Kate Cocke

Kate Cocke, CFO, co-founded Structural Focus in 2001 and has spent the last 25 years building and maintaining the firm’s business structure and company culture. In partnership with the rest of the leadership team, she has created the foundation for financial, strategic planning, human resources, staffing, operations, management, professional development, and community relations efforts.

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Kate previously spent 21 years at Bechtel Corporation where, she worked on the siting study for the first high-level nuclear waste repository in the United States, as well as the development of radiation protection programs for Bechtel-designed nuclear power facilities. She was an executive assistant to the President of Bechtel National, Inc., and was the department manager for Bechtel Environmental, Inc. Kate managed several hazardous waste projects for Superfund sites.

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Serving in a volunteer capacity, Kate currently serves on the Executive Board of the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor, as well as the Peninsula Committee Children’s Hospital (PCCH) Board, which raises funds for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. She is a past president of both PCCH and the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District Education Foundation.