Katharine “Elizabeth” McDonald

PhD, LPC, NCC

Expertise, Credentials & Experience:

  • 15+ years in learning design and leadership with 7,500+ learners

  • Digital · Blended · AI-enabled · Productized learning

  • PhD + Project Management Certificate + ICF Coaching credentials

  • Competency-based curriculum design and evaluation

  • Performance-based assessment and mastery frameworks

  • Accreditation, regulatory, and institutional alignment

  • Instructional standards, design frameworks, and QA

  • Digital and hybrid program leadership at scale

  • Cross-functional team and SME leadership

  • Author, podcast creator, and end-to-end producer

MN Speaks —independently co-founded and produced community archiving oral history project, from process design to interview to final edit. Documenting and archiving lived experiences during Operation Metro Surge. Currently in progress.

This Time Is for You— an independently written, edited, and published guide to meaning, wellness, and purpose during life's transitions.

This Toast Is for You — an independently produced podcast, from interview concept to final edit. Short, celebratory conversations with ordinary people making extraordinary differences.