Katherine Chesson is the director of grants and programs at the National Park Foundation in Washington, DC. Previously, she served as a mayor's fellow for the Parks and Recreation department of Seattle, Washington and a program coordinator for the YMCA of Greater Seattle. Ms. Chesson received her B.A. in history and a minor in social and economic justice from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her M.P.A. in environmental policy and management from the University of Washington.