Katherine Swartz Hilton serves a director of the Leadership Center at Columbia College's Institute for Leadership and Professional Excellence.
Previously the Vice President of Leadership Development and Community Involvement for the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce, Katherine also served as the first Executive Director of COR | Columbia Opportunity Resource. She oversaw the Chamber's flagship programs, Leadership Columbia and Leadership Columbia Alumni Association and worked with Chamber and COR members and partners to "build a bench" of young talent ready to assume community leadership positions.