Katherine is a consultant to museums and other non-profits and in higher education. She was the Assistant Dean for Information Technology and Media Services at the Harvard Divinity School. She holds a graduate degree in Anthropology from Florida State University. She is a former President of the Board of Directors of the Museum Computer Network. Katherine was a member of the NINCH Best Practices for the Digitization of Networked Cultural Heritage working group. She is a member of the Museum Committee of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

As the former head of the Office of Information Services and Technology at the Harvard Peabody Museum, Katherine developed the on-line exhibit entitled: "Against the Winds: Traditions of American Indian Running".

With Paul Marty (FSU faculty), she is an editor of and contributor to the book MUSEUM INFORMATICS (2007). She is the editor of THE WIRED MUSEUM: EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AND CHANGING PARADIGMS (1997), a book available from the American Association of Museums. Katherine has written many articles on the use of emerging technologies for museum. Her current research interests focus on the use of technologies in support of the mission of non-profit organizations and on social marketing.

Katherine is taking a sabbatical from the Harvard Extension School, Masters of Liberal Arts in Museum Studies where she served as the Research Advisor to the program and a faculty member.

She has consulted in the museum and government communities since 1985 primarily in the areas of strategic technology planning, project management and database development. A list of clients is available upon request.