Kate has completed three marathons. She always goes the distance for ROI’s clients.
Kate Burke
Kate Burke has spent more than a decade helping large organizations meet new business challenges, adapt to change and strengthen their cultures. In every one of those endeavors, a principal focus has been enhancing internal communication.
"Communication plays such an important role in helping people know what they need to do to achieve their objectives," she said. "I like to help people figure out where the disconnects are, and engage them to bridge those gaps."
Kate launched her communications career with Federated Department Stores, at Macy’s West. As the Manager for Internal Communications, she led or collaborated with teams to develop and execute training strategy, HR policies and general communications. Later, at AMB Property Corporation – a global Real Estate Investment Trust – she helped the company facilitate effective communication with diverse employees around the world, and smoothed the cultural integrations associated with challenging mergers and acquisitions. Subsequently, as a consultant, she worked on key communications initiatives with clients such as Genentech, SunPower, LucasFilm, Terex Corporation, Applied BioSystems and Gap Inc.
Adept at tapping social media as well as more traditional communication tools, she helps clients of ROI Communication align their people with their business goals in a way that feels true to a client’s culture, building that organization’s cohesiveness and capabilities at the same time.
An avid outdoorswoman and cycling enthusiast, Kate holds a BA in Communications from Lewis & Clark College.