In 2019, Kathryn re-launched the Nestle USA Women in Engineering (WiE) Network, growing membership and attendance 300% in the first year. She leads a team of nine women with two executive sponsors to organize multiple development and connection events per month. The number of event offerings per year has risen from 1 prior to 2019 to 35 in 2021. Kathryn also led the WiE support of the Nestle Black Employee Associates by launching 10 trainings and listening sessions on allyship over the summer of 2020. In 2021, Kathryn developed an Unconscious Bias and Allyship workshop for the senior leaders of the Nestle USA engineering team. Kathryn’s success with WiE meant her team set the global benchmark on how to create Women in Engineering Employee Resource Groups, and she was invited to present their results to the global Engineering Chiefs. In addition to her other activities Kathryn acts as a one-on-one mentor to multiple WiE members.
