Katie Friedman is a consultant for C3E. She brings over five years of experience working with local governments in the Chicago region. Friedman previously worked with the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus for four years, where she launched the organization’s first working group on diversity, equity, and inclusion and supported the implementation of the first iteration of the Learning and Operationalizing Racial Equity (LORE) program. During her time at the Mayors Caucus, she helped secure nearly $500,000 in grant funding to support local government initiatives. Friedman has also consulted with the Migration Policy Institute on topics related to immigrant integration, language access, and digital equity for refugee and immigrant populations in the United States. Prior to her work in policy and government, Friedman taught English as a second language to refugee families on the north side of Chicago through Catholic Charities Refugee and Immigration Services. Friedman has a bachelor’s degree in Linguistics and Classics from McGill University. In 2022, she was awarded an Erasmus Mundus scholarship to pursue her graduate studies in Europe. She is currently wrapping up an international joint master’s degree in urban studies based in Brussels, Vienna, Copenhagen, and Madrid. Her thesis focuses on racial equity in governance and the role of governance networks in pushing for transformative change.