Hosting a show on BluegrassCountry.org is like coming home for Katy, who started her broadcasting career on WAMU-FM. In 1972 she was working at the CIA when she volunteered to do the bluegrass calendar announcements on Gary Henderson’s Saturday morning bluegrass show. When WAMU’s bluegrass programming expanded — first from 10 p.m. to Midnight and later in the afternoon drive-time slot of 3-6p.m. — the producing duties were split between Gary, Katy and Jerry Gray.

In 1979 Katy took a job with Washington’s commercial country station, WMZQ-AM/FM. In her 18 years with that station she worked several different jobs: overnight DJ, on-air program director of the AM station, member of the morning team, and public affairs director. In 1991 her documentary on Arlington National Cemetery received Honorable Mention at the International Radio Festival of New York and in 1994 she won the Achievement in Radio (AIR) award for Best Mid-Length Interview.

A native Washingtonian, Katy grew up in Tokyo, Japan and Camp Chinen Okinawa when her parents were stationed overseas between 1958 and 1963. She holds a BA in Communication from The American University. Katy plays clawhammer banjo and is a member of IBMA, Friends of Old Time Banjo, and the Capitol Area Bluegrass and Old Time Music Association.  Katy is a graduate of the 2008 IBMA Leadership Bluegrass Class.

She and her husband Bill live in Washington and have a 27-year-old son.