Kathy Holub
Founder, Holub Consulting
Kathy Holub works primarily with families to resolve conflicts over inheritance, family enterprises and generational transitions. A mediator and former lawyer, she specializes in helping all her clients – both families and business professionals – find lasting solutions to problems in which relationships are paramount. In the family context, she takes pride in helping clients embrace their differences and use them as a key to problem-solving. With business clients, she serves as a strategic coach for all types of negotiation.
Kathy’s twenty years of experience in conflict resolution are grounded in her love of teaching. She is a Lecturer at Harvard and Columbia law schools, where she has taught negotiation for many years. She is a seasoned negotiation trainer who has helped thousands of senior executives and professionals become better negotiators. She has conducted programs for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, the Brunswick Group, Naspers, Cleary Gottlieb, FINRA, the Clinton Foundation, Columbia University, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Montefiore Medical Center, and the New York City Council, among others. She has also advised CEOs on specific negotiation challenges. She is a frequent speaker on negotiation-related topics and has delivered many Continuing Legal Education (CLE) programs on negotiation.
A former journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winner, she has edited four books, including “Bargaining With the Devil: When to Negotiate, When to Fight,” by Harvard Law Professor Robert H. Mnookin (Simon & Schuster 2010). She holds a JD from Yale Law School and a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University. She clerked for then-Judge Sonia Sotomayor in the Southern District of New York and practiced law for two years before moving into teaching and consulting. She is based in New York City.