Katie is a passionate arts professional with experience spanning philanthropy and fundraising, corporate partnerships, human resources, artistic and general management, compliance, policy, and strategic development. Katie was previously Manager, Philanthropy and Partnerships and Head of Executive Office at the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Katie worked as a research partner on various projects for REĂ Consulting between 2018 and 2022.

Katie is proud of her work with the Spare Parts Puppet Theatre team, and is passionate about continuing to nurture this 40-year-old organisation, grow its audience, community engagement and creative learning programs and reputation as a centre for excellence in puppetry internationally.

Katie has a background in university administration – working in various management and operational roles at the University of Sydney before coming to work in the arts. Katie holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours I) in Philosophy and Music from the University of Sydney.