Dr. Katrina Boone

Who I Am

Executive leader. Strategist. Builder. Always with the human first.

I bring a rare blend of leadership, technical fluency, and human-centered design. Across higher education, enterprise systems, AI strategy, online learning, video, web, and learning design, my focus has stayed the same: make complex tools clearer, more useful, and more aligned with real human needs. My doctorate in Educational Leadership strengthens the way I approach strategy, change, and the people behind every system.

My work has always been cross-functional. I’ve led institution-wide projects, chaired advisory committees, workgroups, and task forces, and partnered with executive leaders, IT, faculty, and end users to move complicated work forward without losing the people inside it. My approach is simple: listen first, look honestly at what’s already in place, name the real gaps, and recommend something the team can actually run.

Today I lead AI strategy and adoption, oversee the institution’s digital and online learning and educational technology department, manage compliance for web content accessibility and inclusive course design, and coordinate assessment and data tracking across more than 40 service departments. I design learning and development with a UX and LX lens, train and facilitate across modalities, and produce video and media that helps the work feel human.

Earlier in my career I led new student programs for master’s and doctoral students, owning admissions, recruitment, enrollment, and matriculation all the way through degree conferral. The skills travel. What I do moves the needle in higher education, and translates directly into any industry that runs on people, systems, and learning.

“I move complicated work forward without losing the people inside it.”

How I lead

Signature Strengths

Where I’m at my most useful.

Relational, people-first leadership

Building trust, clarity, and ownership so high-performing teams can actually do their best work.

Enterprise systems oversight

Senior responsibility for the platforms, teams, and policy that keep institutions running.

AI strategy & responsible use

Institutional guidance and practical adoption, done confidently and ethically.

Training & facilitation across modalities

Designing and leading sessions that work in person, hybrid, and online for executives, educators, and end users.

Cross-functional leadership

Leading institution-wide projects, advisory committees, workgroups, and task forces with executive leaders, IT, faculty, and end users.

Learning, UX & LX design

Designing learning and development that respects how adults actually learn, with user experience and learner experience baked in.

Tools & platform fluency

Hands-on across LMS platforms, Articulate, Adobe Premiere and After Effects, Kaltura, video conferencing tools, Ellucian, HRIS, and more.

Compliance & inclusive design

Oversight of web content accessibility and inclusive course design across the institution.

LMS & learning systems oversight

Senior responsibility for LMS platforms, integrations, analytics, and the educational technology around them.

Storytelling, video & media production

Cinematography, videography, and editing across short- and long-form work for brands, products, and institutions.

Selected Outcomes

Deliverables that moved organizations forward.

AI adoption that sticks

Wrote frameworks and guidance that helped institutions adopt AI responsibly and at scale.

Accessibility as a default

Moved organizations from compliance-checking to embedded, design-first accessibility practice.

Four products launched

Founded BluuOrchid Digital Solutions and shipped a four-app ecosystem with AI-assisted workflows.

Strategy people can run

Turned institutional strategy into operational plans teams could actually execute.

LMS modernization

Led platform-wide changes and governance that improved course build, instructional quality, and learner experience.

Trusted across the table

Built durable working relationships across executive leadership, IT, academics, and frontline teams over more than 15 years.

Cross-departmental data

Coordinate assessment and data tracking across 40+ service departments.

End-to-end student lifecycle

Led graduate admissions, recruitment, enrollment, and matriculation through degree conferral.

Visual Journey

From direct service to digital product founder.

01

Direct service

Working alongside the people the work is for.

02

Program leadership

Building, scaling, and caring for programs.

03

Senior leadership

Enterprise systems, strategy, and the teams behind them.

04

Consulting & AI strategy

Advising on AI, accessibility, and modernization.

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Digital product founder

BluuOrchid Digital Solutions, four products live.