HAVEN Staff

Kathy Beebe has spent more than 35 years working to end domestic and sexual violence in New Hampshire — and building the organization capable of doing that work with lasting impact. As Executive Director of HAVEN, the state's largest domestic and sexual violence prevention and support agency, she leads a skilled, mission-driven team across all programmatic, fiscal, and operational dimensions of the organization. She also works closely with HAVEN's Board of Directors on strategic planning and the long-term sustainability that the agency's growth demands.

Kathy was the Executive Director of two smaller organizations before guiding their merger into HAVEN in 2015 — a testament to her belief, explored in her master's thesis, that strategic alliances between nonprofits can multiply mission impact in ways neither organization could achieve alone. She holds a Master of Science in Nonprofit Management and Leadership from New England College. Her contributions to the field have been recognized with several awards, including the Lori Breard Achievement in Leadership. She recently served as Board Chair of the NH Center for Nonprofits and has also served on the boards of the NH Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence and Leadership Seacoast and was appointed by Governor Lynch to the NH Judicial Selection Commission, where she served three terms.

A Portsmouth native, Kathy lives there today with her daughter Brenna — close to the community she has served her entire career, and close to the site of HAVEN's new permanent home, now under construction as part of the Building Dignity capital campaign.