Kathleen G. Noonan, JD
Division of General Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

            Kathleen G. Noonan, JD, is a lawyer and full-time member of the General Pediatrics Division at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.  At the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, she is co-leading an effort to establish a cross-disciplinary research and policy center focused on children’s public health.  She is also Adjunct Faculty for the Robert Wood Johnson Scholars Program at the University of Pennsylvania.  Before coming to CHOP, Kathleen was founding Associate Director of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania where she worked to identify strategies, information, and tools to help philanthropists achieve greater social impact, particularly in the areas of urban education and global health.

            Prior to joining the University of Pennsylvania, Kathleen spent seven years as a Senior Associate and Engagement Manager with Casey Strategic Consulting, the consulting arm of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. As the consulting group’s first member, Kathleen was instrumental in bringing Casey’s expertise in state and local human service systems together with the best methods of private sector strategy consulting. While at Casey, Kathleen led engagements around the country aimed to produce significant public system reforms for the benefit of vulnerable children, families, and communities.  Based on her experiences at Casey, Kathleen recently co-authored an article for the American Bar Association, Journal of Law and Social Inquiry, on legal accountability in child welfare and other public welfare entitlement programs.

            Earlier in her career, Kathleen was a practicing attorney at the Boston firm of Hill & Barlow where she focused on real estate, specifically involving the use of Low- Income Housing Tax Credits in affordable housing projects. She served as a law clerk to United States District Judge Morris E. Lasker and has worked in public policy positions in New York City with the Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York, Inc., and Bank Street College of Education, Division of Social Policy.