Dr. Katherine (Kate) Bond has more than 30 years’ experience leading and managing health initiatives and teams in federal government, philanthropic, academic, and non-profit organizations with global responsibilities. Her expertise covers health systems strengthening and regulatory policy; global health security and pandemic preparedness; health policy and diplomacy; social and behavioral change and communication. In 2020, she founded Network Strategies for Health, LLC, which supports organizations and individuals to map, strategize, act, measure and lead critical initiatives to improve health.

Born in Northern Ireland, Kate has lived and worked in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. She has acute insight into how social, cultural and emotional dynamics and networks influence behaviors, social systems and organizational culture and how to navigate them to improve lives. As a leadership coach and trainer, she supports leaders to see, think and act with calm, clarity and conviction to achieve mission priorities. She builds relationships based on trust and openness, supporting leaders to build self-awareness and insight, to build from their strengths and to manage their own emotions and the dynamics in the systems they lead.