Kate Kennedy
Chief Development Officer
National casa/gal
Kate Kennedy began her role with National CASA/GAL as the Chief Development Officer in September 2023. Kate brings over two decades of expertise as a nonprofit executive in fundraising, community organizing, volunteer development, and membership recruitment.
Most recently, she served as Director of Development, Mid-Atlantic for Share our Strength, a national nonprofit that works to end childhood hunger. She has also served as the Chief Development Officer of the League of Women Voters, and the Director of Development for the Washington School for Girls, a tuition-free private school serving girls from Anacostia, DC. She’s also served as an elected official on her local city council for six years and sits on the board of Community Bridges, a nonprofit empowering young women in Maryland. She is a certified fundraising executive (CFRE) and holds an MBA from Georgetown University. Her bachelor’s degree is in English and Women’s Studies from Keene State College in NH. She lives with her husband Bill in College Park, Maryland where they serve as foster parents to teen youth.