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title: Society for Process Consulting - Withness Blog | Catherine Pederson
description: Catherine (Draeger) Pederson, Ph.D. is a relational leader, strategic thinker, and strength-based consultant with over 18 years of experience empowering people to make a difference in their community. She is the CEO of Loving Venti, LLC., a consulting firm that works with small-to-medium sized nonprofits to fill their organizational cracks. She serves as an Adjunct Lecturer at UW-Milwaukee in the Helen Bader School of Nonprofit Management and Master of Sustainable Peacebuilding programs. She has had experience with various small-to-medium sized nonprofits committed to our community from being the Executive Director of Wisconsin Inmate Education Association, whose mission is to transform our prison system from the inside out by educating inmates to become peer counselors, and the Executive Director of Friedens Community Ministries, the largest food pantry network in Milwaukee. Recipient of numerous awards, including the Ten Outstanding Young America's (TOYA) award in 2015 from the United States Junior Chamber (Jaycees) and the Philanthropic 5 recipient in 2016 from United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County. She lives in Washington Heights, Milwaukee, WI.
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###### [Can We Be Process Consultants with a Product Framework?](https://spc.designgroupinternational.com/blog/can-we-be-process-consultants-with-a-product-framework)

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