Katy
Session(s):
Cultivating Green Jobs: Innovative Models and Tools for Youth Green Jobs in Agriculture
Katy Vickland leads the Inclusive Development team at the Palladium Group LLC. During her 35 plus years as a development professional, Katy has provided technical leadership and high-quality project management in youth economic empowerment and inclusive economic growth; workforce development; youth engagement; blended finance; locally led development and local institutional capacity building; systems thinking; and scaling and sustainability; among other areas. She has lived and worked across Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern and Central Europe, Africa, and Asia, with in-country experience in more than 40 countries. Katy holds a Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, with a concentration in International Development, and a B.A. in Economics from Carleton College.