Speaking · Workshops · Consulting
Katherine Haley has stood at every level of the issues she speaks on — as someone with lived experience, as a frontline practitioner, and as a researcher. That rare vantage turns hard stories into resilience, belonging, and real systems change.
Why Katherine
"The people closest to a problem belong in the room where it gets solved."
Recovery, disability, poverty, grief, and justice-system involvement — not as theory, but as a life navigated and rebuilt.
Frontline work in recovery support, disability advocacy, and higher education — the day-to-day reality of serving people.
Community-based research and an MSW focused on accessibility, human rights, and systems change — evidence that holds up.
Signature keynote
How recovery, resilience, and the courage to rebuild become a blueprint for leadership — for anyone who has been counted out and decided to lead anyway.
Story-driven talks that move an audience and leave them with a frame they can act on — not just a feeling.
Working sessions where teams pressure-test their assumptions and design more inclusive, human-centered practice.
Advisory work that brings lived experience and research together to shape policy, programs, and accessible communities.
Who books Katherine
Tell Katherine what you're planning. She'll reply with availability and a fit for your audience.
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