Katrina Pugh, Ph.D.

Katrina Pugh has taught in the M.S. in Information & Knowledge Strategy (IKNS) program at Columbia University since its founding in 2011. She was Academic Director for the program from 2012-2017 and launched the first SPS team-based “management consulting” capstone, where students bring IKNS disciplines to sticky industry problems. She teaches the IKNS Independent Study, a research-based course, focused on current issues like AI, agency, and organizational psychology. Kate  taught “The Science of Communities and Networks” (and its antecedents) from 2012-2023. She volunteers extensively in the work of students and alumni.

With Manail Anis and Nicole Alexander, Kate co-authored the IKNS AI Policy, a tool for credibility, integrity and knowledge based innovation showcasing IKNS content. 

Kate is the faculty fellow for the Environmental Innovation Initiative at the Tufts University School of Engineering Auster Center for Innovation and Research, and leads its Scalable Carbon Options with Open Protocols (SCOOP) program. She is also a partner with Weaving Futures (https://weavingfutures.org), an impact network consulting and training organization, and is President of AlignConsulting, where she specializes in strategic thinking, planning, organizational learning and AI. She held leadership positions with Oceanic Global, Intel Corporation, JPMorgan, and Fidelity Investments. In addition to AlignConsulting, Kate consulted as part of EY, Monitor-Deloitte, OliverWyman, PwC, and Dialogos, Inc. Kate has worked in the international development, healthcare, energy, information technology, and financial services sectors.

Since 2011 Kate has designed and co-taught many  IKNS courses, including “The Science of Communities and Networks” (IKNS 5305, formerly “Networks and Collaboration”), “Knowledge-Driven Digital Product Innovation,”  “Information and Knowledge in the 21st-Century Organization,” “Law for Knowledge Innovations and Practices,” and the IKNS project Capstone.