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, CA.
Ms. Hinsch has been involved in community and political projects throughout her life. She served as a board president of the Youth Suicide Prevention Center, a non-profit 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.
Ms. Hinsch 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.
Ms. Hinsch 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.