Kate Barrett

Kate Barrett is the President of the Campbell Soup Foundation and Director of Community Affairs at The Campbell Soup Company. In her role, she is responsible for setting the strategy and direction of Campbell’s community affairs work including employee volunteerism and giving, philanthropy, disaster relief, and the company’s signature program, Full Futures, which focuses on advancing the school nutrition environment. Kate leads the Campbell Soup Foundation, which provides financial support to local organizations that inspire positive change in communities where Campbell has operations across North America. Kate is passionate about the intersection between the private and social sectors, and the role that businesses can play in affecting social change while driving business strategy. Prior to joining Campbell in June 2017, Kate was a project director at The Center for High Impact Philanthropy, and before that, she spent many years working in the private sector for a variety of companies, including as a consultant with the global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company. Kate received her MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and her bachelor’s degree from Brown University. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband and two children.