About me

Kate Gardner has vision to foster growth and catalyze opportunity with her time, talent, and treasure. As a “Next-Gen” inheritor, with a legacy of investing, she stepped into full-time stewardship in her 20s. Her background includes a B.A. from Princeton University, work in the non-profit space, and a deep focus on Christian faith and relationship-building. A love of giving and prayer led her to catalyze Greenhouse Group, a personal ministry that supports over 60 global service-workers, a handful of organizations, and many women of God in pursuing their dreams.  With her new focus in Ascendants Capital, Kate is seeking to have 100% alignment of her investment portfolio with her faith and values.  Kate helps lead a Christian Next-Gen community called Magnify focused on empowering inheritors in wisdom and values. She and Parker Samelson have also been partnering for years on the Ascendants brand, including producing a multi-season podcast and new book called Becoming Ascendants with frameworks for multi-generational family stewardship.