Katherine Kelly

Katherine serves as Handshake’s Chief Marketing Officer. She has helped grow the Handshake marketing and communications function for universities, students, and employers since joining the company in 2020. Prior to joining Handshake, she was VP of Product Marketing at Interfolio, an edtech company serving university faculty and an Associate Producer of Academic and Campus content at The Longhorn Network (ESPN).

In her pre-tech life, Katherine worked at a variety of academic and cultural institutions, including as a research assistant at The Harry Ransom Center library, archive, and museum in Austin, Texas and in the research department at The Victoria and Albert Museum in London. A design historian by training, she holds a doctorate from The University of Texas at Austin and has published scholarly chapters and articles on industrial design history, fashion history, and the history of interiors.