Our Leadership
Kindred Motes
Co-Founder and Managing Advisor
Kindred Motes is the Founder and Managing Director of KM Strategies Group (KMSG), a social impact advisory firm working across sectors to drive strategies for social impact. He has more than a decade of experience in social impact, communications, philanthropy, management, and strategic engagement, working with organizations such as Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), The Vera Institute of Justice, USAID, The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), The Tow Foundation, The Henry Luce Foundation, Wallace Global Fund, and Global Citizen, among others.
Kindred has advised organizations on public engagement and social impact campaigns, including at the United Nations, the Summit of G20 Heads of State and Government, and the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26). He has received media coverage in 17 countries, including in outlets such as The New York Times, Forbes, and The Guardian.
In addition to his work at KMSG, Kindred serves as Vice Chair of the board of directors for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alabama and on the Advisory Council of Fountain House. He has previously served as a Senior Advisor to Global Citizen and New America, and has been recognized by Birmingham-Southern College with the Outstanding Young Alumnus Award.
Kindred has spoken on panels at events such as South by Southwest (SXSW), Sundance Film Festival, and the Association of National Advertisers’ Word of Mouth Marketing Association Summit. His work with KMSG and the KMSG Social Impact Award has been featured in various publications, including The Associated Press, POLITICO, Philanthropy News Digest, and The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
He is a first-generation college and graduate student and an Alabama native. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from Birmingham-Southern College and a Master of Arts in International Relations from the University of Essex.
He is married to Dr. Raúl Caso and they live in Manhattan.
Dr. Raúl Caso, MD MSCI
Co-Founder and Managing Advisor
Dr. Raúl Caso, MD, MSCI is currently a cardiothoracic surgical fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Previously, he was a senior resident in general surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C.
As part of his surgical residency, he completed two years of dedicated research time as a Clinical Research Fellow in the laboratory of Dr. David R. Jones at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. His work led to several high-impact publications. During his time as Clinical Research Fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Raúl also served as Chief Academic Research Fellow.
Raúl has 50+ peer-reviewed publications and has written multiple book chapters, including a chapter in the 3rd edition of Adult Chest Surgery. Raúl is a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
Raúl completed his undergraduate studies in Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Miami, in Miami, after which he earned his medical degree from the New York University Grossman School of Medicine, in New York. While in medical school, Raúl completed one year of dedicated research in a cancer biology laboratory and earned his Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI).
Born in St Petersburg, Russia and raised in Havana, Cuba, Raúl now resides in Manhattan. He is married to Kindred Motes and they live in Manhattan.