professional bio...
Katherine Davis is a writer who holds more than two decades of experience in projects ranging from feature articles to internal business communications, and executive speeches to direct mail packages.
While completing freelance assignments, she has held staff positions in non-profit advancement. With progressive leadership responsibility, she has managed and supervised annual giving and membership, development communications, and major gifts. She has served affiliates of national social services agencies, higher education, and media organizations.
Starting out after achieving a Bachelor’s degree in English, Davis was regularly featured in regional print publications, with contributions that earned a 1996 PA Keystone Press Award for excellence in feature journalism.
She brought her fundraising and writing experience together when she initiated and authored a monthly philanthropy column, “Giving and Getting,” for the Eastern PA Business Journal from 2001 to 2003. The effort earned a Top Ten Award from the International Association of Business Communicators. That same year, she was awarded one of 20 national fellowships from The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to the premiere program of “The Fourth Estate & The Third Sector.”
Throughout her career, she has made time to pursue personal creative writing adventures, securing acceptance of both non-fiction and fiction entries to national literary journals. Most recently, she introduced her own greeting card lines. She continues to seek opportunities to expand these lines, contribute to literary outlets, and complete diverse projects for businesses and non-profits.
While completing freelance assignments, she has held staff positions in non-profit advancement. With progressive leadership responsibility, she has managed and supervised annual giving and membership, development communications, and major gifts. She has served affiliates of national social services agencies, higher education, and media organizations.
Starting out after achieving a Bachelor’s degree in English, Davis was regularly featured in regional print publications, with contributions that earned a 1996 PA Keystone Press Award for excellence in feature journalism.
She brought her fundraising and writing experience together when she initiated and authored a monthly philanthropy column, “Giving and Getting,” for the Eastern PA Business Journal from 2001 to 2003. The effort earned a Top Ten Award from the International Association of Business Communicators. That same year, she was awarded one of 20 national fellowships from The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to the premiere program of “The Fourth Estate & The Third Sector.”
Throughout her career, she has made time to pursue personal creative writing adventures, securing acceptance of both non-fiction and fiction entries to national literary journals. Most recently, she introduced her own greeting card lines. She continues to seek opportunities to expand these lines, contribute to literary outlets, and complete diverse projects for businesses and non-profits.