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Katie Koestner is a speaker, consultant, expert witness, advocate, and founder whose work has shaped conversations around sexual violence, consent, and institutional accountability for more than three decades. She is the founder of the Take Back The Night Foundation, creator of the National Sexual Assault Legal Hotline, and host of the Dear Katie Podcast.

Katie became the first woman in history to speak publicly and nationally about acquaintance rape. Since then, she has reached more than 10 million people through her speaking, advised over 5,000 institutions, and helped advance prevention, education, survivor advocacy, and institutional reform.

Katie works with colleges and universities, K-12 schools, Fortune 100 companies, healthcare organizations, military installations, government agencies, athletic organizations, nonprofits, and professional associations.

Katie speaks on leadership, organizational culture, sexual misconduct prevention, Title IX, harassment prevention, healthy relationships, consent education, risk management, student safety, trauma, resilience, and cultural change.

Organizations can contact Katie directly through her website to discuss speaking engagements, consulting projects, expert witness services, leadership trainings, and strategic initiatives.

The Dear Katie Podcast features candid conversations with survivors, advocates, attorneys, policymakers, and changemakers exploring healing, justice, prevention, and institutional accountability.