Catherine Coats
Associate, Grants and Contracts

Catherine is an Associate for the Grants and Contracts team at WRI.
Catherine has worked for a variety of nonprofit organizations that implement USG and privately funded international education programs. Most recently, Catherine worked at World Learning to administer the Fulbright Specialist Program, where she led the team's donor reporting initiatives. She has also supported teacher-training grants with Qatar Foundation International and international student advisor services with NAFSA: Association of International Educators. Catherine recently completed a certificate in Data Analytics and is looking forward to applying these skills to WRI.
Catherine has previously lived in Brazil, Morocco, and Turkey, and takes every chance she can get to practice her language skills. She is also a metalsmith, a philodendron enthusiast, and an amateur vermicomposter. If you can't find her in her jewelry studio, she's probably at a concert, at a thrift store, or somewhere along Skyline Drive. Catherine lives in Washington, DC with her cat Moku.