Dr. Katie Trowbridge is an award-winning educator, TEDx speaker, leadership strategist, and CEO of Curiosity 2 Create, with more than two decades of experience helping people think more deeply and lead more boldly. A former marketing director turned high school English teacher, Katie brings a rare blend of corporate, educational, and nonprofit leadership experience to her work.
Katie’s mission has always been the same: to help people become thinkers, not just followers or memorizers. After spending 23 years in the classroom, she saw firsthand how curiosity, creative thinking, and psychological safety unlock engagement and growth. Over time, school leaders—and later business leaders—began asking how her approach could be applied beyond education. That question became the foundation for her leadership work and her belief that the business world has much to learn from great teachers.
