Katie is Director of Philanthropy and Campaign Operations at Durham University. She is responsible for the strategy and delivery of development activity for the University, overseeing a team working across all areas of fundraising including major gifts from individuals and organisations, legacy giving and donor relations. She also manages her own portfolio of principal gift prospects and donors and has extensive experience of cultivating and closing on significant gifts in support of strategic priorities. Katie has specific responsibility for internal leadership of a campaign linked to Durham’s 200th anniversary in 2032, working closely with the University’s Executive team and the Campaign Board.

Katie is a graduate of Newcastle University, where she completed a PhD in English Literature. She previously held management and leadership roles in Development at Newcastle and Northumbria universities, where she led on a number of significant fundraising projects and campaigns.