Katy Gathright has been working in marketing and communications for nonprofits, corporate clients, and social enterprises for the last decade. In 2012, she co-founded an online marketplace for sustainable and socially-conscious products called Designed Good. She then led marketing and communications for Groundswell, a DC-based nonprofit that helped neighborhoods come together to purchase more affordable clean energy. While at Groundswell, she focused on making the clean energy movement accessible to diverse communities, with a particular goal of making the environmental movement more inclusive for Black families and Black-owned businesses. She joined Bully Pulpit Interactive, a DC-based digital advertising agency, in 2016 and helped lift up and fundraise for women political candidates with her client EMILY’s List. While at BPI, she also implemented digital advertising programs for Uber, Save My Care, and Bloomberg Philanthropies. Katy subsequently led the marketing division at Bethesda-based Wellness Corporate Solutions, helping employers understand the benefits of offering additional health and wellness programming for their teams. Currently, Katy is the Director of Marketing and Communications for GiveCampus, with a mission of making education more affordable and accessible through top-tier fundraising technology.

Katy graduated with a B.A. in English and History from Williams College, including a year of study in English at Oxford University. She lives in Washington, DC.