Katherine Stemmer

Kat Stemmer is a senior facilities and operations executive with more than 20 years of experience supporting biotech and life-science organizations across R&D, manufacturing, and regulated environments. She currently serves as Senior Director of Facilities Management at Jones Lang LaSalle, where she leads large, multidisciplinary teams responsible for the operation and long-term evolution of a complex research campus. Kat is known for guiding organizations through periods of rapid growth and transformation—strengthening reliability, improving operational maturity, and aligning facilities strategy with scientific and business objectives. Her work spans capital planning, operational resilience, sustainability, and workforce development, with a strong focus on building scalable, future-ready facilities. With a practical, systems-level approach, Kat bridges strategy and execution to help organizations move from reactive operations to proactive, data-driven models. She brings an operator’s perspective to the “facilities of the future,” emphasizing adaptability, resilience, and people-centered design in environments where science and infrastructure must evolve together.