Empowering girls through design thinking

Katie is a designer, engineer, and social entrepreneur. After earning a Product Design Engineering degree from Stanford, she spent three years at IDEO—an award-winning, global innovation firm—in a mix of marketing, business strategy, and product development roles. Along the way, Katie co-founded a nonprofit empowering girls to step up as leaders of social change through design thinking.

Over the past five years, she and her team have launched a 14-week-long cross-country roadtrip for girls’ empowerment, physical and digital teaching toolkits, training programs, and a summer camp, collectively reaching hundreds of educators and thousands of girls across 15 countries.

Now Katie works at Designer Fund, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that invests in design-driven founders and startups. In her spare time, Katie enjoys hiking, practicing yoga, skiing, and cuddling with her mini Australian Shepherd.