Founder and CEO, Climate Resilience For All
Kathy Baughman McLeod is Founder and CEO of Climate Resilience For All, a global NGO dedicated to building health and wealth for and with women on the front lines of extreme heat.
She is the former Director of the Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center, Global Executive for Environmental and Social Risk at Bank of America, Global Managing Director for Climate Adaptation at The Nature Conservancy, and Deputy Chief of Staff to Florida's elected CFO.
A former member of the US Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) National Advisory Council as the agency's first climate specialist, she also serves as a member of the Operating Committee of the Insurance Development Forum.
Kathy is the recipient of the Fuqua School of Business 2021 "Leader of Consequence" award, was recognized by Reuters' as a 2024 Trailblazing Woman in Climate and is a Policy Fellow of the French Foreign Ministry. She holds an MBA from Duke University, an MS in Geography from Florida State University, and certification in Health Impact Assessment from The University of Liverpool in the UK.
