Kate Gellert graduated from Harvard College with a degree in fine arts and completed an MBA at Columbia University. She currently serves as a director of Windcrest Partners, a New York-based private investment firm. Kate currently serves as President of the Harvard Alumni Association and on the Dean's Council at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Kate is involved in New York-based institutions: she serves as Secretary of the International Woman's Health Coalition, an organization committed to the health and human rights of women and girls around the world, and on the board of Lincoln Center Education, an arm of Lincoln Center devoted to helping young minds perform in a dynamic world. Kate is also a Trustee of St. Paul's School in Concord, NH from which she graduated.
From Kate: "I feel very strongly in how my time in Fine Arts (now HAA) shaped how I think -- and how those skills have followed me in my career... much of life is interdisciplinary the way Fine Arts was -- and to be able to notice deeply, make connections, and find creative interpretations is just as applicable at my desk working in finance as it was trying to navigate my senior thesis..."
Harvard Gazette article: ‘A lifetime of limitless possibility’