Kathy A. Fields

Kathy A. Fields is a dermatologist with a private practice located in San Francisco, California. She is also the co-creator of Proactiv and co-founder of Rodan + Fields. In 2018, Forbes listed her as number eighteen on its list of "America's Self-Made Women". Her father was an ophthalmologist.

Fields started her secondary education at Northwestern University, then transferred to the University of Florida, where she completed her BS in Neurobiological Chemistry.

Career Fields opened her private practice in 1987, located in San Francisco.

In the 1990s, Fields and Katie Rodan created the acne treatment Proactiv.

In 2002, Fields and Rodan created the business Rodan + Fields, which primarily sold anti-aging products.

Fields is also an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at University of California, San Francisco.