In January 2018, she will start a new job as the Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Foodshare, a regional foodbank in CT. Her research focuses on the connection between hunger and health, and finding sustainable solutions to food insecurity. Her recent research involved a randomized control trial of an innovative food pantry program, and creating a stoplight nutrition ranking system called Supporting Wellness at Pantries (SWAP). Katie earned a Ph.D. in Nutrition Science & Policy from the Friedman School at Tufts University.