Director, BUILDFord Foundation
Kathy Reich leads the Ford Foundation’s BUILD initiative in the United States and in the foundation’s 10 global regions. BUILD is a 12-year, $2 billion initiative to strengthen key institutions around the world that fight inequality. To date, the BUILD program has supported more than 450 organizations in 38 countries.
Before joining Ford in 2016, Kathy worked for 15 years at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, most recently as organizational effectiveness and philanthropy director. Prior to that, she was policy director of a non-profit, served as a legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, and worked for state and local elected officials in her home state of California. She has served on numerous nonprofit boards and is a frequent writer and speaker on issues related to philanthropy and the nonprofit sector.
