Katherine Lucas

Katherine Lucas is the the head of marketing and commercialization at State Street, in charge of developing the narrative and go-to-market strategies as well as thinking about how to highlight the purpose and brand experience. She has been at State Street, based in Boston, since 2012, having led marketing for North America and the Client Experience program.

Katherine comes to State Street from Simon Kucher & Partners, a strategic pricing consultancy headquartered in Bonn, Germany where she ran the telecommunications practice in North America, partnering with clients to increase profits by engaging in projects such as strategic pricing and product portfolio design, bundling and sales optimization. Prior to that role, she was head of fiber optic consumer marketing and strategy for CenturyLink.

Additional past roles include lecturer at Cornell University in Communications as well as a production assistant at Warner Brothers on the Emmy-nominated TV shows ER, West Wing and Third Watch.

Katherine holds her bachelor’s of science in both applied economics and communications, her master’s of science in behavioral economics and her master’s in business administration, all with honors, from Cornell University. She is a TED speaker and also a varsity letter winner in Men’s Football from Cornell University. She currently lives in Wellesley with her husband, two children and dog.