With more than 30 years of experience across the philanthropic, nonprofit and government sectors, Katie is known for her strategic insight, deep listening and ability to help leaders and teams align intention with action. She is especially skilled at creating inclusive, reflective spaces where people can connect with themselves and one another in service of meaningful, collective impact.
Katie’s consulting practice includes supporting organization-wide change efforts at the Hewlett Foundation and The California Endowment, and coaching senior leaders at the Hewlett Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Lumina Foundation, Sesame Workshop and the Blue Meridian Group. She also advises philanthropic collaboratives such as the Washington State Education Funders Table, a network of 15 philanthropic partners committed to strengthening equity-centered learning and action for young people across Washington state.
Previously, Katie served in leadership roles at the Raikes Foundation, where she helped shape national and regional strategies to prevent and end youth homelessness, and at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where she led the Pacific Northwest Initiative and advanced efforts in education, housing and youth development. Earlier in her career, she directed the City of Seattle’s Office of Housing, advised Washington State Governor Gary Locke and Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, and served as a White House Fellow and program examiner at the Office of Management and Budget.
Katie holds a master’s in public policy from the University of Chicago and a bachelor's in development studies from the University of California, Berkeley. She is vice president of the board at Citizen University and former board chair of Funders Together to End Homelessness. She is a certified Big Leap coach, Leadership Circle Profile practitioner and a graduate of the Billions Institute’s Mastery Fellowship, with additional training in Theory U, Social Presencing Theater, embodied social justice and the Enneagram (Integrative 9).
Passionate about transformation, Katie brings a joyful, candid and relational approach to her work. Outside of consulting and coaching, she enjoys learning, walking, hiking, traveling and sharing good food and adventures with family and friends. She and her partner of 35 years live in Seattle and are raising teenage twins.
Katie’s consulting practice includes supporting organization-wide change efforts at the Hewlett Foundation and The California Endowment, and coaching senior leaders at the Hewlett Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Lumina Foundation, Sesame Workshop and the Blue Meridian Group. She also advises philanthropic collaboratives such as the Washington State Education Funders Table, a network of 15 philanthropic partners committed to strengthening equity-centered learning and action for young people across Washington state.
Previously, Katie served in leadership roles at the Raikes Foundation, where she helped shape national and regional strategies to prevent and end youth homelessness, and at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where she led the Pacific Northwest Initiative and advanced efforts in education, housing and youth development. Earlier in her career, she directed the City of Seattle’s Office of Housing, advised Washington State Governor Gary Locke and Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, and served as a White House Fellow and program examiner at the Office of Management and Budget.
Katie holds a master’s in public policy from the University of Chicago and a bachelor's in development studies from the University of California, Berkeley. She is vice president of the board at Citizen University and former board chair of Funders Together to End Homelessness. She is a certified Big Leap coach, Leadership Circle Profile practitioner and a graduate of the Billions Institute’s Mastery Fellowship, with additional training in Theory U, Social Presencing Theater, embodied social justice and the Enneagram (Integrative 9).
Passionate about transformation, Katie brings a joyful, candid and relational approach to her work. Outside of consulting and coaching, she enjoys learning, walking, hiking, traveling and sharing good food and adventures with family and friends. She and her partner of 35 years live in Seattle and are raising teenage twins.
