Katherine Kehrli

About Katherine Kehrli

Executive Summary • Seasoned business/project manager with a proven track record of meeting all critical operational and sales deadlines through superior organizational skills and strong operational leadership • Proven product launcher that has led every aspect of new product development including: idea generation and screening, concept development and testing, business modeling and analysis, beta and market testing, technical implementation, and commercialization • Exceptional critical thinking skills drives ongoing analysis of all aspects of a business and motivates my desire to make any necessary changes for the advancement of the product, improved operational efficiencies, and/or decrease expenditures • Driven towards mutually beneficial outcomes \"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.\"~ Henry Ford

Experience

1. Founder

   Community

   Mar 2020 — Present · Kirkland, WA, US

   Community Loaves is a grassroots bread brigade, baking and delivering homemade Honey Oat Sandwich Loaves in support of our overstretched food pantries. We are passionate about bread baking and united in a mission to provide delicious, nutritious freshly baked bread to our local food pantries. We are fully entrenched in the greater Seattle area, and now have launched operations in Idaho & Oregon.This project began humbly, April 2020, with an aspirational and understated donation of 19 loaves created by a handful of pioneer bakers. With each successive donation our numbers have climbed. By the end of our first year 8344 loaves were donated by a dedicated community of 488 volunteers organized into 32 geographically based hubs and supporting 5 food pantries between Washington and Oregon. Millions of people are newly experiencing food insecurity and our food pantries are having a tough time meeting the demand. Amongst other things, wholesome, nutritious bread is needed. Community Loaves is limited only by the size of the bread brigade, more bakers, more donations.And, it isn’t just about giving away bread, in a time of social distancing, when we can’t hug, or even show our smiling faces, this project fosters heart-warming connection with bakers of all levels, from novice to professional. We delight in supporting each other as we further our dough handling skills making better and better bread in our home or professional kitchens and then delivering that bread to local hubs and food pantries. Our bread recipe is intentional calling for freshly milled whole grain and high extraction flours that provide valuable nutrition to our bread while, at the same time, lending support to the local grain economy.I’m thrilled to say this bread donation effort is on the rise. We’re poised to bake and donate close to loaves this year. I warmly invite you to add your time, talents and treasure to our volunteer network.

Education

• University of Puget Sound

  BA

  1982 — 1986

Skills

• Account Management
• New Business Development
• Marketing Communications
• Digital Marketing
• Strategy
• Social Media
• Direct Marketing
• Public Speaking
• Sales Management
• Fundraising
• Social Media Marketing
• Event Planning
• Marketing Strategy
• Salesforce.com
• Strategic Partnerships
• Online Marketing
• Online Advertising
• Sales
• Advertising
• Marketing
• Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Lead Generation