Katie’s background in social work and human services systems informs her person-centered approach to planning processes and stakeholder engagement. Prior to joining Strategy Matters in 2016, she worked in community mental health programming where she designed and tracked outcomes by collaborating with program, agency, and state-level stakeholders in addition to providing direct support. Katie currently sits on the Advisory Board for Center Club, New England’s largest psychosocial rehabilitation program. She completed her MSW at the Boston College School of Social Work, and she holds a BA in Sociology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.