Disability Inclusion Advisor, Ford Foundation @ Townsend Consulting (August 2017 - July 2020)
Transition Director @ Human Rights Funders Network (June 2019 - February 2020)
Board Member @ (January 2008 - January 2018)
Senior Program Officer @ Wellspring Advisors, LLC (February 2006 - July 2017)
Program Administrator @ International Human Rights Funders Group (June 2004 - March 2008)
Program Associate @ (January 2002 - February 2006)
Program Coordinator, LuEsther T Mertz Charitable Trust and Assistant to the Executive Director @ (January 2002 - June 2004)
Chief Administrative Officer @ (August 1996 - July 1999)
Management Consultant @ (July 1995 - July 1996)
Catherine Townsend Education
Yale University
Master of Arts (MA) (Human Rights and Law)
1999-2001
Hamilton College
BA (World Politics/German)
1991-1995
Catherine Townsend Skills
Branding & Identity
Budget Management
Capacity Building
Cross-Cultural Communication Skills
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Director level
Disability Awareness Training
Disability Rights
Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Initiative Implementation
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training
Executive Management
Facilitation
Family Foundation
Finance
Fundraising
Gender Equality
Global
Grant Monitoring
Grant Reviewing
Grants
Grants Management
Human Rights
International Development
Intersectionality
NGOs
Nonprofit Board Development
Nonprofit Organizations
Nonprofits
Organizational Consulting
Organizational Leadership
Organizational Learning
Participatory Approaches
Philanthropic Innovation
Philanthropy
Program Development
Program Evaluation
Project Management
Public Policy
Public Speaking
Reproductive Rights
Research Skills
Strategic Visionary
Team Management
US human rights
Catherine Townsend Summary
Catherine Townsend, based in New York, NY, US, is currently a Senior Advisor, Disability Inclusion at Ford Foundation. Catherine Townsend brings experience from previous roles at Townsend Consulting, Human Rights Funders Network, Disability Rights Fund and Wellspring Advisors, LLC. Catherine Townsend holds a 1999 - 2001 Master of Arts (MA) in Human Rights and Law @ Yale University. With a robust skill set that includes Branding & Identity, Budget Management, Capacity Building, Cross-Cultural Communication Skills, Cross-functional Team Leadership and more. Catherine Townsend has 5 emails and 6 mobile phone numbers on RocketReach.
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