Mar 16, 2023
Kate Agnew, Kyros VP and Head of Eng.
Kate Agnew is Vice President and head of Engineering for Kyros, a start-up with the vision to increase positive recovery outcomes through a human-centric, technology-enabled approach to substance use disorder treatment. She previously was the Senior Director of Software Engineering for Optum and responsible for a team of 70 engineers in the U.S. and India.
She’s just completed terms and major leadership responsibilities with the Macalester Alumni Association and the Laura Jeffrey STEM-focused Middle School in St. Paul and has been recently named a public policy fellow by the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute.
Last fall, she was elected to the Edina City Council seat after serving as Chair of the Edina Planning Commission and is Philanthropies Treasurer for Edina Federated Women’s Club (with whom Edina Rotary is teaming with on service projects). She lives in Edina with her husband, Joe, and their two daughters ages 2 and 3.