Katie Brown, PhD
Katie has dedicated her career to making high-quality language learning more accessible. She has a PhD in Second Language Acquisition from the University of Maryland, where her research focused on cognition and language learning. She is an expert on workplace-based language programs and has helped dozens of organizations create successful pathways to career mobility for both incumbent workers and job seekers. She has spent years evaluating and analyzing language learning products, and she has conducted extensive empirical research on how to design online language programs that are efficient and effective. After authoring ten patents on the technology she designed to deliver AI-driven language learning at scale, she founded EnGen, a Certified B Corporation, and her current goal is to leverage this technology to deliver high-quality, needs-based English instruction to immigrants and refugees, rapidly giving them the tools they need to advocate for themselves and their families and improve their economic outcomes.