 Kathy Bremer (kathy@boardwalkconsulting.com) has spent her entire career raising aspirations in corporate, nonprofit and community settings. She is known for her tenacious pursuit of excellence, whether on behalf of clients, colleagues or the larger community.
Kathy joined BoardWalk after eight years as Partner and Atlanta Managing Director with Porter Novelli, where she led a ten-fold growth in revenues and
profits. Clients she served personally include such best-in-class organizations as the national offices of American Cancer Society and Boys & Girls Clubs of
America, Aflac, BellSouth, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Spencer Stuart, Atlanta Women’s Foundation and Georgia-Pacific.
Prior to Porter Novelli, Kathy served from 1991 to 1998 as Senior Vice President of External Relations for CARE, one of the world’s leading humanitarian
organizations, managing strategic planning, marketing, fundraising and corporate partnerships.
Kathy’s commitment to the nonprofit sector is pervasive. She has chaired or served on over a dozen nonprofit boards in recent years. In 2007 she completed a
four-year term as board chair of the Georgia Center for Nonprofits, a thriving organization that is the only statewide advocate for the nonprofit sector.
She is currently vice-chair of CHRIS Kids, chair of the capital campaign and Session member at Morningside Presbyterian Church, and a member of the Board of Advisors
of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
Earlier in her career, Kathy was senior Vice President at NW Ayer advertising. At Ayer and a prior agency, she headed accounts including Procter & Gamble,
Minolta, Jergens and the Ad Council. During a two-year stint in Tokyo, Kathy edited international corporate publications and wrote for Newsweek and NHK
radio news. She authored several books for Japanese students of English and contributed two chapters for the book Discover Japan.
Kathy holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University, where she played varsity squash and tennis and was a reporter for the Harvard Crimson. She is an
alumna of Leadership Atlanta, the Omnicom Senior Management graduate program and the Diversity Leadership Academy. In 2006, she received a BoardWalk
Fellowship to attend Harvard Business School’s executive education program for trustees, "Governing for Nonprofit Excellence." |
