Christine E. Koehn, Ph.D.
Dr. Christine Koehn has more than 25 years of experience working with private foundations, public charities, governmental agencies, and nonprofits committed to leveraging their resources to address social disparities in their communities. For nearly half that time, she has served in executive roles.
Currently, Christine works as a consultant, capitalizing on her skills and experiences to assist organizations with effectively achieving their operational, program, and impact goals. In her previous role, she served as the Executive Director of Achieve Palm Beach County, an expansive countywide collective impact initiative focused on post-secondary attainment - an effort she was pivotal in developing and implementing. Prior to that, she served as the Executive Director at the Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W. Farris Foundation. Upon its endowment, she was hired to establish the foundation’s operations, board interactions, and grantmaking; and, then went on to administer all aspects of the foundation as its first and only staff member. She has also served as the Vice President of Community Impact at the United Way of Palm Beach County and the Vice President for Programs at the Quantum Foundation, providing oversight of their programmatic investments; and as a Research Analyst for the Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County, conducting research and program evaluation.
Christine is a results-driven, resourceful leader, with extensive experience in organization administration. She is seasoned at operating effective organizations, developing and managing boards, building and administering strategic plans, and creating and overseeing grantmaking portfolios. She is skilled at cultivating and facilitating public/private partnerships as well as extensive community collaboratives designed to promote social equity and stimulate significant collective impact. Through partnerships and collaboratives, she has become adept at identifying systems-level issues as well as crafting and implementing programming and funding strategies designed to address the identified issues. Further, she has a proven track record for planning and executing large-scale research and evaluation projects designed to demonstrate the impact of programming/funding and to support continued improvement.
Christine’s commitment to community extends to her volunteer service, often in leadership roles, on community boards and network groups. She currently serves as a Trustee of the Palm Health Foundation, the Chair of the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners Citizens Advisory Committee, and a Stewardship Council member of BeWellPBC. In the past, she has served as a Co-Chair of the National Center for Family Philanthropy’s Non-family Staff Peer Network and a Co-Chair of the Palm Beach County Education Funders Collaborative.
Christine holds a Ph.D. in Applied Psychology from the Florida International University.
She’s a life-long learner who continually engages in professional development. She has been published in numerous professional journals and books, and has presented at various national conferences on a wide array of subjects.
