Katie has education experience spanning from the classroom through state-level leadership to the global community. Her background has made her well-versed in strategy and implementation at the systems level.
She is a former teacher, instructional coach, assistant principal, and district curriculum fellow who has been on the founding teams of two schools – one in Austin, Texas, the other in Nairobi, Kenya. As the Director of Elementary, Middle, and State Programs, Katie oversaw the open-educational resources initiative during her tenure at the Texas Education Agency and established the vision for the whole child strategic priority as the Chief of Whole Child Supports at the Tennessee Department of Education. Most recently, she was the co-founding Chief Program Officer at an edtech startup providing data analytics related to the fidelity of implementation of high-quality instructional materials.