Cathryn L. Dhanatya, PhD

Cathryn is Co-founder and President/CEO of Growing Good Inc., a professional services firm that partners with non-profit organizations and companies who aim to do good in the world. Cathryn has previously held key C-suite executive positions and board director and advisory positions for organizations in the areas of research, higher education, and across the non-profit sector tackling complex social issues from healthcare, education, diversity and gender equity, microfinance, green technology, and food insecurity.

Cathryn has lived and worked on five continents; earned her Ph.D. in Social Science and Comparative Education from UCLA; and has led and conducted research on media and technology as it relates to health issues around the globe. 

She has been a keynote speaker at several international and domestic conferences, events, trainings, and featured in numerous media outlets and publications addressing the issues of non-profit leadership, funding, the future of philanthropy, health equity, diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice, women executives in the workplace, redefining success, and work life balance as a professional and mother.