Katherine Gustafson

• Wrote, edited, and proofread complex materials for diverse private clients, including proposals, program reports, and annual reports involving detailed programmatic information conveyed in reader-friendly language.
• Helped nonprofit organizations and universities secure and retain millions of dollars as a fundraising writer, including managing the production of comprehensive reports to government agencies and foundations.
• Contributed to publications such as Yes! Magazine, Slate, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Civil Eats, and CRS Wire, on social issues such as education, women and girls, health, and food.
• Clients: World Wildlife Fund, Oceana, The Wilderness Society, NoVo Foundation, The Christensen Fund, Orbis International, Pro Mujer, Grameen Foundation, and International Pacific Halibut Commission.

• Composed opinion pieces, speeches, and fundraising appeals for nonprofits executives and board members such as Harrison Ford (Conservation International) and Jennifer Buffett and Peter Buffett (NoVo Foundation).
• Wrote content on a range of topics, from healthcare informatics to high-powered computing, for executives at companies such as Lighter Capital, QuantHC, UPS, and HP Enterprise.
• Published ghostwritten pieces in Wall Street Journal Logistics Report, TechBeacon, Tribune newspapers, CBS Chicago, The Huffington Post, and The Seattle Times.

• Wrote white papers, reports, and other business collateral for major companies and international banks on topics such as taxes, sustainability, technology, and logistics.
• Composed infographics, letters, articles, blog posts, web copy, and other marketing material, including branded content for companies such as UPS, Apervita, Singapore Tourism Board, and Oath.
• Contributed to sites such as Forbes and QuickBooks Resource Center on topics of business operations and entrepreneurship, and wrote diverse content for B2C magazines, such as Energy of the City.
• Prepared grant applications seeking millions from government agencies for equipment renovation and upgrade.
• Edited documents of all lengths, including developmental editing, copyediting, and proofreading.
• Clients: Intuit, Bloomberg BNA, SkiftX, Sappi Paper Company, Extra Space Storage, Avalara, Apervita, Lumeon, Lighter Capital, CVent, Washington Gas, and Quartz.

Rick Steves’ Europe is a long-running travel documentary television series hosted by American travel writer and television personality, Rick Steves, as he travels across the continent of Europe, documenting his experiences along the way.

• Edited Rick Steves’ best-selling series of European travel guidebooks, including leading an editorial team.
• Collaborated with editors, field researchers, and travel specialists to keep the books up to date.
• Composed travel articles under Rick Steves’ byline to be syndicated by the Tribune Company.

• Provided editorial direction and management for the TrustFile sales tax software blog.
• Established and maintained editorial standards and blog style guide and directed the editorial calendar.
• Recruited, hired, managed, and edited the work of a team of freelance writers.

• Wrote and published Change Comes to Dinner (Macmillan, 2012), a book about entrepreneurs and innovators in sustainable food.
• Authored Locavore U.S.A. (Macmillan, 2012), an ebook made of a chapter of Change Comes to Dinner.
• Wrote DC Insider’s Guide (Sutro Media, 2009), a travel e-guidebook to Washington, DC, for mobile devices.