Draft:Catherine Fritz-Kalish

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Catherine Fritz-Kalish (born 5 December 1973) is the co-founder and managing director of the Australian think tank Global Access Partners (GAP).[1]

She is a board member of several commercial and not-for-profit organisations, including the Fritz Family Office,[2]; the Fritz Family Foundation,[3]; and Huddle,[4] a consulting firm that specialises in human-centered change management.

International activities[edit]

She is also a Director of the International Centre for Democratic Partnerships (ICDP),[5] a non-political organisation established in 2017 which currently implements the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Pacific Connect[6] programme. She is also Director of the ICDP Foundation,[7] which supports projects in education, cultural preservation, health and the natural environment in the Pacific.

She was part of Australia’s trade mission to Israel in 2016 [8] led by Lucy Turnbull AO and a member of the CSIRO/NAB Australian National Outlook 2060’s[9] in 2018-19.

Philanthropy[edit]

She co-founded Thread Together[10] which provides brand new clothing to disadvantaged communities across Australia. She sits on the boards of social justice charity Stand Up[11] and is a member of the advisory board for the Social Impact Hub.[12] She is also part of a significant giving circle which engages whole families in the act of giving to those in need.[13]

She is a mentor for women (Pacific Connect, The Susan Wakil Fellowship[14] student leadership program), a regular blogger[15] on Open Forum (Australia), and has co-authored several articles on the ‘Second Track’ process and methodology.

Selected publications[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Global Access Partners (GAP)".
  2. ^ "Fritz Family Office".
  3. ^ "Fritz Family Foundation" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Huddle".
  5. ^ "International Centre for Democratic Partnerships (ICDP)".
  6. ^ "Pacific Connect".
  7. ^ "ICDP Foundation".
  8. ^ "Australia's trade mission to Israel". 19 May 2016.
  9. ^ "Australian National Outlook 2060".
  10. ^ "Thread Together".
  11. ^ "Stand Up".
  12. ^ "Social Impact Hub".
  13. ^ "Establishing family values and legacies through philanthropy with Catherine Fritz-Kalish: KPMG case study". 14 November 2023.
  14. ^ "Susan Wakil Fellowship".
  15. ^ "Catherine Fritz-Kalish's blog".


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