50/50 Women of Influence with Katie Goar: Compliance, Compassion & the Audacity to Lead

What happens when the work you choose eventually connects back to an experience you spent years keeping private?

In this special WAHNcast 50 Over 50 episode, host Babbie Jaco sits down with Katie Goar, President of Quadel, for a candid conversation about housing, leadership, resilience and the experiences that shape how we serve others.

Katie shares how experiencing housing insecurity as a child influenced her passion for making housing systems more efficient and more human. She explains why she believes compliance and compassion can coexist, why leaders need the courage to move forward without having every answer, and how mentorship and community helped shape her career.

Babbie and Katie also dig into what the next generation of women in affordable housing needs to succeed.

Plus, Katie gives WAHNcast listeners a look at her book, Audacity, and the idea behind it: that many of us have already demonstrated extraordinary courage without ever thinking to call it that.

It’s the kind of conversation WAHNcast’s 50 Over 50 series was created to capture: two accomplished women sharing the stories, lessons and hard-earned wisdom that can help the women coming behind them go farther, faster.