Kate Martin is VP of Programs and Chief of Staff at Sila, where she serves as a strategic partner to the CEO, ensuring alignment between company priorities and operational execution. She heads the Office of the CEO and directs a team of Program Directors, driving the cross-functional delivery of Sila’s key product and technology initiatives. Prior to Sila, Kate worked at Chevron where she held six positions including Process Engineer, Technical Manager, and Executive Advisor to the President of Oronite. At Chevron, she developed processes, facilitated leadership teams, and built empowered technical teams that solved multi-disciplinary problems in complex operating environments - like those in Nigeria, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, refineries, and chemical plants.

Kate holds a BA in Physics from Reed College and a Ph.D. and MS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Engineering Systems and Technology & Policy.