User:KKDaughty/sandbox

Kathleen Kelly Daughty
Kathleen Kelly Daughety (born January 1985) is an American entrepreneur and writer. She is the founder and CEO of two companies and the creator of the Fresh Drinks Project. She is also the author of a few blogs, including Hello Kathleen Kelly.

Education
Kathleen was born in Denver, CO and raised in Topeka, KS. She attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS from 2002 to 2006. She majored in political science and history and also took classes in ballet, Spanish, gender studies, and literature. In 2014, Daughety received her MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. At Wharton, Daughety majored in entrepreneurship management, was very involved in Student Life, and received two awards for community organizing, including the Benjamin Franklin Spirit of Philadelphia Award. She also had the opportunity to take a management class with Adam Grant, author of Give and Take.

Business Career
Daughety worked as an eCommerce analyst at Liberty Media in Colorado in 2011. She became an analyst after a several months long internship during which she helped create the Women’s eCommerce Network, which is currently in its fourth year. She then worked in business development for Peek.com, a San Francisco-based travel company founded by Ruzwana Bashir and Oskar Bruening. In 2014, Kathleen began her first company, Well Technologies LLC, which has a mobile app in the development stages. In the spring of 2015, Kathleen began writing a book called Fresh Drinks: A Data-Driven Approach to Drinking and Daily Life. The Fresh Drinks Project is in the testing phases but is set to launch to a limited audience in the summer of 2016.

Political Career
Prior to joining Liberty Media, Kathleen worked in politics for ten years, from 2002 to 2012. She began her career in politics working for then-Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius. On Sebelius’s first gubernatorial race, Daughety was a field canvasser, going door-to-door registering voters. On Governor Sebelius’s re-election campaign, Daughety was the Deputy Finance Director in charge of National Fundraising. When Sebelius became Chair of the Democratic Governors Association (DGA), Daughety moved to Washington, DC to become Deputy Finance Director. Kathleen was the Colorado Finance Director for U.S. Senator Michael Bennet from 2009-2010. Formerly a lawyer, businessman, and superintendent of Denver Public Schools, Bennet was appointed to the U.S. Senate by Governor Bill Ritter to replace Ken Salazar when President Barack Obama appointed Salazar as Interior Secretary in 2009. The Bennet fundraising operation, which also included National Finance Director, National Finance Committee, and the Colorado finance team, called a “fundraising juggernaut.” On November 2, 2010, The Denver Post ran “Bennet wins in Senate race” by about 1% of the vote. Kathleen also worked for then-U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton and Priorities USA.

Personal Life
Kathleen splits her time between New York, NY and Topeka, KS. She enjoys dance, travel, reading, poker, and most forms of outdoor recreation, including surfing, touch rugby, running, and hiking.