Kathryn Erskine credits her father, a cultural anthropologist, for sparking her interest in international affairs. After spending many of her childhood years living and traveling abroad, she knew she wanted to pursue a career in international development.
Kathryn has worked for small nonprofits and several implementing partners in the contracting space. Her 20-year career includes experience in operations, talent acquisition and management, corporate governance, and business development.
She currently serves on our U.S. Government (USG) Business Unit’s executive team and oversees the People function for 5,000 global staff. Her responsibilities include overseeing human resources operations (compensation, benefits, HR analytics, and HR systems); talent acquisition; learning and development; project HR; and diversity, equity, engagement, and inclusion efforts for the USG Business and other U.S.-based business units.
Known as a collaborative leader and mentor, Kathryn is adept at building and managing teams, developing and delivering strategic business initiatives, managing compliance and risk, and working closely with senior executives and Board members.
- B.A., politics and Spanish, Wake Forest University
- M.A., international affairs, American University