Katie Clark Sieben

About Katie Clark Sieben

Katie Clark Sieben has an over 20-year record of delivering growth, transformation and community impact in both private and public sectors. An authentic, servant leader with a specialized background in cross-sector collaboration and philanthropic strategy, her key strengths include visionary leadership, innovative program design and change management.

Experience

1. Sr Director Corporate Responsibility for the Americas and the Cargill Foundation

   Cargill

   May 2018 — Present · Wayzata, MN, US

   Provide leadership and management of Cargill’s $100 million corporate philanthropy portfolio and team across North America and South America. Work collaboratively with executive leadership to set charitable budgets, develop and implement philanthropic strategy, support brand reputation and employee engagement. • Lead all aspects of The Cargill Foundation to close the opportunity gap for low-income youth in Cargill’s Minneapolis – Saint Paul Headquarters, including board member and investment committee engagement, oversight of an endowment, and development and evaluation of an annual $12 million grantmaking budget focused on education and nutrition outcomes. Lead, develop and facilitate strategic agendas for Cargill Foundation board meetings, ensuring strong governance and fiduciary oversight. Oversee all financial, administrative and programmatic operations of the Foundation and endowment to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations. • Provide management for Cargill’s Global Grant Operations and Reporting team, ensuring strong processes, controls and appropriate due diligence in grantmaking. Oversee metrics evaluation and reporting of philanthropic outcomes to support development of Cargill’s annual impact report. • In partnership with Cargill Human Resources and nonprofit E4E Relief, co-developed Cargill’s first global Employee Disaster Relief Program to provide relief grants to employees impacted by catastrophic natural disasters or crisis.• Led Cargill’s Global Community Impact program to drive employee engagement in community impact through empowering over 500 Cargill Cares employee volunteer councils across 70 countries to activate in their local communities. Led the strategic development of Cargill’s new Community Impact Hub, Learning Lab and global “Together for Community” campaign to provide online training, marketing tools and strategic guidance to strengthen employee engagement, reputation management and community impact outcomes.

Education

• Harvard Business School

  Professional Development (Non-degree) Young American Leaders Program

• University of Minnesota

  Bachelor of Science, Organizational Development and Industrial Relations

  1999 — 2003

Skills

• Entrepreneurship
• Public Speaking
• Strategy
• Social Media
• Budgets
• Community Outreach
• Community Development
• Research
• Marketing
• Project Management
• Project Planning
• Leadership Development
• Analysis
• Human Resources
• Organizational Development
• Strategic Planning
• Volunteer Management
• Training
• New Business Development
• Public Relations
• Internal Communications
• Fundraising
• Event Planning
• Policy Analysis
• Event Management
• Non-Profits
• Economic Development
• Sustainability
• Grants
• Management Consulting
• Strategic Communications
• Recruiting
• International Relations
• Workshop Facilitation
• Business Development
• Policy
• Team Leadership
• Proposal Writing
• Coaching
• Government