Katie is a Lab fellow and Director of Evidence, Policy, and Program Support at the DC Department of Human Services. She was the first Senior Social Scientist hired by The Lab and then served as Lab Deputy Director from 2019-2024.
Katie has over two decades of applied, academic, and instructional experience related to designing and executing a wide range of experimental, quasi-experimental, and qualitative program evaluations. In her previous work at Abt Associates, Katie led randomized control trials and implementation evaluations of federal policies and programs in the areas of job training, education, and youth development. She also shared her expertise in evaluation, providing guidance and tools for designing, implementing, and reporting on rigorous evaluations to researchers for over 150 innovative or evidence-based interventions. At the forefront of all of Katie’s work- then and now- is collaborating with government, nonprofit, for-profit, and academic partners to design and implement evaluations, and then transforming research insights into actionable policy and program interventions.
Katie earned a B.A. in economics and sociology from Trinity University and a Ph.D. in social policy and sociology from Harvard University. A resident of Southwest, DC, Katie can often be found with her partner and dog searching for their next good meal with friends.