Kathy Richardson

Kathy is an Executive Director of Our Community and the group's "Chaos Controller".

She works alongside the Group Managing Director to oversee the organisation's many enterprises, and helps to lead reforms and new business directions.

A journalist who spent the early part of her career working in community newspapers, Kathy also spent two years working in Thailand with the Thai government's Department of Technical and Economic Cooperation. She has a degree in journalism from RMIT, a Diploma in Business (Governance) and a passion for equality and social justice.

A grants, data, governance and impact enthusiast, Kathy has served on a range of not-for-profit boards and grantmaking bodies. Kathy was awarded an Eisenhower Fellowship (Innovation) in 2014.