Katherine Armstrong

Katherine Armstrong co-leads the global Arts and Culture Practice at Russell Reynolds Associates, and partners with leading social impact organizations in navigating complex leadership transitions, issues, and opportunities. She also co-leads RRA's Executive Mentoring program in North America and is a core member of the Board & CEO Advisory Partners at the firm. In her role co-leading RRA's Arts and Culture Practice, Katherine specializes in working with cultural, educational, and philanthropic institutions. She brings particular expertise in the visual and performing arts, as well as a track record of partnering with natural history and STEM museums, historic preservation organizations, and other cultural institutions. Katherine has also conducted a wide range of executive searches for conservation and social justice organizations. She focuses primarily on CEO searches, and has extensive experience around succession planning and governance, as well as the recruitment of transformational executive teams.

In her role with RRA Mentor, Katherine provides leadership advisory support to clients across industries around executive mentoring. Through the RRA Mentor program, an extraordinary cadre of prominent leaders, including chairs and ex-CEOs, mentor executives in a tailored development program. Backed by more than 50 years of executive assessment and development experience, RRA Mentor offers the structure, specificity, and reach that CEO's and CFO's need to accelerate their success in the C-suite. Prior to joining RRA, Katherine was with Dunleavy & Associates, where she specialized in providing professional services to nonprofit organizations, as well as leading engagements focused on strategic planning, marketing, and fundraising. She has an extensive record of working with executive leadership teams and boards of nonprofit organizations at local, regional, and national levels, spanning health and human services, mental and behavioral healthcare, economic and community development, cultural and educational institutions, and national foundations. During her tenure with Dunleavy & Associates, Katherine also co-authored a book with the CEO of a long-time client in the mental and behavioral health space.