Kathryn Hinsch is the founder of the Women's Bioethics Project. She has
been actively involved in philanthropic pursuits since 1998 and resides
in the Seattle area. She has spent the last two years enrolled in the
Harvard Divinity School, pursuing a Master's of Divinity Degree with a
focus on bioethics. She received her B.A. in Political Economy from the
Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington in 1982, and is an alumna
of the Stanford Executive Program in Palo Alto, California.
Kathryn has been involved in community and political
projects throughout her life. She served as a board president of the
Youth Suicide Prevention Center, a nonprofit social service agency that
provides counseling services to troubled teenagers. She has also worked
at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute as a hospital chaplain intern, and
has collaborated with Professor Thomas McCormick at the University of
Washington School of Medicine on the ethical issues surrounding the
birth of Trisomy 18 infants.
Kathryn has held numerous leadership positions in national
organizations including the Women's Political Caucus, Business and
Professional Women, and the American Association of University Women.
She currently serves on the Education Committee of the Washington
Women's Foundation and is a partner in Seattle's Social Venture
Partners organization.
Kathryn was employed by Microsoft Corporation for 12 years
prior to pursuing her philanthropic interests. At the time she left the
company, she had become the Senior Director of Worldwide Marketing for
Windows CE. Prior to Microsoft she worked in a variety of public policy
and political positions.
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