Katherine Winkleman

Katherine Winkleman, with a science and financial background, is known for her ability to delve to the root in communicating issues to the public. She is respected for directing the writing, brainstorming, campaign strategy, crisis control, special event planning and speaker training programs for Winkleman Company clients.

Previously, Winkleman was a buyer at ZONA and a senior executive at RH Macy's, where she directed over two hundred employees at the flagship store.

Winkleman was formerly co-chair of the Board of Advisors of SAVI (Mount Sinai Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention Program) and a SAVI advocate. When on-call, she would respond to 6pm to 8am calls from select emergency rooms in Manhattan and Queens by immediately going to the specific hospital to attend to the needs of the survivor of sexual assault or domestic violence. Winkleman provided a listening ear, solace, information, a welcoming hand and advocacy to ease and facilitate the first steps towards healing.

She is currently an active volunteer at the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). Previously, she was a founding member of the Plymouth Tower House Committee and served as a member of P.S. 158 Principal Search and on the board of directors of an Upper East Side cooperative.

Katherine Winkleman has written two published non-fiction children's books with her husband, who was the illustrator for both.