Katherine works with schools and education systems to strengthen future-focused leadership, innovation, and school improvement. As Senior Research Fellow at UniSA’s Education Futures, she leads the Teaching Futures Pathway, a key initiative within the Education Futures Academy and the Australian Government’s High Achieving Teachers Program. She brings expertise in adaptive leadership, strategic change, and educational innovation, developed through senior and executive roles, including Director of Centre of Innovation, across sectors and in cross-sector settings in Australia and the UK. Her practice-led research explores how schools function as dynamic ecosystems and learning organisations shaped by diverse influences. Katherine supports leaders and educators through contextually grounded approaches that promote professional agency, collaboration, futures-oriented learning, and sustainable system renewal.