Simply put, soccer is a gift. Whether aware of it or not, in daily life players utilize something they learn from the game every day. The realizable potential for players to grow through the game is what sparked Kathryn’s passion to give back to the game through club committees, fundraising work, support of High School soccer in the school systems, and ultimately Board leadership over eleven years ago. Kathryn served in the role of President of NW Elite FC from May 2019 through October 2023. Kathryn’s experience leading change management campaigns in eight merger and acquisition transactions has been a nice complement to the professional backgrounds of our Board of Directors. Kathryn lead the club’s brand consolidation and rebrand efforts which occurred in 2021.
Kathryn holds an MBA from Willamette University and a BA in Psychology from the University of Nebraska. Kathryn also holds both the CCP (Certified Compensation Professional) and GRP (Global Remuneration Professional) certifications from which Kathryn has held a specialized career in the path of Compensation Strategy and Design for companies spanning 15 to 85,000 employees globally in both the private and public sectors.
A native of Denver Colorado, Kathryn’s love of sports began in the Rockies on the ski slopes at age four. Kathryn began playing soccer in third grade (the earliest players in Colorado could start playing “back in the day”) through to University of Nebraska club soccer, in parallel to pursuing competitive swimming. It was in early adulthood that Kathryn began to see soccer as a “gift”, in that players can always turn to the beautiful game to manage through life change, as a “language” to connect humans to humans irrespective of cultural, gender, or other differences, and as a way to fulfill one’s life mission.
