Kate Brueggemann

Kate Brueggemann most recently served as Senior Vice President of Development at Brookfield Zoo Chicago, where she led a comprehensive fundraising program spanning annual operations, major gifts, foundation and corporate partnerships, government grants, special events, and transformational philanthropic initiatives. In this role, she helped advance fundraising efforts for the organization’s major capital priorities. Previously, she held senior development leadership roles with the Adler Planetarium, Missouri Botanical Garden, and Missouri History Museum. Brueggemann leads Lyric's development strategy and fundraising operations, overseeing major gifts, annual giving, institutional support, planned giving, donor engagement, and campaign initiatives. She is a co-author of Fundraising Management in a Changing Museum World and is a frequent presenter at national conferences on philanthropy, donor engagement, fundraising strategy, and organizational leadership.