Kim Kucinskas is Humentum’s Technical Director, Organizational Transformation, where she helps individuals and organizations navigate transformation in times of disruption. With over 15 years of experience at the intersection of equity, operations, and systems change, she supports organizations to rethink structures, align strategy with values, and build resilience for the future.

As Project Director of the TIME Transformation Lab (Transforming Institutional Models for Equity) initiative, Kim also  facilitates collective learning and co-creation to help organizations operationalize power shifts and new models of partnership. She is passionate about turning strategy into practice and works with leaders and teams to connect bold visions with actionable pathways.

Known for designing participatory processes that foster reflection, creativity, and shared ownership, she helps organizations chart transformation journeys that are grounded, values-driven, and adaptive to complexity.

Kim began her career in international development through her work with Total Control of the Epidemic (TCE) in Namibia. She received her undergraduate degree in anthropology from American University and later earned a Master of Science in international relations from University College Dublin. She is PMD Pro 1 and 2 certified.

Kim is based in Washington, DC, where she lives with her husband, two kids, dog, wild turtle, and a feral cat.

Published content:

Flexible Funding Isn’t the Point. What It Makes Possible Is. (June, 2026)
Meeting the moment: A network weaver’s perspective (May, 2025)
Rethinking partnerships for locally-led development (April, 2024)
Operationalizing Locally-led Development: Cultivating a Healthy Global Development Ecosystem (April, 2024)
Compensation is a visible manifestation of (in)equality. So, how do we do it? (March, 2024)
Shifting the power and breaking norms (December, 2023)
Navigating collective transformation: four hard-won lessons from a year of TIME (November, 2023)
Nonprofit operations can be a driver of transformation (October, 2023)
Opinion: Equitable development — aspiration or actuality? (Devex, 2023)
Equitable Development Through Operating Models (October, 2022)
Opinion: INGOs are making real power-shifting changes. Now what? (Devex, 2022)
Opinion: Benchmarking race, inclusion, and diversity in US dev orgs (Devex, 2021)
One INGO’s Journey to Work Themselves Out of a Job (November 19, 2021)