Katherine Lorenz

In late 2012, Forbes Magazine named Katherine "Ones to Watch," an up-and-coming face in philanthropy--someone using her recources to make change in distinctive and innovative ways.

She is a credible, well-spoken news source who can speak about issues related to next generation philanthropy, food sovereignty and sustainability in the developing world, and environmental sustainability, particularly issues related to Texas (water, clean energy, natural gas sustainability).

Katherine has been featured by newsgathering organizations such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Houston Chronicle, the Huffington Post, The Houston Business Journal, Reuters, and The Washington Post.

Katherine is president and treasurer of the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation, a grantmaking foundation supporting high-impact projects at the nexus of environmental protection, social equity, and economic vibrancy in Texas.

She formerly worked as Deputy Director for the London-based Institute for Philanthropy. Prior to that, Katherine lived in Oaxaca, Mexico for almost six years where she co-founded Puente a la Salud Comunitaria, a non-profit organization working to advance food sovereignty and eradicate malnutrition in rural Oaxaca through the integration of amaranth into the local diet.

Katherine serves on the board of directors of the Environmental Defense Fund, the Institute for Philanthropy, Puente a la Salud Comunitaria, the Endowment for Regional Sustainability Science, the Association of Small Foundations, and the Amaranth Institute. She is a member of the Global Philanthropists Circle of the Synergos Institute, and sits on the Council on Foundations Committee on Family Philanthropy. She also serves on the National Academies' Roundtable of Science and Technology for Sustainability.