katie gourley
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Work Experience
Food & Agriculture
  • 47th Ave Farm, West Linn, OR: Harvest Manager + Data Manager, 2021-present 
  • Farm D'ici, Canby, OR: Field Crew/ Farmers Market staff, 2021-present
  • Independent Cookbook Editor
  • Wild Roots Farm, Troutdale, Oregon: Field Crew Member, 2020-2021 
  • Rogue Farm Corps, Communications and Development Manager, 2020-2021
  • Starter Bread, Whole Grain Bread Baker and Farm Partnership Manager, 2020
  • Wildflower Baking, Production Baker, Portland Oregon, 2020 
  • Washington State University Clark County Extension, Peri-Urban Agriculture Network Program Manager, 2020 
  • Culinary Breeding Network, Creative Consultant & Graphic Designer, Portland, OR, 2019-2020
  • Side Yard Farm & Kitchen, Farm-to-Table Catering Kitchen & Farm Crew, Portland, OR, 2019
  • Miss Zumstein Cakes & Desserts, Baker & Cake Decorator, Portland, OR, 2019
  • Floriole Bakery, Community Events Manager & Front of House, Chicago, IL, Summer 2017
  • Green City Farmers Market, Communications & Educational Programs Manager, Chicago IL, 2015-2017
  • Foster & Dobbs Specialty Foods, Cheese Monger & Head of Catering, Portland, OR, 2014
  • Riverside Organic Farm, Farm Intern, Yamhill County, OR, 2013

Urban Planning:
  • Harvard Graduate School of Design: Community Design & Learning Initiative, Research Assistant, Cambridge, MA, 2019
  • Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, Research Assistant, Cambridge, MA, 2017-2019
  • City of Philadelphia Mayor’s Office Intern, Rebuilding Community Infrastructure Project, Philadelphia, PA, Summer 2018

Publishing / Humanities: 
  • Practice Space Community Design Studio, Editorial Manager, Cambridge, MA, 2019
  • Newberry Library, Program Assistant - Public Programs Department,  Chicago, IL, 2015-16
  • Publicity Intern, Independent Publishers Group, Publicity Intern, Chicago, IL, 2015
  • Portland Monthly Magazine, Editorial Intern, Portland, OR, 2013

Residencies & Grants  
  • Artist-in-Residence, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, Oregon (jury-selected)
  • Artist-in-Residence, Pocoapoco, Oaxaca, Mexico (jury-selected)
  • Nation Building Fellowship, Harvard Native American Program, 2019
  • Healthy Places Design Lab Research Grant, 2019
  • Research Residency, Practice Space Design Studio 2018
  • Sponsored U.S. Delegate, Terra Madre, 2018

Leadership & Affiliations
  • Board of Directors, Slow Food Portland, Present
  • Board of Directors, Certified Naturally Grown, 2019-2021 
  • Planning Committee for Portland Whole Grain Bakers Guild
  • Co-Chair of Women in Design GSD (2019)
  • Co-Chair of Healthy Places GSD (2017-19)
  • Harvard Council of Sustainability Leaders (2017)
  • Chicago Women in Green (2016)

Education 
  • Harvard University Graduate School of Design Master in Urban Planning, May 2019 
    • Recipient of the Department of Urban Planning and Design Thesis Award; 
    • Recipient of the Harvard University Presidential Scholarship, 2017-2019
  • Kenyon College Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, 2014 
    • Major: English Literature 
    • Honors: Phi Beta Kappa Society; Timberlake Prize for Outstanding Performance in English


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  • about
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