Katharine Thompson is Community Development Manager at the City of Kalispell, Montana, where she has been employed since 2008. In that time the Kalispell Brownfields Program has been developed and implemented with three EPA Brownfields grants: Assessment, Area-Wide Planning Pilot and Clean-up Revolving Loan Fund. In addition, Katharine performs in the areas of downtown revitalization; historic preservation; workforce housing; tourism development; grant writing and administration; revolving loan fund and tax increment financing district management. Prior to employment at the City, she served as Executive Director of two Flathead Valley non-profits. Katharine is a University of Montana graduate with a Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy and Economics and Master of Public Administration Degree.