Author Archive for: Katherine Holmsen | HC3 Capacity Strengthening Director

Dr. Holmsen is a socio-cultural anthropologist with over 15 years of experience in applied international public health. She is particularly interested in how local social norms and institutions evolve and change in interaction with international programs and movements. Katherine is passionate about local communities taking charge of their own health agendas and how international programs can support that process by building the capacity of local organizations to address critical health needs in their own countries. Trained in complexity theory and complex adaptive systems, she is continually exploring how individual actions can result in change at the systems level. Currently the Capacity Strengthening Director for the Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (HC3) project, Dr. Holmsen previously served as the Deputy Director for the New Partners Initiative (NPI) Technical Assistance project and also consulted to Global Fund programs under the Grants Management Solutions (GMS) project. Her primary work experience has focused on Africa and Southeast Asia.