Katharine is a specialist in stakeholder engagement and corporate sustainability communications. 

She is a leading contributor to the sustainability reporting community in North America where she has served as the lead report writer on many notable CSR reports for such companies as Kraft Foods, Chevron Oil and DuPont Canada. A recognized expert in the field, Katharine also sits as a judge in the North American Ceres/ACCA annual sustainability reporting awards and is called upon to present on reporting trends at a variety of conferences in Canada and the US and is a guest lecturer at Schulich School of Business and Trent University. 

She is also an investigator and communications specialist with extensive experience consulting to, editing and writing for corporate, government and non-governmental organizations. Recent projects include: lead writer and researcher on a manual on best practice in stakeholder engagement for UNEP; lead on stakeholder consultation for Industry Canada’s Draft Sustainable Development Strategy 2003–2006; and research contributor for Environment Canada on public/private partnerships to promote sustainability. 

Katharine has more than 20 years' experience as a journalist and holds an MBA from the Schulich School of Business, York University, with a specialization in Business and Sustainability.