Our Building Blocks

Founder & CEO, leadership coach

Kathy Tan is a dedicated leader on a mission to empower individuals to live unapologetically, lead authentically, and become the best versions of themselves they can be. With a Master's in Social Entrepreneurship & Change with research focused on gender-based violence: domestic violence and sexual assault in women and girls from Pepperdine University and a Bachelor’s in Psychology from the University of Michigan, she's a seasoned personal and professional development coach. Her identity as a first-generation Chinese and Filipina American, Christian, daughter of immigrants, beloved sister and aunt, traveler, and dancer connects her to her work and the people she serves.

Kathy holds 40 hours of training as a domestic violence peer counselor, a Certificate of Completion for Healthy Families Series training, and recipient for the Community Healing BEE FREE Grant completing their Conscious Leadership for Equity Program. She concurrently works as a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership Coach. From mental health providers to educators, non-profit to corporate and government leaders, Kathy has partnered with diverse leaders and teams nationally and globally.

In her previous roles, Kathy played a crucial role in program and partnership management, project management, people management, operations, and piloting and implementing programs and initiatives aimed at enhancing organizational capacity and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. She was a founding member of her organization's Equity Council where she championed efforts to audit organizational culture through an anti-racist lens. In early 2022, Kathy interned in Asunción and Cerrito, Paraguay, working alongside a global organization to study anti-violence initiatives and collaborating with key stakeholders. She facilitated violence focus groups with 30 Cerrito students and offered valuable recommendations for anti-violence prevention and intervention efforts.