Katherine Kaufmann

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How Do I? Build Our Organization Develop a Strategy Fund Our Mission Manage Performance Recruit Leaders I'm Interested In... Education Environment Philanthropy Youth Other Leadership and Careers Board Members Chief Operating Officers Chief Financial Officers Move to a Nonprofit Career Current Jobs at Bridgespan Current Job Openings Board Member, Milford Borough Historical Society Community Service Manager , Children's Home Society of Washington Board Member, Arts and Business Council of New York Find a Job/Post a Job >> Newsletters & Alerts Enter your email address below to sign up for your choice of Bridgespan's *knowledge, careers, and leadership* newsletters and alerts.	Katherine (Kat) Kaufmann Manager, Boston Katherine (Kat) Kaufman is a manager in the Boston office of the Bridgspan Group. She joined Bain & Company in 1997 as an associate consultant and transferred to the Bridgespan Group in 2005. She has assisted nonprofit organizations with strategic planning, serving clients in philanthropy, education, international women’s empowerment, youth development, and environmental sectors. While at Bain, Kat worked with clients in the consumer products, retail, publishing, industrial products, and pharmaceutical industries. She assisted clients in assessing new business opportunities, benchmarking competitor performance, and evaluating potential investments. Kat served for four years in the United States Navy as a supply officer on the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. Over the course of her time on board, she managed the ship’s banking operations and consumable storerooms. Kat earned her MBA from Harvard Business School (HBS) in 2001, where she was a Baker Scholar. While at HBS, she worked as a portfolio manager for New Profit, Inc., a venture philanthropy firm. Kat graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a BA in Social Studies. This work by The Bridgespan Group is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at Bridgespan's Terms of Use page.	Special Sections Government Innovation Initiatives Explore tools, frameworks, and other resources related to Promise Neighborhoods, the Social Innovation Fund and other government innovation initiatives. Read more>> Donating $600 Billion is Just Step One Philanthropists frequently aspire to be innovators and catalysts. Now they have a chance to step up to the challenge. Read more>> The Power of Positive Failure Bridgespan Partner David Simms says there's much to learn from when we fall short, if we're willing to admit to our mistakes. Read more at HBR.ORG>>