Kate Hagen

About Kate Hagen

My students in South Africa, whose parents work in food, inspire me to develop sustainable, efficient global food supply chains that nourish everyone from farmer to consumer. I advocate for holistic, healthy, community-connected human flourishing. I leverage practices as ancient as eating nutritious food to as cutting edge as AI to promote wellbeing, including making healthier individual choices, fostering community, and building systems that include people from all walks of life.Strategic, innovative project management leader who guides teams toward game-changing, sustainable solutions that create value for customers, partners, and employees in high-performance, values-centric organizations. Self-directed experiences with diverse organizations: SaaS businesses, global corporations, a rural South African school, a DC think tank, and a Silicon Valley startup. Through these experiences, I’ve developed the following skills: • Project management and problem solving: At Granular, I’ve led the development and execution of multiple corporate strategies by collaborating with senior business leaders, managing risks, and communicating in various forms to the entire business. • Commercialization and innovation: At a meal delivery startup, I led the opportunity analysis, financial modeling, and commercialization in a new region. • Collaboration and strategy development: At General Mills, I led a 12-member cross-functional team to develop Supplier Diversity’s strategy to more effectively integrate emerging businesses.• Results and customer need driven: Sustainability was forecasted to succeed our stretch goal one month into Cargill’s fiscal year.I genuinely connect with people and strategically connect ideas to develop innovative solutions that delight customers, sustainably reward partners, and empower colleagues.

Experience

1. Facilitator

   Popupthinktank

   Jul 2024 — Present · Minneapolis, MN, US

Education

• University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Innovation, Marketing

  2015 — 2017

• St. Olaf College

  BA, Philosophy, Management Studies

Skills

• Newsletters
• International Relations
• Process Optimization
• Program Evaluation
• Public Speaking
• Blogging
• Research
• Team Building
• Program Development
• Management
• Data Analysis
• Marketing
• Nonprofits
• Teaching
• Human-Centered Design
• Volunteer Management
• Editing
• Food
• Community Outreach
• Customer Service
• Project Management
• Public Policy
• Non-Profits
• Leadership
• Policy Analysis
• Policy
• Strategy
• Event Planning
• Social Media