Katrina Ward serves as the Director of Outreach & Engagement for the University of California, Office of the President and UCLA.  In her role with UCOP, she leads alumni career engagement efforts across the ten campus University of California system.  Under Katrina’s direction, UC has launched a number of innovative career programs aimed at uniting and supporting a community of over 2 million alumni. 

At UCLA, Katrina oversees efforts to measure the impact, progress and success of alumni engagement activities through a comprehensive analytics framework and quarterly dashboard.

Prior to this role, Katrina served as the Executive Director of Alumni Career Initiatives and Partnership UCLA.  In this role, Katrina designed and pioneered a transformative engagement program to support students in the transition from classroom to career by uniting alumni, faculty, and corporations to implement full-scale change in the academic classroom, co-curricular programs and virtual touchpoints. 

As a Higher Education leader, Katrina has developed community partnerships and innovative career programs to serve students and alumni at UCLA, University of Denver, Pepperdine University, Santa Monica College and The New School University and currently teaches a vocational development course at NYU.  Ward holds a Bachelor of Science in Human Development from Cornell University, a Master of Arts in Psychology, and a Master of Education in Counseling Psychology, both from Columbia University.