Kathryn Compton has been with World Vision US for over 25
years, and currently serves as Chief Development Officer. A
dynamic and innovative leader in her work at World Vision, Kathryn
developed and leads Strong Women Strong World — a global
Women’s Empowerment initiative focused on bringing together
influential and affluent partners who are dedicated to empowering
women and girls through gender reconciliation in developing
countries. The Strong Women Strong World initiative uniquely
positions World Vision’s work in the global context of empowering
girls, women, boys, and men to being equally valued, receiving
equal access to services, programs and responses, and
experiencing equal rights and freedoms. Through Kathryn’s
leadership, she has created a community of partners from differing
disciplines, denominations, traditions and political persuasions and an opportunity to work
together on a common cause: gender justice. Kathryn brings energy, compassion, and
innovation as both a fundraiser and an advocate for women and the disenfranchised.  She is
uniquely gifted at identifying and empowering community leaders here in the United States as
well as in some of the most underdeveloped and impoverished places in the world.
Past accomplishments include the highly successful development and implementation of World
Vision’s national advocacy and awareness campaign to respond to the global HIV/AIDS
pandemic, the Hope Initiative. Kathryn led the Hope Tours, visiting over 18 cities in the US with
the goal of mobilizing, educating, and informing, individuals, corporations, foundations,
community leaders, and the media around the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the developing world and
the US. Her deep commitment and love to the poor and marginalized people of the world is
evident in everything she does and touches everyone she meets in a profound way.
Kathryn joined the Board of Directors for Global Impact in March 2015. A graduate of the
University of Arizona, Kathryn currently resides in Tacoma, WA and is the proud mother to three sons.