Katie is the Senior Partnerships Manager for the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU) - a diverse coalition that is driving urgent systems transformation of our food and land use systems. She currently plays a central role in the Alliance of Champions for Food Systems Transformation (ACF) Secretariat. ACF is a strategic coalition of ambitious countries acting urgently together to transform food systems for people, nature and climate.

Previously, Katie has led the development and delivery of FOLU's policy advocacy efforts at key international moments, such as climate COPs, UNGA, Climate Week and the UN Food Systems Summit. In particular, she spearheaded FOLU's founding role in the Food Systems Pavilion for COP27 and COP28, delivering high level events and policy outcomes and civil society coordination.

Since joining FOLU in 2021, Katie has also played a key role in establishing new strategic partnerships including managing and expanding FOLU's Ambassador Network.

Prior to joining WRI, Katie straddled both business and politics, working to promote trade and investment in emerging markets with DMA Invest and as a senior advisor in the House of Lords. As an Associate at DMA, she organised a range of investment summits and trade missions for heads of state, including with Sierra Leone and Algeria. She successfully influenced and planned the company’s new vision to become a non-oil company. In August 2020, Katie put on her political hat. She worked closely with a Peer in the House of Lords, advising them on a range of topics including green finance, sustainable trade, and human rights. She enjoyed being in the heart of Westminster and seeing the progression of many bills as a speech writer.

Katie has a Master’s with Distinction in Environment and Development from the London School of Economics, and a First-Class Undergraduate Degree from the University of Cambridge in Geography. She has been a passionate advocate for sustainability for as long as she can remember and is still proud of her Blue Peter badge for making a Christmas tree out of recycled bottles aged 7. Outside of work, Katie likes to keep busy doing too many things at once, be it hiking, singing, swimming, going to the theatre, or Duolingo.