As Communications Manager, Kathrin focuses on telling Future 500′s story on our website, social media channels, and at conferences around the world. She is driving forward the conversation around how Corporate-NGO engagement accelerates systemic solutions to sustainability challenges.

Kathrin’s education and work experiences have spanned across the globe. She received her M.A. in Political Science from the Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat in Germany and her MBA in Sustainable Management from the Presidio Graduate School in San Francisco. Recent entrepreneurial initiatives include co-founding Do Good Lab, a community-based volunteer organization enabling hundreds of Bay Area residents to contribute their knowledge and skills in supporting grass-roots organizations in developing countries.

In Germany, Kathrin worked as a Program Manager for the Federal Agency for Civic Education and developed novel educational programs to introduce political participation opportunities. Past experiences in Africa include a position as a Project Assistant for the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation in Uganda and as an advisor for ThinkImpact’s Social Innovation institute where she led a team of scholars in rural South Africa in building social enterprises.