About Kathryn

Combining academic rigour with a practical ‘can-do’ approach, Kathryn is committed to delivering evidence-based change that improves the lives of Australians.

Kathryn brings deep experience working across the public, private and not for profit sectors, specialising in program review and evaluation. Over the past 10 years, Kathryn has delivered a range of evaluations of varying size, scale and complexity across the mental health, human and family services, education and justice sectors, and is skilled at working alongside her clients to build evaluation capability.  

Kathryn draws on her academic background to ensure technical rigour alongside a practical and grounded approach to evaluation. She has experience delivering lapsing program evaluations, implementation and outcomes evaluations, and conducting developmental approaches, agile and rapid methodologies and ethically informed practice. Over her career, Kathryn has worked extensively with vulnerable cohorts, including children and young people, people with complex or challenging needs and those experiencing family violence. With this lens, Kathryn brings a sensitive approach to stakeholder engagement and is highly skilled at designing and conducting tailored engagement methods compliant with the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research.

Kathryn is an active contributor to the evaluation community, with two published articles in the Evaluation Journal of Australia (EJA). She was the 2023 winner of the Australian Evaluation Society’s ‘Award for Excellence in Evaluation,’ and previously participated in the AES Mentoring program.

Outside of work, Kathryn loves being outdoors and spending time camping and hiking with her family. She is an avid runner and will participate in the New York marathon later this year.