Katie earned her MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management and her BBA from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. Her background in both business and brand management informs the consumer-first lens she brings to strategy and research.

Katie has more than 15 years of experience across consumer, retail, and media, spanning consulting, brand management, and thought leadership. She now leads the Kearney Consumer Institute, where she partners with Fortune 500 brands and brings large-scale consumer research to business strategy.

Katie contributes a market-wide perspective shaped by large-scale consumer research and retail strategy. Her work connects shifts in consumer sentiment to broader retail dynamics, anchoring the conversation in commercial reality rather than abstraction.