Kai Carter

About Kai Carter

Kai is an adaptive, values-centered leader who promotes healthy and resilient communities. She has worked at the intersection of health and the environment over 20 years, emphasizing their interconnectedness. Kai has a proven track record in the non-profit, philanthropic, and public sectors leading strategy development, building inclusive teams, and supporting organizations in addressing global challenges like gender equity, climate change, and food security. Driven by the values of equity and sustainability, Kai has a passion for amplifying the voices of others and making connections that lead to social change. She is skilled at co-creating high-level visions and managing analysis and interventions that make those visions a reality on the ground. An effective communicator and dynamic facilitator, she is proficient in project management, policy analysis, evaluation, and systems thinking. She has experience working with and learning from communities across the globe, including in Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and the United States.

Experience

1. Head of Global Programs

   Waverley Street Foundation

   May 2024 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

Education

• Brown University

  Bachelor's degree

• The University of the South Pacific

  Postgraduate Diploma

• Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government

  M.P.P.