Katy is an experienced civil servant, a distinguished community leader, a successful entrepreneur and an engaged mother.
Katy has served the residents of Cherry Hills Village for more than 14 years including 10 years on City Council and 4 years as Mayor Pro Tem. She began her service to Cherry Hills Village on the Parks, Trails, and Recreation Commission where, as Chair, she led the effort to develop the City’s first master plan specifically for parks, trails, and open space. She served on the initial Quincy Farm Visioning Committee in 2012 which set the direction for the future of Quincy Farm, and she has fought for that vision ever since. Last year, Katy successfully led the effort to save Quincy Farm as a public treasure and to partner with the Cherry Hills Land Preserve on promoting the Farm as a public natural space.
In addition to serving on city committees, Katy has also represented Cherry Hills Village in the broader community as the Vice-Chair of the Centennial Airport Community Noise Roundtable, the CHV delegate to the Colorado Municipal League Policy Committee, and the CHV delegate to the Denver Regional Council of Governments. She is a respected member of the regional civic community and an esteemed representative of Cherry Hills Village.
Katy has an extensive track record of community leadership with more than 80 collective years of volunteer board service for organizations such as the Arapahoe County Citizens Budget Committee, the ACE Scholarships Board of Advisors, the Denver Ballet Guild, the Colorado Ballet Auxiliary, the Colorado Ballet Board of Trustees, National Charity League, the MIT Club of Colorado, the MIT Alumni Association, the Junior League of Denver, the Junior League of Denver Foundation, Alpha Chi Omega Fraternity, the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation and the Fraternity and Sorority Political Action Committee. She has won numerous awards from these organizations for her outstanding service such as MIT’s Presidential Citation and Denver Area Panhellenic’s Alumnae Achievement and Woman of the Year awards.
Katy is a strong advocate for education and has been very involved in the Cherry Creek School District. She is a graduate of Leadership Cherry Creek, a member of the Cherry Creek Community Legislative Network, and a dedicated parent volunteer serving on the Cherry Hills Village Elementary PTCO, West Middle School PTCO, and currently on the Cherry Creek High School PTCO. Last fall, she answered the call from Cherry Creek School District to become a substitute teacher to help with the teacher shortage and to ensure that our kids could stay in school.
Professionally, Katy is a pioneer in the web development field who parlayed her expertise into a boutique web development company specializing in the tourism industry. Her company’s first client was the then newly-formed Colorado Tourism Office. Her company went on to work with the Denver Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Estes Park Chamber of Commerce, the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and its affiliates, the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority and the State of Arizona among other clients. In 2011 Katy was recognized by the Denver Business Journal as a “40 Under 40” business leader for her exemplary combination of entrepreneurship and community service.
Katy is a native of Louisiana, but moved to Colorado 27 years ago by way of Cambridge, MA where she earned two degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science and a Masters Degree in Media Arts and Sciences. She is married to fellow MIT alumnus, Brian Brown. The couple has two young children who remind them everyday why our future is so important.