Kate Head

Current

• Owner at Strategies Worldwide (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• Consultant or Staff Member in 14 countries at National Democratic Institute
• Communications and Public Education at BearingPoint
• Campaign Director at America Votes

• Senior Communications Counsel and Web Analyst at Emerald Strategies
• Director of Outreach at Million Mom March
• Director of Outreach at Million Mom March
• Campaign CEO at Michael Coles for Congress
• Director of Outreach, Los Angelos at Earth Day, 20th Anniversary
• Campaign Manager at Worley for Congress
• Field Staff Leadership at Jackson for President
• Consultant at Communications Consortium

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Education

• University of Iowa

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Public Relations and Communications

Websites

• My Website

Kate Head’s Summary

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Strategies Worldwide, a company building organizations, coalitions and government agencies through strategic planning, organizational development, public education and media communications for
global NGO and government clients. Kate Head has a 25 year public sector career with expertise in communications, coalitions, and elections providing a wide range of support for government, civic organizations and political leaders in 19 countries.

Kate Head’s Specialties:

Communications, Coaltions, Elections

Kate Head’s Experience

• Owner

  Strategies Worldwide (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  January 1999 — Present (10 years 7 months)

  Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Global Strategies, a company building organizations, coalitions and government agencies through strategic planning, organizational development, public education and media communications for
  global NGO and government clients. Kate Head has a 25 year public sector career with expertise in communications, coalitions, and elections providing a wide range of support for government, civic organizations and political leaders in 16 countries.
  • Afghanistan Ministries of Commerce, Finance, and Communications: Wrote communications plans for targeted and public audiences
  • Kosovo: Directed Public Education-Information for EU-UNMIK for the Euro conversion, introduction of VAT, wage and property taxes, new pension program, commercial development and banking reform.
  • Nigerian government Business Monitoring & Price Unit: Created branding and communications plans for this government office responsible for investigating corruption in national contracts

• Consultant or Staff Member in 14 countries

  National Democratic Institute

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  1993 — 2008 (15 years)

  Worked as a staff member, and later as a consultant. Trained government leaders and political parties on advance campaign strategies, advertising, and voter contact with parties in the Russian Federation, Malawi, South Africa, Estonia and Cambodia. Developed civic organizations in Albania, West Bank, Gaza, Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon and Montenegro. Monitored and evaluated the political environments in Kyrgyzstan, Slovakia and Pakistan.

• Communications and Public Education

  BearingPoint

  (Public Company; BE; Management Consulting industry)

  1999 — 2007 (8 years)

  Worked in a variety of consultancies for BearingPoint Emerging Markets including: Montenegro economic reform publicity; Sudan currency conversion evaluation; Kyrgyzstan Tax Department survey research; Tajikistan Tax Department material creation.

• Campaign Director

  America Votes

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Political Organization industry)

  July 2006 — December 2006 (6 months)

  Campaign Director for election cycle coordinating 36 national organizations including labor, women and environment groups in 7 states to share volunteers, polling and list, identify persuade and turnout voters.

• Senior Communications Counsel and Web Analyst

  Emerald Strategies

  (Internet industry)

  January 2001 — 2005 (4 years)

  Heuristic Reviews and Log Analysis: Use best practice and evidence based design theory and research to improve Web site performance and present actionable reports for improvements.
  • U.S. House of Representatives: Evaluated 200+ Congressional web sites for usability, content and disability access on 100+ critical criteria providing direction for improvement;
  • Analyzed web trends for house.gov and housenet.gov – US Congressional portal and Intranet
  • Heuristic Evaluations: performed heuristic evaluations for US Holocaust Museum, US Council on Competitiveness and foreign government agencies

• Director of Outreach

  Million Mom March

  (Civic & Social Organization industry)

  2000 — 2000 (less than a year)

  Built audience turnout by outreach to endorsing organizations and Mom groups for 500,000-person event in Washington, D.C.

• Director of Outreach

  Million Mom March

  (Civic & Social Organization industry)

  2000 — 2000 (less than a year)

  Built audience turnout by outreach to endorsing organizations and Mom groups for 500,000-person event in Washington, D.C.

• Campaign CEO

  Michael Coles for Congress

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  1996 — 1996 (less than a year)

• Director of Outreach, Los Angelos

  Earth Day, 20th Anniversary

  (Civic & Social Organization industry)

  1990 — 1990 (less than a year)

• Campaign Manager

  Worley for Congress

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  1990 — 1990 (less than a year)

• Field Staff Leadership

  Jackson for President

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  1987 — 1988 (1 year)

• Consultant

  Communications Consortium

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  1987 — 1987 (less than a year)

  Provided media analysis and message guidance on a Supreme Court nominee.

Kate Head’s Education

• University of Iowa

  Journalism & Mass Communication , 1980 — 1999

  Summer Writers Workshop, 1999

Additional Information

Kate Head’s Websites:

• My Website

Kate Head’s Groups:

National Association of Government Communicators
Advisory Committee, Democratic GAIN

•    National Democratic Institute (NDI) Alumni and Staff

Kate Head’s Honors:

Certified Usability Analyst, Human Factors International

Kate Head’s Contact Settings

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