Katie Shepherd Christiansen

Principal

Katie Shepherd Christiansen is an artist, writer, conservationist, and mother. Her interdisciplinary approach to conservation spans media forms and subject areas to embody our growing understanding of nature with a paired ethic for coexistence. Katie is a graduate of the Yale School of the Environment, a Wyss Conservation Scholar of the American West, a Wyoming Arts Council Greater Yellowstone Creative Writing & Journalism Fellow, and a three-time National Endowment for the Arts grant recipient. Katie serves as the Executive Director of the Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative.

Katie is the editor and illustrator of The Artist’s Field Guide to Yellowstone (Trinity University Press, 2021), a project she created in collaboration with fifty prominent artists and writers to inspire wonder in and connection to the wildlife of the world-renowned Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Katie is known for her iconic, award-winning interpretive signs that meld her art and prose with sophisticated design as permanent, educational installations in parks and protected areas. Prior partners include the National Endowment for the Arts, National Geographic, The Trust for Public Land, Jackson Hole Public Art, City of Bozeman, and the Ucross Foundation.