KATE DUCHENE

CEO, RESOURCES GLOBAL PROFESSIONALS

WHY: Oversees Irvine-based global consulting firm valued at nearly $400M. RGP clients include 89 of the Fortune 100 members. 

RECENT: Company has 3,600 employees and generated $703.4M in revenue in fiscal 2020. On the boards of the UCI Foundation, Collectors Universe, and the Orange County Community Foundation. Among area business execs advocating area to invest and plan well to attract next generation of talent. 

OC LEADER BOARD, SEPT. 21: “During the next decade, Orange County possesses the precious elements necessary to become the brightest economic center in California—leading the state in a post-COVID recovery.”