Kathy Booth

Kathy Booth leads projects that help translate data into action. She currently serves as the Process Facilitator for the development of the California Cradle to Career Data System. In addition, she supports the Guided Pathways movement, including conducting research with the Community College Research Center on how colleges have integrated career and transfer partnerships into their pathways reform efforts. For over five years, she served as the Project Manager and architect for the LaunchBoard, a suite of dashboards that make data on student progress, completion, employment, and earnings outcomes available to educators for the purpose of program improvement. She also helps to map data across systems, including crosswalking K-12 and community college offerings, documenting educational pathways to employment, and aligning data captured by educational institutions and social service agencies that support workforce development. In her previous role as Executive Director of the RP Group, she led research and technical assistance projects in the areas of multiple measures, skills-builder pathways, and student support.