Kathy Nicholson joined The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in March 2006 as an IT Project Manager, responsible for the project management, planning, and communications activities of the Information Technology department. Prior to joining the Foundation, Kathy was the Associate Director of HR Information Systems at Borders Group, Inc. in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She also spent five years as a computer communications officer in the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Arkansas and in Okinawa, Japan. Kathy earned her M.B.A. and M.A. in East Asian Studies at Stanford University and a B.S. in Computer Science at Santa Clara University.