Katherine Oborne is program director, early childhood at the Centre for Policy Development. She has a strong background in Policy and Strategy. She has most recently led policy and advocacy at Beyond Blue and worked on their Be You initiative. Prior to this she worked as a strategy consultant helping non profit and government agencies be the best they could be. She also spent over 10 years in social policy roles in state and national government working in education, human services and justice. Outside of work, Kat enjoys travelling and running and you will find her every Saturday morning at her local parkrun!
Kat has a Bachelor of Arts, with First Class Honours in Politics and a Bachelor of Law (Hons) from the University of Adelaide. She is currently completing an Executive Masters in Public Administration at Syracuse University in New York as Rotary Global Grant Scholar.