Dr. Kathleen Yang-Clayton is an applied scholar of organizational change and performance management in the public sector. She has taught at the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago, holding faculty and administrative leadership positions in higher education and nonprofits. She is a Senior Visiting Scholar & Civic Innovation Fellow at the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development at DePaul University and a member of several national initiatives that integrate public administration and equity, including the Kettering Foundation, the National League of Cities, and the International City/County Management Association. Her current work focuses on the operationalization of equity practices inside of large public organizations.