Katie Boody Adorno

A native of Kansas City and the daughter of two community organizers, Katie Boody has worked in public education since 2008. Seemingly always involved in the "startup" phase of organizations, Katie was a charter corps member of Teach For America Kansas City, a founding member of C.A. Franklin's middle school team in Kansas City Public Schools, a founding teacher at Alta Vista Charter Middle School School, and eventually, founded Leanlab Education in 2013. Leanlab is a leader in codesign research and has conducted more than 80 research students with clients ranging from small startups to incumbents such as Newsela, Logitech and McGraw Hill. Leanlab recently launched the AGILE (American Group of Innovative Learning Environments), a national network of pilot sites prepared to engage in rapid edtech R&D.Katie holds a B.A. in English Literature with an emphasis in dance, an M.Ed. in Middle School Education, and an Ed.S. in Education Leadership.Most recently, she acted as a co-founder of the Global Edtech Testbed Network in partnership with University College-London and OpenDevEd, and a venture scout for Reach Capital as part of their Reach Roadrunners program.Katie splits time between her native Kansas City and a farm outside of Lawrence, Kansas. She is a yoga practitioner and enjoys writing about the intersection of community and edtech innovation on Substack.