Kathi is a designer and artist who weaves together regenerative design, living systems thinking, engineering, and strategy methods with art, psychospiritual and embodiment practices to address present-day challenges and uncover potential for transformation. She is devoted to the regeneration of people and the environment, through new and age-old means. She has consulted with organizations across industries to identify, explore, design, and pilot new ventures. She has served as an Adjunct Faculty member in the da Vinci Center for Innovation at Virginia Commonwealth University where she worked with undergraduate and graduate students to apply principles of research, human-and-planet-centered-design, experimentation, strategy, and entrepreneurship to early-stage ideas. As an engineer, she has also worked in new product development and R&D for W. L. Gore & Associates.

She holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland, an M.S. in Strategic Design & Management from Parsons The New School for Design, and is pursuing an M.A. in East West Psychology at The California Institute of Integral Studies.