Katie Durham

Katie is an MBA candidate at Columbia Business School, where she is a Feldberg Fellow and a Forte Fellow. She is also a part-time Principal at Climate Capital, where she leads investments in early-stage climate startups. Prior to attending CBS, Katie was Vice President at Antenna Group, a leading climate-focused marketing firm, where she oversaw a multi-million dollar portfolio.

Katie spent the first decade of her career helping climate startups go to market and scale. She led communications at Mosaic, which grew to be one of the largest financiers of home solar, and she was the first employee and head of marketing for Dandelion, a leading geothermal startup, which she helped launch out of Google X. 

Katie graduated magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University, where she received the Ingram Scholarship, a four-year, full-tuition merit scholarship for her commitment to public service. She was also one of seven students to receive the Udall Scholarship, established by the federal government to honor student environmental leaders, in both 2011 and 2012.

Katie is originally from Brookline, MA, and is now based in New York City with her husband, Matt, and two daughters, ages three and one.