Ep 01: Kate Williams

Kate Williams | CEO, 1% for the Planet

Kate Williams is CEO of 1% for the Planet, a global movement inspiring businesses and individuals to support environmental nonprofit solutions, through annual membership and everyday actions. The network of more than 3000 members in more than 40 countries gave $25+million to environmental nonprofits last year. During her tenure (2015-present), Kate has led significant growth in network scale and impact, as well as deep work on best practices for giving strategies and partnership development. And in 2020, she and her team developed a new strategic plan with a north star goal of becoming the most recognized global environmental community.

 Kate earned a BA at Princeton University where she majored in history, and an MS at the MIT Sloan School of Management where she focused on organizational systems. She has served on several nonprofit Boards, currently BlueCross BlueShield of Vermont and Shelburne Farms. Kate is a master’s distance runner and kitchen gardener. Kate lives in Vermont with her husband and two children.

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