Katina Thornock serves as Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel for Providence, one of the largest nonprofit healthcare systems in the U.S. comprised of over 120,000 caregivers serving in 51 hospitals and 1,085 clinics and providing a range of health and social services across five states. Since joining Providence, Katina has focused on building and centralizing enterprise-wide strategy on litigation and other adversarial proceedings, proactive exposure mitigation, and providing key strategic advice and guidance to executives across Providence’s healthcare system. She also serves on the Department of Legal Affairs Leadership Committee.



Prior to joining Providence, Katina served as Director, Managing Corporate Counsel, Litigation at Starbucks Coffee Company in Seattle, Washington where she led the team responsible for complex commercial, real estate, intellectual property, general liability, and Americans with Disabilities Act litigation on behalf of the enterprise. Katina was a key advisor to internal business units at Starbucks, including Risk Management, Store Development and Global Operations. Prior to joining Starbucks, she gained extensive litigation experience at the Reed McClure and Cozen O'Connor law firms and in the Prosecuting Attorneys Offices of King and Pierce Counties. Katina graduated from the University of Washington and Seattle University School of Law. She was a 2014 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow and currently serves on the boards of Washington Alliance for Better Schools and Seattle Children’s Theatre. She is passionate about diversity, equity and inclusion in the legal profession and is regularly featured on local and national platforms elevating those issues.



Katina lives in the Seattle area with her husband and three sons. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, traveling and spending time outdoors with family and friends.