Katherine Kamp retired in March 2020 from her position as the executive director of the Wisconsin Partnership Housing Development, Inc. (WPHD). The mission of WPHD focused on increasing access to affordable housing. WPHD worked with other nonprofits and for-profit developers to create a wide range of housing from multi-family rental units to single family homes for sale.  Prior to serving at WPHD, Ms. Kamp was the executive director of the Housing Partnership of the Fox Cities where she developed over 150-units of affordable housing, including new development of a 10-unit affordable rental project, and a 32-unit permanent supportive housing project in an abandoned downtown manufacturing facility.

She served as a vice president at Lewin/ICF, a large Washington, D.C. policy consulting firm. Ms. Kamp has a BA from Kalamazoo College and an MPP from University of Michigan. She also completed the Achieving Excellence in Community Development program at the Harvard Kennedy School, a two-year program to develop leaders in the area of community revitalization and affordable housing. Ms. Kamp continues to serve as the president of the Board of Cinnaire Lending, a national CDFI and is on the City/County Homeless Issues Committee for Madison/Dane County.

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