Katherine is an international figure skating choreographer, experiential learning designer, consultant, and entrepreneur. She started her career as a management consultant for Accenture but found sitting still for the 14 hour days nearly impossible. She moved on to full-time choreography work and yet missed exercising her analytical prowess. Frustrated by only ever being hired as “the analyst” or “the creative”, she began digging into cultural norms causing narrowly defined roles in the workplace. Assuming she wasn’t alone in craving a job that celebrated her love for creative exploration and her knack for rational strategy, she began designing and facilitating learning experiences for teams as a means to ignite creativity, play, and innovation in highly strategic environments.
Today, Katherine unapologetically bounces between choreography gig and consulting engagement- allowing each to fuel insight for the next. She is driven by a simple love for expression through movement and the irreplaceable experience of fueling discovery moments for others. She loves to study, hone, and teach the creative process (believing everyone deserves a creative outlet) and will never miss a chance to learn something herself or use humor to spark connection.
When not twirling on the ice or designing L&D experiences, Katherine can be found growing GOE Spray - an all-natural odor eliminating spray for athletic gear , listening to podcasts, or ever-so-slowly learning to cook.
EDUCATION
Graduate Student at Large- University of Chicago's Booth School of Business
Bachelor of Arts–Dance, Communication Studies, & Business from Northwestern University
CERTIFICATIONS
US Figure Skating Freestyle & Moves in the Field Gold Medalist
Professional Skaters Association Senior Rated Choreographer
Leadership Certificate - Northwestern University
Speaking Engagements
Future of work, behavior design, leadership, and athletic conferences across the US hire Katherine to design learning experiences around creativity, communication, entrepreneurship, and leadership. Disregarding the traditional keynote, Katherine quickly transforms audience members into participants and prioritizes the memorable learning experience of doing.
outreach
Katherine co-founded the Stephanie Joseph Memorial Fund, an organization dedicated to celebrating adolescent courage in the face of adversity. After donating/awarding over $100,000 to scholarship recipients and partnering organizations, Katherine stepped down as Chair in 2014. Now, she contributes to a wide range of organizations empowering young woman around the world (reducing period poverty, promoting STEM learning, etc) and, along with her partner Ben Agosto, donates GOE Spray to US-based essential workers clocking long hours on their feet.