Katie is currently Director of Higher Education and Well-being at the Council of International Schools. Her primary responsibilities are to serve CIS members as they safeguard students from harm, online and offline, and strengthen their mental health and well-being. This includes responsibility for building networks across sectors to connect universities with students in CIS schools, research and resource development. Katie is also a member of the International Taskforce on Child Protection and recently served as Co-Chair of the Student Voice working group.
Prior to joining CIS, Katie worked as a safeguarding, child protection and employment lawyer in London, where she helped her law firm to establish its Safeguarding Unit. Katie has also worked in the areas of human rights and public interest law in Argentina and Hungary. Katie recently completed a professional doctorate focusing on the role of legal and cultural norms in building effective school responses to child abuse. Katie is also a member of the Independent Schools Inspectorate’s Education Advisory Forum. Katie speaks fluent French and Spanish