Kathryn Tobin
Senior Program Manager, WEDO
Kathryn (“Katie”) Tobin has worked on sustainable development, gender justice, and human rights since 2011. She began her career at the United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service before co-founding Regions Refocus, an initiative that advances feminist and progressive policy with autonomous regional civil society networks. Before joining WEDO, Katie worked to eradicate inequalities in access to water and sanitation through international advocacy at WaterAid. Katie has also consulted on advocacy and organizational strategy for several UN-based organizations, including UNANIMA, Global Policy Forum, and the Mining Working Group, and two NGOs in Uganda (her favorite place). Katie has a Bachelor’s degree in Africana Studies from Barnard College of Columbia University and a Master’s from School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London). A wannabe novelist and amateur yogini, Katie lives in unceded territory of the Munsee Lenape in the Bronx, with her partner and their two-year-old, Tori.