Katherine McFate

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Prior to joining Ford Foundation in 2006, Ms. McFate was a deputy director at the Rockefeller Foundation, directing a research and policy program to strengthen the economic resiliency of American workers in the face of globalization, outsourcing, and the contracting out of public services.
Together with academic researchers and think tanks, the program monitored global production and distribution networks and shortcomings of financial regulation and corporate governance.
The program also supported national and state advocacy groups and community-based organizations working to develop organizing and communications strategies to advance breakthrough ideas.
Prior to her career in philanthropy, Ms. McFate spent nine years at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, where she directed the urban poverty program and wrote a volume on comparative social policy.
She also lectured at Yale University and was a special adviser to the City of New Haven on its youth employment programs and anti-poverty policies.
Ms. McFate received an M.
Phil and two master's degrees, in politics and sociology, from Yale University.

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Companies	Position	End
The Rockefeller Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous The Rockefeller Foundation operates and organizes charitable trusts. The company supports grants, fellowships, and conferences for programs that try to identify and alleviate need and suffering. It was founded in 1913 by John D. Rockefeller Sr. and is headquartered in New York City, NY.	Corporate Officer/Principal	2005-12-30
Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies is a non-profit organization. The firm focuses on the future of work, the future of entrepreneurship, and the use of technology for the African-American community. It offers solutions-based strategies that help develop a local workforce with the skills to mitigate challenges and seize new opportunities. The company was founded by Kenneth B. Clark and Louis E. Martin in 1970 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
Ford Foundation Ford Foundation Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Ford Foundation is an independent, nonprofit, non-governmental organization headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1936, the Foundation provides grants, projects and loans to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation and advance human achievement. The foundation funds derive from an investment portfolio that began with gifts and bequests of Ford Motor Company stock by Henry and Edsel Ford.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-

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