Kate Wolford

From 1991 to 2006, Wolford worked at LWR, where she was named president after two years as program director for Latin America. Previously, she established Church World Service's Caribbean regional office for disaster response and community-based development, and worked with Servicio Social de Iglesias Dominicanas, a rural development organization. She also chaired InterAction, a consortium of over 150 U.S.-based relief and development organizations, and Action by Churches Together, a global faith-based humanitarian aid alliance.

Wolford is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Gettysburg College, where she received a B.A. in history. She earned her M.A. in public policy from the University of Chicago, and a second masters in religious studies from the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. Wolford has received honorary doctorates from Gettysburg College, Muhlenberg College, and Concordia University-St. Paul.

She has also received Gettysburg College's Young Alumni Achievement and Woman of Distinction awards. Wolford serves on the Minnesota Council on Foundation's board of directors, and chairs its membership committee. She is also on the board of Living Cities and co-chairs its Communications and Knowledge Committee.