Kathy is an MD/MBA turned healthcare investor. She started her career as an engineer/entrepreneur as the co-founder of SPOUTS of Water, a ceramic water filter manufacturer in Uganda. For her work, she was a Cartier Women’s Initiative Fellow, the recipient of the Takeda Young Entrepreneurship Award and featured on National Geographic Chasing Genius.

 

In addition to SPOUTS, she was the co-founder of Juni Essentials / Dr. Noah, an all-natural oral care brand - she was also listed as Forbes 30 Under 30 for her work. In addition, Kathy worked across global healthcare clients as a management consultant.

 

Kathy holds an MD/MBA from Stanford where she was a recipient of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship. During her time at Stanford, she was the Operations Manager for the student-run free clinics. She also holds an AB/SM from Harvard where she studied Engineering Sciences and Molecular and Cellular Biology.

 

She lives in Menlo Park with her husband, 2 daughters and parents who feed her copious amounts of Korean food. Kathy sits on the board of a non-profit in Uganda and also advises startups in her free time.