Katherine started her career fresh out of Columbia University's Historic Preservation Masters Program as an intern for the National Park Service's (NPS) newly-formed Western Center for Historic Preservation in 2007.  She eventually returned to the Center to become its second director in 2014 where she oversaw the completion of the White Grass Ranch rehabilitation project.  Upon completion of the three-million-dollar, private-public-partnership project, the ranch became the first and only overnight historic preservation training facility in the National Park Service. 

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In 2015 Katherine launched the Brick, Earth, Stone, and Timber (B.E.S.T) Workshop Series which has trained over 1,400 students in preservation trades skills development.  Prior to leaving the NPS, she served as the Lead Historic Preservation Training Manager for the Historic Preservation Training Center, overseeing all of its  service-wide preservation trades training programs.  

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Along the way, Katherine served as the Cultural Resources Branch Lead for Grand Teton National Park for five years,  earned up a certificate in architectural conservation from the University of Pennsylvania's School of Design, became a James Marston Fitch Fellow, founded the Teton Trust for Historic Places, and served on various statewide and local preservation boards. 

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Katherine lives in the Jackson Hole, WY with her family where she enjoys the outdoor lifestyle and toiling on her house with her would-be HGTV star husband.