Kate

"Our CFO had an MBA and the depth of his knowledge inspired me to return to University and pursue mine as well."

"I'm the person people come to when they have problems to solve, questions, and ideas for projects."

"My work as a project and program manager varies from day to day."

"Project management, communication, collaboration and cross-functional leadership are the core skills that I use daily."

"having a growth mindset means that I'm able to always find new ways to iterate on a process and it allows me to stay engaged with my very different schedule each day."

"The biggest challenge in my current role is needing more support as our centers operations grow."

"I've always been drawn to Mission driven organizations."

"The unifying characteristic I see in the public sector is that people are service-oriented."

"Things moved at a much faster pace. There is a lot less red tape, more flexibility and more freedom to move quickly on ideas and experiment."

"it should be fairly easy to transition from an administrative assistant or operations assistant role to project and program management"

"Networking throughout the organization goes a long way toward helping your career grow."

"I'm very operations focused and solutions oriented which created me towards a career in project management, business operations and strategy."

"It's been important to me to find organizations where other women are represented."