Kate Wood

Senior Consultant

Overview

Kate is a Senior Consultant at Schultz & Williams, where she helps mission-driven organizations build the systems, knowledge, and relationships they need to advance their impact. Drawing on deep philanthropic expertise and strong relationship management skills, she cuts through complexity to strengthen operations, sharpen strategy, drive revenue, and deliver tailored results. Kate partners with clients on a broad range of strategic needs, from board engagement and campaign planning to interim development leadership.

Background

Prior to joining Schultz & Williams, Kate was a fundraising and strategy consultant at The Stott Group, where she helped a diverse portfolio of nonprofit clients clarify their strategic direction and increase their revenue.

Earlier in her career, Kate served as a key fundraising leader at venture philanthropy organization New Profit, overseeing major gifts, donor communications, development operations, and team management. Kate also worked at the Obama Foundation, where she provided development and operational support to the CEO, and at philanthropic advising firm Liminality Partners, where she authored a comprehensive literature review on the state of philanthropy and nonprofit fundraising.

Sample Client Experience

  • ChildCare Aware of America
  • Electing Women Alliance
  • Emerge
  • Fathers’ UpLift
  • Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
  • Preservation Hall Foundation
  • Shatterproof
  • Vennue

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Spanish – Dartmouth College