Katie brings 20 years of experience in mental health promotion and suicide and violence prevention to her work at MATES North America. She has been part of the US' National Strategy for Suicide Prevention development and implementation; development and use of resources such as the Best Practices Registry for Suicide Prevention and national guidelines on safe and effective messaging in suicide prevention; capacity-building for suicide prevention; and advances in suicide prevention for education, healthcare, juvenile justice, law enforcement, military- and Veteran-serving organizations, and other sectors and organizations. She has been recognized for her work by the White House and Emory University's school of public health. Her educational background includes public health, psychology, and special education, and her lived experience grounds her in this work.