Katherine Zobre is a lead consultant at KZConsulting Services, working with artists and artisans to develop their business acumen: business planning, quality control, sales and marketing training, strategy development, buyer relationship management. She is a graduate from the International Development Studies masters program at the University of Amsterdam where she studied the possibilities of including slum dwellers in the ongoing urban ecotourism operations in Bangkok, Thailand. Additionally, she holds a BA in political science and economics from the University of Maryland, College Park.