Katherine Cortes
Katherine is a Senior Associate with a focus on project management, financial analysis, and policy development. She brings more than 20 years of experience in local government and non-profits, on a range of fiscal and policy issues, most recently as the Finance & Operations Manager for the City of Seattle Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs. She has also worked in both the legislative and executive branches of King County, the Council of State Governments Justice Center, and the housing-focused nonprofit Building Changes.
Katherine has a M.P.A. from the University of Washington Evans School and a B.A. in English and Art History from Harvard University. She serves on the board of ECOSS, an environmental justice nonprofit providing outreach, engagement, and services in the greater Seattle area.
Outside BERK
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Like a lot of working parents, Katherine spends lots of time outside of the office as an advocate, case manager, and mom for an amazing 11-year-old – sometimes realized in fabulous wheelchair Halloween costumes, and sometimes just in managing to get everyone where they need to be in clothing appropriate to the weather! When not wrangling socks and hats, Katherine enjoys playing soccer and pickleball, dancing on the rooftop, and playing cooperative and competitive board games with her husband, son and friends.