Katharine Weymouth

Katharine Weymouth served as Publisher and Chief Executive Officer of The Washington Post, the newspaper division of The Washington Post Company, from 2008 through the end of 2014. Having joined The Post in 1996 as Assistant Counsel, Weymouth served in a number of senior roles in both the Legal and the Advertising Department including Vice President of Advertising from 2005-2008.

Weymouth earned a BA magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1988 and a JD from Stanford Law School. Following law school, she clerked on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She practiced law at Williams & Connolly in Washington, DC, from 1993-1996.

Weymouth serves on the Board of Graham Holdings, Cable One, Republic Services, and the Philip L. Graham Fund. She is also COO at DineXpert, a start-up helping independent restaurants improve their margin.