Kate Harris

Kate Harris, President, CEO, and Chair of Stanley Consultants, has 30 years of international experience in the construction, engineering, and consulting industry. She graduated with a First-Class Honors degree in the U.K and has completed the Advanced Management and Intellectual Property programs at Harvard Business and Law Schools. She is a Board Leadership Fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), a member of Women Corporate Directors (WCD) and accredited as a Board Certified Environmental Engineering Member (BCEEM). In addition to serving as a Trustee of the Company’s retirement programs, and Chair of the Stanley Consultants Charitable Foundation, Kate also serves on the American Council of Engineering Council’s (ACEC) Research Institute board. Kate was named the 2022 CEO of the Year by the Environmental Financial Consulting Group (EFCG), in recognition of her outstanding leadership, steadfast focus on ethics and integrity, and consistently innovative and effective approach. Her leadership interests fully align with Stanley’s mission to leverage skills, capabilities, and rapidly changing technologies for the good of the Company’s clients, communities, and Members, promote the profession’s essential value to society and inspire a generation to solve the world’s most challenging problems. An active advocate of client service, business innovation, and talent development, and one of the earliest AEC participants of CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion™, Kate continues to mentor upcoming generations of leaders to further Stanley’s Purpose of Improving Lives Since 1913.