Kate Kingery serves as director of Consulting for the UW–Madison Office of Strategic Consulting, where she leads the delivery of organizational consulting services. She partners with senior academic and administrative leaders to strengthen institutional effectiveness, providing guidance on strategy development, organizational design, and complex change initiatives.
Kate has spent more than two decades in leadership roles within higher education, philanthropy, and government. She has built a body of work focused on translating institutional vision into durable systems and organizational change, often operating across sectors and stakeholders. Most recently, she led health transformation and strategic partnerships for a national initiative of the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She also founded a social impact and public policy advisory firm, partnering with executive leaders to stabilize organizations during periods of transition, navigate cultural tensions, and facilitate strategic alignment in complex environments. She is a frequent presenter and speaker on topics related to strategy, leadership, culture, and power.
Prior to returning to Madison, Kate worked with federal agencies including the U.S. Departments of Education, Health & Human Services, and Housing & Urban Development, as well as with the states of Washington and Minnesota, and national organizations including the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Casey Family Foundation, and Starbucks Coffee International.
She earned a master of public affairs from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota and a bachelor’s degree in political science from UW–Madison.