Kathleen Vickland
Empowers leaders and organizations with connections, evidence and approaches to build healthy, prosperous communities
- Role
- Strategic Partnerships Lead at Lifenet International
- Location
- Washington, DC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kathleen Vickland
An experienced leader and successful new business developer, I manage global teams to create opportunities and reduce poverty. In partnerships with donors and local and global businesses, I design and direct market-led solutions to development challenges. With my team, I innovate evidence-based approaches to raising living standards and developing safe, prosperous communities around the world. I empower my teams to design and implement inclusive economic growth, value chain upgrading for opportunity creation, trade and investment promotion, demand-driven workforce development, and youth engagement, through innovative public-private partnerships, harnessing technology for development.Specialties: Executive leadership; team management; strategic planning; business development; crafting and managing public private partnerships; market-led workforce development; workforce development, entrepreneurship and civic engagement for at-risk youth; inclusive economic growth; value chain development; trade and investment promotion; youth engagement; positive youth development.
Experience
Strategic Partnerships Lead
Oct 2025 — Present · DC, US
Support LifeNet\'s fundraising efforts to transform healthcare in Africa and save lives.
Education
Carleton College
B.A., Economics
1977 — 1981
Harvard Kennedy School
MPP, International Development
1982 — 1984
Skills
- Africa
- Agriculture
- Latin America
- Government
- Economic Development
- Business Strategy
- Policy
- Economics
- Public-Private Partnerships
- Public Policy
- Business Development
- Microfinance
- Management Consulting
- International Development
- Analysis
- Public/Private Partnerships
- Capacity Building
- Governance
- Ngos
- International Business
- Strategic Planning
- Strategy
- Research
- Emerging Markets
- International Relations
- Policy Analysis
- Proposal Writing
- International Trade
- Business Planning
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