The technology-politics landscape is shifting fast. Your organization can be ready.
The groups I work with walk into the boardroom with a clear point of view their leadership can defend. Their teams are aligned, their board is briefed, and they're ready — before the moment demands it.
That's what I do.
Let’s Build What’s Next.
work with me
The groups I work with walk into the boardroom with a clear point of view their leadership can defend. Their teams are aligned, their board is briefed, and they're ready — before the moment demands it.
Build your organization's ability to communicate, lead, and decide with confidence.
Turn complexity into a strategy your whole team can act on.
Help your organization stay ahead of shifts in technology, policy, and trust.
Helping Organizations Navigate Change with Clarity and Confidence
let's BUILD WHAT'S NEXT
Equipping Fortune 100 Public Affairs Teams for the Evolving Information Landscape
Bringing Trust & Safety to Life Through Interactive Student Exercises
Helping Tech Leaders Anticipate Global Political & Regulatory Risks
Guiding Trust & Safety Teams on Election and Political Policies
Bridging Civil Society, Government & Tech for Election Preparedness
Here's how I work with organizations.
Senior executive teams managing ongoing political and regulatory exposure.
Fractional Advisory Support
Your leadership stays ahead of what's coming — not scrambling to catch up after it arrives.
→ Weekly session — nothing catches you off guard
→ Monthly briefing — what shifted, what it means for you
→ Signal monitoring — early warning before it's urgent
→ On-demand support — backup when it's high-stakes
Included:
Who this is for
The teams are capable and the infrastructure exists, but what's missing is someone who reads the environment continuously and translates what's shifting into decisions your leadership can act on.
6-month minimum
$12,000/month
A short note about your current situation is the fastest way to find out if this is the right fit.
Executive directors and senior leads at policy orgs, think tanks, and trade associations.
Executive Briefing-as-a-Service
Your leadership and board get a clear, confident answer — every time they ask.
→ Monthly briefing — leadership walks in prepared
→ 2-page briefing note — board-ready in five minutes
→ Strategic calendar — see what's coming next
→ Quarterly convening — compare notes with peers
→ Onboarding deep-dive — calibrated to you from day one
More than a newsletter. More consistent than bespoke advisory.
Included:
Who this is for
Most policy organizations aren't missing information — they're missing someone who can tell them what it means for their organization specifically, in a form their leadership and board can actually use.
6-month minimum
$7,500/month
Share a bit about your team's needs, and I'll follow up to figure out if this is the right fit.
For organizations that need a shared baseline before they can make good decisions about AI — explained for non-engineers, without losing the nuance.
Current topics:
Speaking
Fee range
On AI, elections, and what happens when technology and democracy collide.
I've spent 25 years at this intersection — inside Facebook during the moments that defined it, and now advising the organizations navigating what comes next.
AI 101: What It Is, What It Isn't, and What You Need to Know Now
A hands-on session for teams that are tired of talking about AI and ready to start using it well.
AI in Practice: How to Actually Use It
How to communicate credibly when everyone is getting their news from a different universe.
Navigating the Fragmented Media Environment
The insider account of how technology reshaped democratic life — from someone who was inside the machine during 2016, Cambridge Analytica, and everything that followed.
Technology and Democracy: A 25-Year Inside View
A practical framework for internal and external AI governance, built for organizations that want to get ahead of this instead of react to it.
Writing Your AI Policy — Before You Need One
$5,000–$25,000+
Tech Executive, Magnificent 7 Company
Working with Katie has been a game-changer, and it's allowed us to distill complex information into clear, concise, and compelling analysis that has been persuasive at the executive level. Katie has not only understood our business objectives but also anticipated the questions, concerns, and interests that our leadership team would have. Katie's strategic insights resulted in informed decision-making on questions that crossed both product and policy development.
Katie's strategic insights resulted in informed decision-making on questions that crossed both product and policy development.
Vivian Schiller, VP and Executive Director, Aspen Institute
We brought her in to support the Aspen Institute’s AI and elections program because of her deep expertise, strategic insight, and ability to navigate complex, high-stakes issues with credibility and balance. If you’re looking for someone who can bridge perspectives and drive real impact, Katie is the person to call.
Katie Harbath is someone trusted across political divides, as well as in both the tech industry and civil society.
Lori Brewer Collins, Brewer Collins Leadership
Her superpower lies in seamlessly bridging the worlds of tech, policy, and democracy—transforming complexity into clarity with sharp, meaningful insights. She has a rare ability to navigate diverse, often conflicting perspectives while staying unwaveringly true to her own North Star. You can always count on Katie for her honest, unfiltered views—delivered with curiosity, diplomacy, and grace. She’s not only one of the smartest leaders I know but also one of the most relentlessly productive.
Katie Harbath is one of the most principled and insightful leaders I’ve had the privilege of working with.
Tina Mercep, Excecutive Director, IDU
always well prepared sharing her tech insights and digital updates with the IDU for years! It is a pleasure to work with her and if you need a speaker for all things AI, tech and democracy: she is the one!
Katie is highly professional,
Jeb Ory, Entrepreneur, and Lecturer, Stanford University
She guest lectured at my Ethics in the Fog class at Stanford-in-Washington. She challenged the students with real-world scenarios, putting them in the hot seats confronting the same scenarios that many of the digital platforms leaders have had to face. Was one of the highest rated classes of the quarter.
Katie rocks.
Amy O'Connor, VP Public Affairs, Center for Audit Quality
"Katie has an exceptional ability to convene senior leaders and create conversations that are both intellectually substantive and genuinely collaborative. What makes her especially effective is her ability to connect ideas across perspectives and help groups translate discussion into strategic insight and actionable direction."
From Conversation to Strategy.
Department Head, Tech Company Executive
"Katie led an AI training for our department. It was accessible and interactive — an optimal blend of evergreen reference materials and live demos and workshopping — and made true beginners feel at home while seamlessly assisting those further along."
Engaging & Actionable AI Workshops.
My Book: Disrupting Politics
What happens to democracy when technology moves faster than we can govern it? For Katie Harbath, that question has defined her career.
From a college journalist helping invent digital campaign tactics to a Facebook executive shaping elections that reached billions, she was inside the rooms where the future was being decided — before anyone knew the cost. She helped build Facebook's global elections program, advised world leaders, and created the first political ad transparency library.
With unflinching honesty about 2016, Cambridge Analytica, and the dismantling of integrity teams, *Disrupting Politics* is both memoir and manual for anyone navigating that intersection — hard-won wisdom on scaling powerful technologies, holding the middle when every option feels like the wrong one, and protecting free speech without breaking the system it depends on.
Publishing fall 2026
A Front Row Seat at the Collision of Technology and Democracy
preorder disruptive politics now!
