Katherine Lorenz

Katherine Lorenz joined NCFP as a Senior Advisor in the fall of 2020. In her role, Katherine leads the strategy around NCFP’s partnerships with other philanthropy-serving organizations in an effort to build meaningful sector collaboration. She leverages her deep content expertise to assist with special consultancies and NCFP programming.

Previously, Katherine spent nearly a decade leading the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation, her family’s philanthropy focusing on environmental sustainability in Texas. In 2020, she transitioned to the role of Board Chair at the Mitchell Foundation. Previously, she served as Deputy Director for the Institute for Philanthropy, whose mission is to increase effective philanthropy in the United Kingdom and internationally. Prior to that, Katherine lived in Oaxaca, Mexico for nearly six years where she co-founded Puente a la Salud Comunitaria, a non-profit organization working to advance food sovereignty in rural Oaxaca.

Katherine currently serves on the Boards of Directors of the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation, Puente a la Salud Comunitaria, the Environmental Defense, The Philanthropy Workshop, and the Endowment for Regional Sustainability Science. She co-founded the Next Gen of the Giving Pledge group and serves on the Philanthropists Council of the Beacon Collaborative, the Leadership Council of the Greater Houston Community Foundation, and the national advisory committee of USC’s Irene Hirano Inouye Philanthropic Leadership Fund. Katherine holds a B.A. in Economics and Spanish from Davidson College.