Callie Y. Kim

Callie Y. Kim is the founder of Waban Impact, a boutique fractional Chief of Staff firm serving mission-driven leaders across family offices, governments, startups, and nonprofits worldwide. Her mission is to partner with individuals and organizations to co-create impact that outlasts any single initiative, for the leader, the organization, and the communities they serve. She has had the distinct pleasure of collaborating with clients across different corners of the world, including the United States, Mongolia, Israel, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the UAE. Callie partnered with Family Office Exchange, overseeing the APAC market. Her earlier career spans management consulting at Accenture and Simon-Kucher, as well as research roles at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.

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A third-culture adult raised between Taiwan, the United States, and Switzerland, Callie left home at a young age, an ocean away from family, and has built an independent, internationally rooted life ever since. That early distance became a foundation: an instinct for building trust, navigating cultural nuance, and turning relationships into lasting capital across borders. It is this same instinct she now brings to every client engagement, mobilizing the right relationship, in the right place, at the right time.

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Callie has also been invited to speak at leading institutions including Accenture, The New School, and Wellesley College.

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Callie holds a joint BA/MA in Philosophy from Wellesley College and in International History and Politics from the Graduate Institute Geneva, where she was part of the inaugural cohort. She is a Madeleine Korbel Albright Fellow and fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese.

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Beyond Waban Impact, Callie serves as Co-Chair of the 50/50 Women on Boards Chicago Leadership Committee, championing board diversity.