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 focus on ending inequality. Before joining Ford in 2016, Kathy worked for 15 years at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation; prior to that, she was policy director of a non-profit and a legislative assistant on Capitol Hill. Kathy currently serves on the board of Repair the World and is a senior fellow of the Schusterman Family Philanthropies. She resides in New York City.
