Kate Goodall

About Kate Goodall

Kate Goodall is the Founding CEO of Evermay, an Embassy for the Future, and Cofounder and Managing Partner of Halcyon Venture Partners, making seed stage investments in impact-driven companies. Her north star is to enable the flourishing of others, and she delights in the many forms that takes. Before these roles, she cofounded Halcyon with Dr. Sachiko Kuno, and served as CEO for its first decade until the end of 2023. In 2018, Goodall launched an international arts and dialogue festival called By The People, in partnership with the Smithsonian, which saw visitors each year until the pandemic. In 2016, Goodall helped establish WE Capital, a consortium of leading businesswomen investing in women-led ventures, that formed the basis of Rethink Impact. Prior to that she worked in the museum field, during which time she founded the Emerging Museum Professionals Network, still serving thousands of members today. Goodall has served as juror at national and international social entrepreneurship competitions, including the Creator Awards, Pitch@Palace, and MIT Tech Review Innovator Europe & Latin America, and has helped select the 20••••22 Class of White House Fellows under the Biden Administration. She was listed as DC Inno’s Fire Blazer, one of the Washington Business Journal’s Power 100, 40 Under 40, Women Who Mean Business, and Washington’s New Guard, Washingtonian’s 2017 Tech Titans, and Techweek 100 DC’s Talent Cultivators. Goodall has also received the Crittenton Leadership Award, is a Sorenson Global Impact Leader, and a member of YPO.She’s a recovering Maritime Archaeologist, finds joy in nature, and has two sons who keep her on her toes.

Experience

1. Cofounder & Managing Partner

   Halcyon Venture Partners

   Jan 2024 — Present · Washington, DC, US

Education

• North Carolina State University

  B.A., English (minors in French and Film)

  1996 — 2000

• East Carolina University

  M.A., Maritime History and Underwater Archaeology

  2000 — 2003

Skills

• Grants
• Arts Administration
• Newsletters
• Strategy
• Team Building
• Program Development
• Informal Education
• Event Planning
• Budgeting
• Nonprofits
• Volunteer Management
• Museum Collections
• Cultural Heritage
• Fundraisers
• Social Media
• Philanthropy
• Museum Education
• Consensus Building
• Budget Management
• Strategic Planning
• Stewardship
• Problem Solving
• Exhibit Design
• Nonprofit Management
• Budgets
• Community Outreach
• Research
• Collections Management
• Public Speaking
• Analysis
• Marketing
• Fundraising
• Leadership
• Grant Writing
• Board Relations
• Museums
• Non-Profit Administration
• Negotiation
• Board Development
• History