Kat has 17 years of leadership experience in healthcare architecture and professional workforce engagement. Kat is a Certified Professional Coach, Trauma Informed Coach, trained facilitator, mindfulness teacher, and registered practicing architect. She supports professionals to find increased energy and fulfillment in their work.

Kat is deeply immersed in the study of the health, biology, and society to understand the positive influence of embodiment, mindfulness practice, and intersectional research in how we work every day. She speaks and coaches on burnout, well-being at work, team engagement and management topics in her company Open Soul Consulting and is excited to be a part of the Empower Community and the Launchpad Series!

Kat is passionate about service and supports nonprofits to build beneficial community programs. She serves the nonprofit, Women in Healthcare, in their mentorship program. After Kat’s overachieving pushed her to burnout, she shifted her life’s focus to supporting professionals to overcome fatigue, embody their passions, and live their purpose.