Kacie Walters

Kacie joined Northern Trust in 2015 and is the Global Practice Leader for Professional Development. She has more than 20 years’ experience in the fields of Learning, Organizational Development and Knowledge Management. Kacie manages a global team across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific regions and is responsible for leading Northern Trust’s global corporate university, NTU, along with driving re-skilling and upskilling strategies for the enterprise, managing global onboarding efforts and aligning professional education, certifications and career development programs to provide internal development opportunities. Prior to coming to Northern Trust, Kacie spent her career leading Learning & Development, Knowledge Management and Communication teams for Forsythe Technology, GE Healthcare Advisory Services, Aon Hewitt and General Growth Properties. Most notably, she built several knowledge management functions from the ground up, launched 3 enterprise-wide employee portals, led many technology change management efforts to increase adoption and managed the creation of countless sales, business and management training programs to help groups achieve their goals. She has consulted with a wide variety of organizations and cultures including private, public and start-up corporations, government, and non-profit organizations and has built learning and knowledge-sharing strategies that have global reach for groups from 200 – 25,000 employees. She is passionate about ensuring people have the skills, tools and desired culture they need to work effectively and collaboratively and stay engaged. Kacie graduated from Indiana University with a B.A. in Political Science and from University of Illinois with a M.A. in Communication. She is certified in Organizational Development, Instructional Design, Knowledge Management and Project Management. She supports a number of local Chicago non-profits focused on building community through storytelling.