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Vice President, Lafayette Square Institute

Katie Deal serves as Vice President at the Lafayette Square Institute.  

Previously, she was a Vice President and Public Policy Analyst at T. Rowe Price, where she translated federal and state policy developments into investment theses across $1.4 trillion in assets under management. She led the research team’s coverage across equity, fixed income, and multi-asset strategies, built bipartisan networks across multiple presidential administrations, and served as a voting member of the U.S. Credit Rating Committee. Her experience also includes product development and management at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, where she supported blended finance platforms targeting sustainable infrastructure investment across least-developed countries, and at Nextdoor, where she developed go-to-market strategies for AI-enabled climate hazard response services. She has served as a consultant and board advisor to nonprofits advancing permanent supportive housing and equitable community development. 

At LSI, Katie’s work advances policy and investment innovation to expand economic mobility for workers and families. Her portfolio bridges federal strategy and local delivery: designing legislative and regulatory solutions, structuring cross-sector partnerships and investments, and supporting AI-enabled tools and analytics that move high impact policy solutions from design to implementation nationwide. 

Katie holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she was a Knight-Hennessy Scholar and Social Impact Leader Prize awardee, and an MPA from Princeton University with certificates in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy and Responsible AI. She received her B.A. from the University of Virginia, where she was a Jefferson and Echols Scholar.