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Katherine is serving as Interim President and CEO. She has served as Director of Community Impact at Berkshire United Way since October 2021 and will retain responsibilities of this role. She is an alumnus of Ithaca College and University of Houston, where she holds a master’s degree in social work.
She came to BUW following a 20+ year career at United Way of Greater Houston (UWGH), where she served as the mission and strategy manager. During her tenure at UWGH, she provided strategic leadership for a comprehensive quality early childhood improvement initiative United Way Bright Beginnings, a city-wide after-school collaboration titled Houston’s Kids, and was the lead public policy advocate for UWGH at the Texas capitol in Austin. Katherine is passionate about working with nonprofits and helping to activate positive systems change for vulnerable members of our community.
She serves on the City of Pittsfield’s Preschool Partnership Leadership Committee, the MA Early Childhood Funders Collaborative Steering Committee, and is on the board of the Berkshire Area Health Education Center. She previously served on the City of Pittsfield’s Human Services Committee. Before moving to Texas, she worked with the Massachusetts Department of Children & Family Services and a domestic violence organization in London, England.
Born and raised in Massachusetts, Katherine decided to move back to her home state to be closer to family. She is a proud mom of two children, Willem and Alison, and enjoys reading, gardening, and skiing in her spare time.