Katherine Henderson Carvalho is a seasoned Marketing Leader with over 20 years of experience driving impactful programs at Cisco. She started her CSR work in 1999, building global awareness for Cisco's Networking Academy programs. This organization provides technology certification that helps differentiate workers in today's job market. As Director of Corporate Social Responsibility Marketing, Katherine leads teams in developing and implementing programs that raise stakeholder engagement to elevate visibility for and demonstrate Cisco's CSR leadership on a global stage. Her expertise spans product and partner management and enablement, field marketing strategy, public relations, corporate marketing, and executive communications. Katherine is responsible for developing and executing the Networking Academy's global field and partner strategy to drive social and business impact. She works collaboratively with sales, business development, government affairs, field/PR marketing, and strategic customers and partners. The Academy ecosystem has over 11,000 locations worldwide, and last year, over 2.3 million students enrolled. Katherine has executed several rewarding CSR programs, including managing and partnering with the World Economic Forum, effectively integrating CSR into the Cisco brand, Corporate Communications, including Analyst, Media, Investor, Customers, and Employee audiences. She also led the award-winning Huffington Post Impact X site at the Clinton Global Initiative and spearheaded the Partnership for Lebanon and Connecting Sichuan, supporting infrastructure rebuilding after the 2008 earthquake in China.