The Casey Foundation Names Kimberley Brown and Katie Tetrault as Vice Presidents

The Annie E. Casey Foun­da­tion has two new vice pres­i­dents: Kim­ber­ley Brown, who has been named the Foundation’s vice pres­i­dent of human resources, and Katie Tetrault, now vice pres­i­dent of finance and grants man­age­ment. The appoint­ments are effec­tive today.

Brown joined the Casey Foun­da­tion in 2015 and has served since then as direc­tor of human resources and tal­ent strate­gies. Dur­ing her tenure, the Foun­da­tion has enhanced process­es for ori­en­ta­tion, onboard­ing and per­for­mance reviews and has devel­oped a train­ing pro­gram to help man­agers lead and sup­port their teams more effec­tive­ly. Brown is also cred­it­ed with ensur­ing staff ben­e­fits remain com­pet­i­tive and comprehensive.

Tetrault came to the Casey Foun­da­tion in 2010, tak­ing on the role of man­ag­er of finan­cial report­ing and com­pli­ance. She advanced to become the Foundation’s con­troller, then its direc­tor of finance and grants man­age­ment. Tetrault has super­vised all aspects of gen­er­al and invest­ment account­ing and report­ing; pay­roll; and tax and reg­u­la­to­ry mat­ters. She has led the devel­op­ment of the Foundation’s bud­get and, begin­ning this year, she assumed over­sight of grant processing.

“Kim and Katie are expe­ri­enced pro­fes­sion­als who have pro­vid­ed valu­able strate­gic insight through­out their tenure at the Casey Foun­da­tion. We will ben­e­fit tremen­dous­ly from hav­ing them serve in these new roles,” said Foun­da­tion Pres­i­dent and CEO Lisa Hamil­ton.

“Sus­tain­ing a skilled, diverse work­force at our offices in Bal­ti­more and Atlanta and wise­ly man­ag­ing our finances are both essen­tial to the well-being of the Casey Foun­da­tion, and Kim and Katie will be excel­lent lead­ers in these areas,” said John Kim, the Foundation’s chief admin­is­tra­tive officer.

Brown arrived at the Foun­da­tion with more than 20 years of expe­ri­ence as a human resources pro­fes­sion­al. She pre­vi­ous­ly worked as direc­tor of human resources at the Wash­ing­ton Home and Com­mu­ni­ty Hos­pices. Brown holds a bachelor’s degree in busi­ness admin­is­tra­tion and an MBA from Sal­is­bury University.

Pre­vi­ous­ly, Tetrault worked at the nation­al account­ing firm Grant Thorn­ton LLP for 10 years, even­tu­al­ly as a senior man­ag­er work­ing in the firm’s nation­al office. She holds a bachelor’s degree from North Car­oli­na State Uni­ver­si­ty and an MBA from Loy­ola Uni­ver­si­ty (Mary­land).