Kathryn Walt Hall
Kathryn Walt Hall is an attorney, businesswoman and the American ambassador to Austria.
Hall earned an A.B. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of Law. She also has a joint MBA from UC California, Berkeley, and Columbia University. Hall began her public career as an Assistant City Attorney in Berkeley, California. She went on to work in the private sector including at Safeway Inc. and was the President of Kathryn Hall Vineyards, Inc., and of Walt Management, Inc., an inner-city housing and development company. Before becoming Ambassador, Hall was Managing Director and Partner of the investment firm Hall Financial Group, Inc.. She returned to winemaking in 2001.
