Dr. Cathryn Litvack Dhanatya is a mission-driven executive, strategist, and thought-leader whose career has been defined by the conviction that organizations thrive when they scale with intention, lead with rigor, and keep the human at the center.

As Co-Founder and President/CEO of Growing Good Inc., she partners with nonprofits, research institutions, and mission-aligned companies navigating transformation and growth. Across multiple C-suite roles, board directorships, and senior advisory positions, she has shaped organizational strategy and leadership development across sectors spanning healthcare, education, green technology, microfinance, and global food systems. For over two decades, she has helped mobilize nearly $1 billion in philanthropic and grant capital worldwide.

Dr. Dhanatya holds a Ph.D. in Social Science and Comparative Education from UCLA. As a researcher and educator, she has taught globalization and international development at leading universities and been invited to speak at the highest echelons of academia, government, and business—including the U.S. State Department, Ministries of Health, and Fortune 500 organizations.

In her August 2025 TEDxInglewood talk, Untaught Strength: The Drive to Do the Impossible (100,000+ views), Dr. Dhanatya recounts a deeply personal story—75 days of active labor, confined to a hospital bed. From that harrowing experience came a question that now guides her work with organizations and leaders: as AI and disruption reshape every sector, how do we build leaders who thrive through change, not merely survive it? How do we lead fearlessly when the impossible feels or seems inevitable? Dr. Dhanatya calls her approach disruption-proof leadership—the practice of holding both rigor and humanity when stakes are highest, and turning seemingly impossible problems into opportunities for innovation. She equips leaders and organizations with the research, frameworks, and practical tools to cultivate this capacity—and to lead through whatever comes next.