About

Kati Collective is a different sort of global consultancy. We are not a large global firm for whom this work is but a small part of the overall mission and portfolio. We are small, focused, and nimble: we exist because we believe the lives of women and girls will be positively impacted by collective, purposeful actions.

For each client engagement, Founder and CEO Kirsten Gagnaire builds a highly skilled team of consultants to complement your specific project and goals. This model enables Kati Collective to stay lean and deliver the most cost-effective and targeted work for our clients. Our frequent collaborators are global experts who have specific skill sets and experience at the intersection of digital health; maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (MNCAH); global stakeholder management; strategy implementation; and private sector engagement.

Hailing from both the global north and the global south, we are all steeped in a deep understanding of the health-related sustainable development goals and the work of Every Woman Every Child framework, having led and worked in organizations aligned with this work.

Kati Collective provides our clients with perspective and experience, as well as the strategies and tools needed to improve outcomes for women on a global scale.

i stand
on the sacrifices
of a million women before me
thinking
what can i do
to make this mountain taller
so the women after me
can see farther
—rupi kaur

Kirsten Gagnaire, Founder & CEO

A Seattle-area native and passionate advocate for women’s and girls’ issues globally, Kirsten’s work concentrates on culturally relevant technology for social impact, focusing on girls’ and women’s empowerment applications for effectively educating communities and maximizing outcomes for the underserved across the globe. She believes digital interventions can improve the health of mothers and babies in low-and middle-income settings.

Kirsten has lived and traveled extensively across Africa and Southeast Asia. She is an innovator for social impact and social enterprise thought leader, having developed and led groundbreaking business models and partnerships with global multi-sector organizations including governments, corporate, United Nations agencies, and grassroots social entrepreneurs.

References available upon request

Images of India courtesy of Kirsten Gagnaire. Images of South Africa courtesy of MAMA/UN Foundation. Headshots by Jonathan Vanderweit.