Bio


Katie Vogelheim is currently an Education Advisor to the Human and Planetary Health Initiative at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. She is also a member of the teaching team for Hacking for Climate Change, serves as an Innovation Coach for the Stanford Ecopreneurship program, and helped develop the Human and Planetary Action Lab series of project-based classes. In these capacities, Katie contributes to educating and mentoring students in addressing climate change challenges through innovative solutions.

Katie had a 30 year business career spanning several industries. Since 2010, she has directed funding to global nature based solution projects and early stage companies committed to a sustainable mission. From 2020-22, she joined Stanford as a Distinguished Career Institute Fellow, focused on Sustainability, Climate and Energy.

Katie works across campus developing curriculum and convening resources to advance human and planetary health efforts. She supplements this work with additional affiliations: serving on the Board of Dean’s Advisers at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health, the Harvard Data Science Initiative, and Conservation International's Science and Leadership Councils.