Katie Blomquist is a Nonprofit Founder and Executive Director, social media expert, college adjunct professor, nonprofit coach, and speaker. Katie uses her current success story as the Founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit, Going Places to teach others the how-to, to create impactful messaging, and navigate the media and social media for maximum fundraising results while creating their own successful nonprofit.  

Katie has been featured on The Steve Harvey Show, ABC World News Tonight, Nightly News with Lester Holt, and many more. She uses her incredible insight to help other leaders create an impact in their communities. Katie helps companies use social media just like she did to gain exposure for Going Places to grow their brand.

Her own story began as a Title 1 elementary school teacher who believed all children have a fundamental right to joy. In the fall of 2016, Katie created an incredibly successful GoFundMe campaign to get all 650 underprivileged children in her school a new bike. The campaign went viral, leading her to raise over $80,000 in three months. In 7.5 years, Katie has raised enough for Going Place to provide over 5,100 children with a new, custom bike, lock, helmet, and bike pump.

Katie is passionate about helping others more effectively define their story and move people to action to get results to have a positive impact on their community.