communications - Mass Media

Education record