Kate Cochran

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Kate’s career has spanned three decades of work as an executive, consultant, and board member to nonprofit organizations. She is committed to building powerful organizations that can serve their communities and meet their missions through engaged employees and rigorous impact tracking.
 
Since moving to the Pacific Northwest in 2003, Kate has worked in international development nonprofits as a CEO (Executive Director), COO, and Chief Development Officer. She is a fierce believer that global poverty is not inevitable, and that market forces and individual resolve are some of the sharpest tools available to us in that fight. She has led organizations during periods of dramatic growth, building both systems and organizational cultures to propel them to new levels.
 
Along with her commitment to ending global poverty, she is also passionate about creating equal opportunities for all in the US. She has consulted with nonprofit organizations expanding educational access and funders looking for leverage points in the education ecosystem. Her first love in the nonprofit sector was the arts and she remains an avid theatre goer and supporter.
 
She is a frequent speaker on social entrepreneurship and the intersection of markets and mission at business schools and conferences. Kate holds a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA Anderson where she focused on nonprofit management and organizational behavior.
 
Outside of work, Kate is a huge tennis fan (watching more than playing) and has so far managed to attend three of the four tennis Grand Slams (Wimbledon, US Open, and Australian Open). 

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