Katherine Garrett

Katherine Garrett is a lecturer in health policy and management at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. She is associate director of the department’s Health System Simulation, a faculty adviser in its consulting practice initiative, and has taught classes on the relationship of organizational strategy and quality management in the department’s master of healthcare administration programs.

Ms. Garrett is also a consultant on performance measurement and improvement for not-for-profit organizations and a writer on healthcare policy and quality. She has more than 30 years’ experience in the healthcare industry, including acting as program designer and lead strategist for the 22-facility NYC Health + Hospitals’ Quality Management initiative. Ms. Garrett’s recent clients include the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Fire Department of the City of New York and the American Academy of Pediatrics. She also serves as a member of the Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Committee of the board of directors of LiveOnNY (formerly the New York Organ Donor Network).

Ms. Garrett has taught in executive education programs of Columbia Business School, the University of Reykjavik, Iceland, and the Scuola Sant’Anna in Pisa, Italy. She has a master of business of administration in finance with distinction from New York University and a bachelor of arts cum laude from Harvard University. She is an active alumna participant in the Center for Public Interest Careers at Harvard College. Ms. Garrett also serves as a volunteer docent at the Museum of Food and Drink in Brooklyn, N.Y.