Kathleen directs, gathers and inspires changemakers to develop ideas that lead to tangible improvements in the health of people and the planet.

Kathleen is the President of the Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming , the Founder of Pleiades, a national constellation of women changemakers and serves a Co-Director of the Rome Sustainable Food Project at the American Academy of Rome, founded by Alice Waters. An experienced non-profit leader, connector and network builder, she is particularly interested in empowering women and historically marginalized individuals to address our most pressing issues, especially humanity’s relationship with the natural world. Kathleen lives in the Hudson Valley of New York with her partner the food writer and activist Mark Bittman and often visits her homeland of Bermuda. They recently wrote about their global travels on this blog.