Biography
Kathleen joined the Center for Indigenous Health in September of 2020. She helps to lead the Communications and External Affairs team with project management and communications strategy. She previously coordinated community outreach across Navajo Nation. Based in Gallup, NM Kathleen brings experience working for social impact organizations as a grant writer at Partners in Health’s Navajo Nation-based nonprofit (COPE) and as a Public Information Officer for the California Department of Industrial Relations.
In her current position, she strives to implement comms systems and promote greater understanding of the Center’s work for both external audiences as well as internally for Center staff based across our locations. She has an MPH from Boston University and a BA in Sociology from Fordham University. In her free time, Kathleen enjoys hiking the many canyons and ridges of the area, cooking home-grown food and spending time with her son Sage, daughter Sonora and husband Neil who is a family physician.