Meet the Team
Director of Organizational Excellence and Administrative Operations
Kathleen Scott | kscott@csufresno.edu
Kathleen oversees organizational and professional development programs designed to
nurture a culture of change and innovation and build organizational and individual
capacities with the Fresno State community. Kathleen’s higher education career includes
roles in Training and Development, Advancement, Marketing, Public Relations, Enrollment
and Project Management. She worked for ten years in Community Colleges in New Jersey
and Nebraska before coming to Fresno State in 2012. She also has extensive experience
in fundraising, marketing and non-profit administration. Kathleen is a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator, Prosci Change Management Practitioner and Trainer, Certified as a Situational Leadership
II Trainer, Lean/Continuous Improvement Practitioner and Certified in Integrated Planning
by the Society for College and University Planning. Kathleen earned an MBA from Fresno
State and a BS in Marketing from Fairfield University. She is also a graduate of the Harvard Institute for Higher Education Institute for
Management and Leadership in Education. She currently serves on the board of directors for the Network for Change and Continuous
Innovation (NCCI).
Coordinator
Katie Williamson, M.A. | kwilliamson@csufresno.edu
Katie Williamson is an alumnus of Fresno State, where she received
an M.A. in Kinesiology – Sport Psychology and a B.A. in Psychology, with a Certificate
in Applied Behavior Analysis. She was awarded the Graduate Dean’s Medal for the College
of Health and Human Services, and the Graduate President’s Scholarship, and was awarded
the Smittcamp Family Honors scholarship as an undergraduate. Katie's areas of research
and interest include: developing effective worksite wellness programs, overcoming
barriers to exercise, and obesity; she has worked as a behavior therapist for overweight
and obese teens, a personal weight-loss coach, activities coordinator, and a wellness
instructor for the Fresno Rescue Mission. Katie also serves as Chair of both the Staff
Assembly Executive Committee and the STAR Day Committee, participated as a team facilitator
in the first CAIFE program, plays an active role on a number of other committees on
campus, and delivers workshops on stress management, team building, developing resiliency,
and Real Colors training.