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Katie Van Zanen

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Katie Van Zanen is incurably and professionally curious. A strong writer, interviewer, and facilitator, Katie asks smart questions that get to the heart of the problem. As Senior Project Manager, Executive Team, she leverages her background in interdisciplinary social science research to support client delivery and to investigate, propose, implement, and assess organizational development initiatives at Milepost.

Katie holds a PhD in English & Education from the University of Michigan, an MA from Boston College, and a BA in Writing from Calvin College in her hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She now lives on the other side of the Mitten State in Ann Arbor with her spouse and badly behaved but adorable dog.

Katie Van Zanen

Core competencies

  • Qualitative research including focus groups
  • Quantitative research including surveys
  • Strategic planning
  • Process improvement
  • Partner research and stakeholder engagement activities
  • Meeting facilitation
  • Behavior change
  • Engagement strategy
  • Program evaluation strategy
  • Reporting
  • Learning experience design
  • Storytelling
  • Data collection, management, and analysis
  • Stakeholder/team/project management

Likes

Murder mysteries
Maple trees in autumn
Jigsaw puzzles
Happy hour
Lake Michigan

Dislikes

Board games
Clutter
Truck stops
Squeaky hinges
Mold

Little-known fact

I've learned (and forgotten) 6 languages in my life: Hungarian, Romanian, Lithuanian, Spanish, French, and Arabic — plus some Dutch on Duolingo.