Kate Fagan Taylor, BA, MDiv, CMC, ACC

Kate Fagan Taylor is an Associate of Wirk Consulting, partnering with us specifically on projects related to the education sector. She is a Certified Management Consultant whose expertise includes strategy development and design, consultations and community engagement, governance, organizational culture development, coaching and facilitation. Kate’s senior advisory and governance experience spans the Canadian public and post-secondary sector, Crown Agencies, the health sector, not-for-profits and the tech and energy industries.

Kate’s experience in the post-secondary sector includes serving as Assistant University Secretary at the University of Victoria, the senior official responsible for governance and policy at the University. Previously, Kate served in University of Victoria Student Services providing support for students as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Kate recently completed a governance review for Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, NS. Previously, Kate directed the governance framework for the BC Crown Agency sector, and has designed governance frameworks for publicly funded health data enterprise. Kate served as Manager of Universities for the BC Ministry of Advanced Education, and later served as Director of Strategic Initiatives in the office of the Deputy Minister during a system change project, the Campus 2020 initiative.

Kate works with executives and their teams to facilitate strategy, policy and governance design. Kate has designed and delivered governance projects with complex ecosystem-building and stakeholder engagement requirements. Her expertise in facilitation includes strategy and business transformation planning, design roundtables, webinars, interviews, coaching and workshops. She also provided a review and framework for governance development to support board chairs and CEOs across the Crown Agency sector in BC. Her expertise in designing strategy and governance is augmented by a practical mindset gained from her years of executive experience. Kate adheres to ethical standards as a Certified Management Consultant (CMC).