Katie Fletcher

Katie Fletcher is a civil and environmental engineer who likes to look at things differently. With a technical background in stormwater drainage design, she now straddles the lines between engineering, landscape architecture and master planning. By drawing these disciplines together, she’s developed designs which not only achieve engineering standards but provide social outcomes by increasing community connectivity, increasing our connection with nature and designing with empathy for all users.

For the past 15 years, she has been a prominent member of the stormwater community, presenting at several conferences and serving on the Stormwater Queensland committee as a past Secretary.

On a personal level, Katie is an advocate for human-centred design and empathy in the workplace. Using her own experiences with chronic illness, Katie works to educate and encourage empathy within teams to build greater levels of trust, support and ultimately team effectiveness.