I’m Katie—a startup founder and coach trained at Stanford, IDEO, & Harvard Business School.

Currently I’m in NYC, building lume—a VC-backed coaching startup that combines professional development with health & wellbeing.

I've spent my career launching new products, programs, & ventures in the future of work sector. My work has been recognized in Forbes, Fast Company, SXSW Edu, Lean In, Ms. Magazine, and Gentry, among others.

Founded twenty, a mentorship platform that helps young adults navigate their twenties, personally and professionally.

Spent a summer in Stockholm, Sweden building new learning products at Sana Labs, a Series B AI startup backed by EQT Ventures.

Featured in Forbes 30 under 30 for Consumer Technology (2024).

Got my MBA from Harvard Business School.

Organized and ran a superhero-themed leadership summer camp for 60 girls to discover their abilities to create social impact.

Worked at IDEO (San Francisco) for 3 years in a mix of marketing, business strategy, and product design roles.

Raised $35,000 on Kickstarter to spend 14 weeks driving across the US in an RV, teaching design thinking & leadership workshops for 1200 girls across 32 states.

Collaborated with Days for Girls in Kampala, Uganda to help scale their impact on girls in the menstrual health sector.

Spent 3 years teaching at Stanford’s d.school an advanced design research course in the Mechanical Engineering department.

Got a B.S. in Product Design Engineering from Stanford and won the Robert McKim Design Award, recognizing my accomplishments at the top of my graduating class.

Spent a year building a new platform for online learning at Designer Fund, empowering designers globally to grow as business leaders.

Co-founded Period Futures, an innovation project to spark curiosity and conversation around the future of periods.

Launched a design thinking & leadership curriculum that now reaches hundreds of educators and thousands of young women globally.

Delivered the Opening Keynote at Gentry’s Women in Technology Conference at SAP about impacting girls through design.

Featured in Microsoft’s Art of Teamwork campaign alongside a Nobel Peace Prize nominee and the CEO of UNICEF.