KATE WELTY
Oakland
Summary
Executive leader with a proven track record in driving results across public, nonprofit, and consulting sectors. Expertise in managing large-scale organizational and systems change initiatives. Committed to equity, impact, and fostering a culture of continuous learning.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal
MIG, Inc.
Berkeley
09.2021 - Current
- Generate $1.5 m sustained annual revenue by leading a small team with a multi-year portfolio of complex public sector engagements across state, local and regional agencies.
- Lead large, cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact initiatives improving equity, effectiveness, and outcomes for the public.
- Guide public agencies through major change efforts affecting organizational culture, use of data for improvement, and building community trust.
- Contributed to firmwide strategy with a focus on sustainable growth in the public sector market as a member of the firm's Enterprise Leadership Team.
Deputy Chief
FIRST 5 Santa Clara County
01.2019 - 09.2021
- Directed staff and grantee capacity building and cross-disciplinary strategic initiatives.
- Implemented innovative capacity building approaches for staff and grantees to maximize learning .
- Designed an evidence-based parent engagement and early childhood literacy initiative and secured $8 million grant from high-net-worth donor for implementation.
- Spearheaded design and delivery of inaugural Infants Conference in Santa Clara County, focusing on trauma-informed care and multi-disciplinary approaches addressing toxic stress.
Chief Program Officer
Encompass Community Services
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Assumed new executive leadership role in largest community services agency in Santa Cruz County with 500 employees and $30 million annual budget.
- Reorganized fragmented structure into unified organization with centralized operating supports and coordinated services.
- Instituted performance management approach, resulting in higher net revenue generation.
- Developed three-year strategic plan addressing emerging opportunities and challenges in community services sector.
- Boosted referrals to Substance Use Disorder programs by 50% through comprehensive rebranding campaign.
- Enhanced agency managers' engagement in strategic direction via new internal communications strategy.
- Led efforts for successful CARF accreditation, ensuring compliance with industry standards.
Project Director
JBS International
01.2013 - 01.2015
- Directed Continuous Quality Improvement Training Academy, a $2 million project for Federal Children’s Bureau.
- Developed, tested, and evaluated an entirely virtual training program for child welfare managers.
- Surpassed participant engagement goal by recruiting 317 participants from all 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
- Delivered 115 hours of research-informed curricula within one year.
- Increased participant CQI knowledge, as evidenced by randomized controlled trial evaluation.
Child Welfare Strategic Consultant
Independent Consultant
01.2004 - 01.2013
- Working within the landscape of child welfare system improvement in California, led the design and implementation of six, state-wide initiatives to improve outcomes for children and youth in foster care.
- Worked for East Bay Community Foundation, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Child & Family Policy Institute, Stuart Foundation, and Santa Cruz County Human Services Agency, Family & Children’s Services Division and clients included county child welfare agencies in San Francisco, Alameda, Fresno, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Humboldt, Los Angeles, and Sacramento, as well as the California Department of Social Services.
- Facilitated implementation of Continuum of Care Reform in Santa Cruz County.
- Created the first-ever, state-level, public-private partnership to promote strategic, coordinated investment in child welfare system improvement.
- Facilitated the design and implementation of a practice model to ensure more African American children in Fresno County‘s child welfare system find permanent families.
- Successfully advocated that the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) build on the Fresno model to win a federal Children’s Bureau Permanency Innovations Initiative planning grant.
- Designed and facilitated a year-long process, with input from over 100 stakeholders, to develop an implementation plan that allowed CDSS to ultimately secure the $15.5 m Permanency Innovations Initiative implementation grant.
- Acted as lead consultant to the Stuart Foundation in creating a new, $10 m initiative to improve educational outcomes from cradle to career for children and youth in foster care.
Education
Prosci Change Management Certification
01-2024
Master of Arts - Public Affairs
Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MNBachelor of Arts - Political Science
Columbia College, Columbia University
New York, NYSkills
- Relationship building
- Project management
- Change management
- Team leadership
- Verbal and written communication
- Capacity building
- Performance improvement
Timeline
Principal
MIG, Inc.
09.2021 - Current
Deputy Chief
FIRST 5 Santa Clara County
01.2019 - 09.2021
Chief Program Officer
Encompass Community Services
01.2017 - 01.2019
Project Director
JBS International
01.2013 - 01.2015
Child Welfare Strategic Consultant
Independent Consultant
01.2004 - 01.2013
Prosci Change Management Certification
Master of Arts - Public Affairs
Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
Columbia College, Columbia University