Bio

Katherine has over three years of experience at Moody’s Analytics, leading innovation in data-asset design for the risk and compliance space. She is passionate about identifying opportunities in new technology to deliver risk-relevant information and drive positive impact decisions toward global sustainability. Her research contributes to various webinars, podcasts, and white papers on modern slavery, wild-life trafficking, identity matching, and the correlation to evolving financial crime and supply chain due diligence. Spending her undergraduate years at Tulane University in New Orleans, University College of Dublin, and Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina in Brazil, Katherine earned her Bachelor of Science in Anthropology and International Development with a background in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and multi-lingual research foundations in human rights and environmental justice. Before joining Moody’s, Katherine worked in tech sales, media broadcasting, and political campaigning. Most recently, Katherine completed her certification for Moody’s Fintech and Innovation Training program at Cornell University and is joining the University of Nottingham as a Rights Lab Visiting Fellow in Antislavery Innovation and Financial Crime Analytics for the 2022 - 2023 academic year. Certifications: - Cornell & Moody’s Fintech Innovation Program - Parsons: Fashion Industry Essentials Previous academic research: - Education & the Disparity of the Sexes: Senegal & Benin (French) - Tulane University, New Orleans, LA - Southern Louisiana Environmental Social Justice (English) - Newcomb-Tulane College Grant, New Orleans, LA - Anthropology, Education and Human Rights: Methods & Access of Sexual Education in Santa Catarina, Brazil (Portuguese) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina