Kathie Lingle leads Alliance for Work-Life Progress (AWLP), a national center of work-life expertise that defines and recognizes innovation, best practices, and provides global thought leadership. Lingle is a member of the Conference Board’s Work-Life Leadership Council, for which she served as co-chair for several years. She serves on the AWLP Strategy Board and is a former member of the steering committee of the Boston College Work-Life Roundtable. Prior to her current position at WorldatWork, Lingle served as National Work-Life Director at KPMG LLP where she was the primary architect of KPMG’s historic Work Environment Initiative. In 2007, Lingle received the FWI Work-Life Legacy award for her leadership in the work-life profession. As an internationally recognized expert, Lingle has often been quoted in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Working Mother and Boston Globe, and broadcast media such as CNN. A former Peace Corps volunteer in South America, she is fluent in Spanish.