Katrina Blauvelt is currently the owner of a 42-year-old, family-owned fabric finishing business where she also serves as Chief Marketing Officer. Katrina Blauvelt is a long-term veteran of the communications industry with more than 30 years of first-hand experience. She spent the last 14 years as a Senior Director at The Home Depot where she strategically drove messaging and engagement externally and internally through creative communications programs and storytelling in service of the company mission and values in order to deliver excellent customer service. She managed enterprise-wide communications vehicles including the external corporate site, Built from Scratch and internal channels including intranet, social media, broadcast and print. Her specialties include public relations, internal communications, crisis communications, media relations, brand communications, community affairs and program measurement.