Board of Trustees

Katherine Lorenz
Katherine holds a B.A. in Economics and Spanish from Davidson College and has spent the last five years working in international development. She spent two summers with AMIGOS, as a volunteer in Nicaragua in 2001 and as a Project Supervisor in Oaxaca in 2002.

Shortly after her summers with AMIGOS, Katherine returned to Oaxaca where she co-founded Puente a la Salud Comunitaria, a non-profit organization working to eradicate malnutrition in rural Oaxaca, Mexico, through the integration of amaranth into the local diet. Katherine is now the Executive Director of Puente, a primary partner agency of the AMIGOS Oaxaca Project. Additionally, she serves on the AMIGOS’ Program Committee.

Katherine is an active member and leader of the Next Generation Sustainable Rural Development Subgroup of the Synergos Institute (GPC). She also serves on the Grants Committee, the Executive Committee, and the Audit Committee of the George and Cynthia Mitchell Foundation, while also serving on the Boards of the Endowment for Regional Sustainability Science and the Amaranth Institute.