Katie has spent her career in a range of strategy and leadership roles in both the for-profit and non-profit sector. She is currently the Managing Director of the Good Jobs Institute, a non-profit dedicated to helping companies thrive by creating good jobs. Prior to joining the Good Jobs Institute, Katie was a Director of Global Strategy at Starbucks, where she led the development of the company’s annual strategic plan and served as an internal consultant. Previously, she spent nearly five years in management consulting, first with McKinsey & Company and then at a Nairobi-based firm, advising clients on strategy, organizational structure, and human capital management. While at McKinsey, Katie was also on the founding team of Generation, McKinsey’s global youth employment program. Before business school, Katie spent three years working at the World Bank, managing post-conflict programs in West Africa.
Katie has an undergraduate degree in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics from the University of Oxford. She was valedictorian of her Master’s program in Global Politics at the London School of Economics, and received her MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management. At MIT Sloan, she won a Siebel Scholarship, McKinsey Award, and Forte Fellowship, all for outstanding academic and leadership contributions. Katie lives outside of Boston with her husband and dog.
