Kim Addie

Vice President of Strategy & Impact

Kim Addie is a visionary, results-focused, racial-justice senior leader with an extensive background leading collaboratives and strategic initiatives in the non-profit and philanthropic sector. Kim brings a community and equity-centered lens to all of her work in order to advance conditions for Black and Brown communities. With over 16 years’ experience in a variety of roles, Kim has guided public-private partnerships, managed diverse investment portfolios and nurtured grassroots initiatives from start up to regional scale. She is a creative thinker who honors lived experience alongside research and best practices. Kim brings a wealth of knowledge and experience of designing initiatives that are collaborative, holistic and achieve measurable results.

Kim most recently served as Associate Vice President of Place Based Initiatives at United Way of Greater Atlanta. In this role, she led a team who was responsible for designing and cultivating multi-year, cross-sector initiatives and directing neighborhood-focused investments to improve outcomes for communities of low child well-being throughout metro Atlanta. Through this and other roles she has guided more than $20 million in investments to achieve lasting results including: systems level changes in health care for BIPOC women and infants, increased mental health services and care coordination that led to reduction in discipline issues and improved academic outcomes for low-income children, the development of a neighborhood data system that integrates community voice with public data.

Kim is an ABFE fellow, a student at Georgia State University pursing her degree in Public Policy and a sought-after motivator and public speaker, and the kind of leader who loves helping everyone tap into their fullest potential. Originally from New York, Kim is a mom to 4 amazing humans’ beings and lives in Atlanta with her husband and dog Bailey.