Katherine (Katie) Augustine

Katie (Katherine) Augustine is a consultant, motivational speaker, and attorney from Cleveland, Ohio. She is an animal, environmental, and women's advocate, and a poet focused on social commentary. Katie is a Reiki Master and a Certified Energy Codes Facilitator®. Ordained in Ohio, Katie is a Minister of Walking Prayer® and a Maitri Breathwork Facilitator® through the Center for Sacred Studies.

In 2012, Katie was certified as a Life Mastery Consultant® and built a thriving coaching business. In 2018 she was invited to serve the Brave Thinking Institute as Sr. Coach, supporting to-be and newly certified coaches, and Brave Thinking® clients in facilitated group masterminds.

As an attorney, Katie led a successful 22- year regulatory risk and compliance career in the financial services industry. During this tenure, some of Katie's roles included serving as a Compliance Director with Treliant Risk Advisors and as Fair & Responsible Banking Program Manager for KeyBank NA.

In this corporate world of high risk and implementing mitigation and controls, Katie was a CRCM and strengthened leadership and management skills, including project management running multiple time-driven exams, as well as communication and conflict resolution skills.

Responsibilities included co-leading an on-site team of 24 supporting a well-known bank to meet updated compliance provisions; writing and updating compliance and training procedures and policies for multiple financial institutions due to new regulations and mergers; creating compliance risk assessments with a focus on Fair Banking and UDAAP provisions; and supporting business lines and central divisions to meet requirements set by bank boards, the Federal Reserve Board and other bank regulators.

Katie purposefully built her coaching career to support the Earth in a grassroots movement of sorts. Katie believes that as people engage in personal development, lifting themselves out of struggle, they then live from an empowered and responsible stance. This leads to living dreams and ultimately more contribution, participation and donations to causes, organizations and NPOs. These personal affects ultimately create a positive evolution for the Planet, Her Creatures and Ecosystems.

Katie has spoken to audiences of 1000s on stages and virtually. She loves pilgrimages, reading, and writing including poetry. She has also socialized and homed 100s of cats with her partner, Bill Boronkay, a comedian. Contact Katie at [email protected].