Katie Green

Biography

Katie Green (she/her) is an artist, educator, entrepreneur, and community connector with 15+ years experience building creative businesses and organizations. As a consultant and coach, Katie builds boxes for others to think outside of, designing frameworks, organizations and programs that support people to explore their individual and collective potential.

She is an Entrepreneur In Residence and leads Operations & Customer Success at Purppl, where she coaches social entrepreneurs and impact leaders to build skills, confidence and impact through customized business coaching, strategic planning, impact measurement and management, leadership development, project-based consulting, specialized training and workshops, as well as impact investing and community building.

She is the co-founder and previous Executive Director of inPath, a non-profit organization that nurtures Indigenous youth and artists through arts-based learning, job skills training, and mentorship. Under her leadership, inPath grew to $3.5M in annual diversified revenue, working with 120+ nations, 90+ artists, 22 full-time staff and thousands of youth participants across Turtle Island. Having the opportunity to scale an organization allowed Katie to build skills, templates and tools that are human-centered, culturally responsive and grounded in community wellbeing.

Katie holds a Masters in Arts Education from Concordia University, and an MBA in Sustainable Innovation from the University of Victoria. 

She also sits on the Board of CARFAC National, the voice of Canada’s professional visual artists, and Copyright Visual Arts (COVA-DAAV).

Katie is of settler descent with English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry, and resides on the lands of the lək̓ʷəŋən Peoples (Victoria, BC).

Purppl walks alongside social entrepreneurs and impact leaders to build regenerative enterprises that address systemic inequity. Our team of experienced Entrepreneurs In Residence walk alongside you to build skills, confidence and courage in impact strategy and measurement, financial management, operations, organizational development, leadership and more.