Katherine Desantis

Katherine DeSantis has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and industries. Katherine most recently worked at Intersection Co. as a Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives & Partner Management. In this role, they led the day-to-day relationship management of city and transit partners and facilitated the team's progress towards project goals. Prior to that, they worked as a Program Director and Program Manager at Intersection Co., where they collaborated with hardware, deployment, planning, and product teams to deliver digital assets to clients.

Before joining Intersection Co., DeSantis worked at Gehl - Making Cities for People as a Project Manager/Designer + Strategist. In this position, they led multi-disciplinary teams and delivered strategic design and planning projects for urban design and city planning stakeholders. Katherine was responsible for budgeting, resource management, project planning, and client communications.

DeSantis also has experience as an Urban Designer/Architect at Gehl - Making Cities for People, where they worked on projects from June 2015 to December 2016. At DIS - Danish Institute for Study Abroad, they served as a Lecturer teaching a seminar-style course on urban livability strategies. Katherine leveraged their design-thinking expertise to teach human-centered observation and analysis with a focus on visual communication of solutions.

Additionally, DeSantis has held roles at DISSING+WEITLING architecture A/S as an Arkitekt, tvsdesign as a Design Architect, the Georgia Institute of Technology as a College of Architecture Lecturer, and Concord Architects as an Architect I. In these positions, they contributed to various projects, including university athletic facilities, high-end residential projects, large ground-up developments, and competition proposals.

Katherine DeSantis obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Neuroscience from The Johns Hopkins University, which they completed from 2001 to 2005. Katherine then went on to pursue a Master of Architecture degree at the University of Pennsylvania from 2007 to 2010, specializing in Architecture and Design. Additionally, Katherine has received a LEED Professional certification, although the details regarding the institution and dates of obtaining this certification are not available. It is worth noting that Katherine has also had some affiliation with the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, though no specific degree or field of study is provided.