Kaci is the Director, Partnerships & Client Engagement. In this role she manages New Growth’s communication strategy and provides strategic direction for research and grant administration projects. She comes to New Growth with expertise in public policy, group facilitation, and continuous improvement. Before joining New Growth, Kaci worked as an independent consultant specializing in providing strategic planning and communications support to startups, minority owned businesses, and nonprofits in the Cincinnati/Dayton region.
Kaci holds a Master of Science in Urban Studies from the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University where she studied the non-economic benefits of college degree attainment in urban areas and the startup culture of the Cleveland Metropolitan Statistical Area. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from The Ohio State University, where she was in the honor’s program.