Kathy Wiseman assists people to live, work and govern their family business, family foundation and family office. Her expertise merges two tracks: business skills and family systems.

Kathy is a faculty member at the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family . She is adjunct faculty at the George Washington University School of Business where she heads the Institute for Succession. She served as a Dean of the Family Office Exchange Learning Academy, Chicago, Illinois and as the president of the Family Firm Institute Education and Research foundation.

As founder of Working Systems, Wiseman has provided consulting to 375 family organizations and individuals for over 25 years. Additional professional partnerships have given her other platforms to educate and coach executives, families, bankers, family office professionals and investment advisors. Kathy's signature is her ability to develop learning experiences that motivate and connect people at all stages of business sophistication.

Her work has caught the eye of corporate business and government. In those settings she has tackled deep organizational muddles with creative leadership training, use of film for capturing people's passion and anxiety about their work over time, and novel curriculum designs for individuals/ families preparing for the future as well as massive federal bureaucracies.

Wiseman holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from George Washington University. She is a board member of the Woman’s Growth Capital Fund, Canada Alamosa Institute and the Jewish Council for the Aging. She speaks and writes for a national audience. Kathy has also co-authored two books, Understanding Organizations and The Emotional Side of Organizations.