Kathy Nicholson

As Manager, Application Development and Support, Kathy leads a team of four application developers and business analysts in support of the Foundation's custom software applications projects. She also works with the Open Educational Resources (OER) team as an Associate Program Officer, responsible for managing an international grant portfolio, participating in the Education Program’s strategic planning process, and coordinating metrics benchmarking. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2006, 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.