Katharine Fields, M.P.A., joined the Commonwealth Fund in 2019 as program assistant in the International Health Policy and Practice Innovations program and was promoted in December 2021 to program associate. In this role, Ms. Fields provides daily administrative support to the vice president of the program, in addition to managing the program’s grants, budgets, and assisting with the program’s annual meetings. Prior to joining the Fund, she worked in fundraising for a New York area art museum as well as for a nonprofit theater organization. Ms. Fields holds a Master of Public Administration degree from Baruch College and earned her B.A. cum laude in historic preservation from the University of Mary Washington.