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Robin Katcher
Robin Katcher
Managing Director
Robin Katcher is spearheading MAG's new strategic direction focused on supporting and transforming social justice efforts to more effectively operate at not just the organizational level but also at the leadership and network level in order to help build broad, long-term political power, scale up impact, and win on a wide-range of progressive issues. She is a national leader in strengthening organizations on the front lines of change. Her deep experience in social justice movements – as an organizer, trainer, educator, legislative advocate, and board member – informs her rigorous approach to building powerful organizations, leaders, and networks.
Robin joined MAG in 1999 and has consulted with scores of social justice organizations across the country. She is driven by an intense interest in the ways that activist organizations can harness their energy to create major change. "Through this work, I've been able to experience the power of an organization that knows what it wants to accomplish and which is committed to the array of strategies it will take to make that happen. I see organizational development consulting as a tool for creating social justice."
Before joining MAG, Robin held a variety of leadership positions across a range of social justice issues, including Legislative Director at the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence and Trainer and in a Gill Foundation program providing board development and fundraising workshops for LGBTQ community organizations. She has served as a Founding Board Member for Jews United for Justice; Board Member of Bet Mishpachah (a synagogue serving the LGBTQ community); volunteer sex health educator for Whitman-Walker Clinic; and community ally of HERE Local 27, the DC parking lot attendants union.
Robin joined MAG in 1999 and has consulted with scores of social justice organizations across the country. She is driven by an intense interest in the ways that activist organizations can harness their energy to create major change. "Through this work, I've been able to experience the power of an organization that knows what it wants to accomplish and which is committed to the array of strategies it will take to make that happen. I see organizational development consulting as a tool for creating social justice."
Robin has consulted with hundreds of individual organizations, provided leadership coaching, and led customized capacity-building programs for networks of organizations. Robin has assisted social justice groups including: American Civil Liberties Union; Jobs with Justice; Land Trust Alliance; Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights; National Network of Abortion Funds; US Action; Diverse Elders Coalition; Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation’s College Ready Communities Initiative; Equally Blessed Coalition; Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues; Hyde Working Group; Alliance for Children and Families; Citizen Action Wisconsin; Hope House; and Equality Maryland.
Recognizing the important yet often misunderstood and undervalued role of networks in building a strong social movement, Robin conducted cutting-edge research whose findings were published in Nonprofit Quarterly as "Unstill Waters: The Fluid Role of Networks in Social Movements."" She is also the Lead Author of MAG's publications, Boards Matter and Advancing Your Cause Through the People You Manage. Robin serves on the Editorial Advisory Board for the Nonprofit Quarterly and as board member for SMYAL, an organization serving LGBT youth.
Before joining MAG, Robin held a variety of leadership positions across a range of social justice issues, including Legislative Director at the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence and Trainer and in a Gill Foundation program providing board development and fundraising workshops for LGBTQ community organizations. She has served as a Founding Board Member for Jews United for Justice; Board Member of Bet Mishpachah (a synagogue serving the LGBTQ community); volunteer sex health educator for Whitman-Walker Clinic; and community ally of HERE Local 27, the DC parking lot attendants union.