Katrina Geurkink, M.Ed. is a consultant and fiber artist living in Lebanon, New Hampshire. She has studied and worked with organizations and learning communities for over thirty seven years.  She is a skilled facilitator, consultant, coach, trainer and graphic facilitator and has a wonderful way of interweaving these different abilities in her work with clients.  She has traveled to many countries around the world, leading projects, giving presentations at conferences, designing learning experiences and consulting with a variety of organizations and communities.  

In 2001 she moved to the Northwest to work for Harborview Medical Center, an organization known world-wide for its excellence in trauma, burn-treatment, and its mission to serve people that society often neglects.  From 2008-2011 she worked as a senior consultant with Multicare Health System, providing expertise in quality and process improvement, leadership development and organizational effectiveness.  She moved back to the east coast to work for Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center managing a group of internal consultants and acting as co-interim Director for Supply Chain. She has done graphic facilitation and recording for several organizations and events, including the Organizational Development Network, the American Society for Quality, the Institute for Sustainable Communities, the Vermont Leadership Institute and the Association for Experiential Education, to name a few. 

Ms. Geurkink lived in Vermont for twenty years.  From 1989 – 2001 she owned and operated ouT oF tHe bOx Consulting Group, an international consulting practice, serving clients in the areas of leadership, organization and team development, quality improvement and technology.  She served seven years on the Board of Directors for the Association for Experiential Education and was elected president in 1998. She was certified in 2006 by the American Society for Quality as a Six Sigma Black Belt and the International Coaching Federation as a coach.  She has been a member of the following organizations.

AVA Gallery and Art Center — Artist Member
American Society for Quality (ASQ)
Project Management Institute (PMI)
International Coaching Federation (ICF)
International Forum of Visual Practitioners (IFVP)
Organizational Development Network (ODN)
International Association of Facilitators (IAF)
Association for Experiential Education (AEE)

Clients Share their Experiences Working with Katrina

“Thank you for your amazing visual recordings of events and discussions at the AEE conference.  Seeing them all together at the closing ceremony was such a great reflection of the messages and challenges we’d heard and lived all week!  You have such a talent for hearing the essence and bringing it to life.  I hope you’ll continue to help us see what we say.”

Pat Hammond, CEO
Association for Experiential Education

“Katrina Geurkink has an uncommon ability to allow insight and imagination to work on your organization’s behalf.  She took our 20 trustees on a day-long journey over what they thought was familiar terrain.  At the end of it, we didn’t have a new organization.  We had a better one.”

Alexander L. Aldrich, Executive Director
Vermont Arts Council

“Katrina Geurkink has worked closely with me and many others in developing ways to learn leadership, communication, and facilitation skills, even new computer applications, that are fresh and fun and beautifully sequenced and thought-through.  She manages to combine thoughtful preparation and well-designed materials with totally present and flexible in-the-moment response to the needs of a group…  Katrina is an unusually thoughtful, knowledgeable, and articulate person, and she can do any number of things very well (from beautiful knitting and quilting to writing to t’ai chi and rock climbing), in addition to her professional accomplishments.  Yet the sense one gets from meeting her is not so much ’wow, what an amazingly talented person’, as ‘this woman really listens and connects with me’”.

Judy Warriner Walke, Manager
Digital Equipment Corporation

“Katrina is a vital partner in many of The Snelling Center’s programs, particularly The Vermont Leadership Institute.  She serves as an energetic presenter and provides thoughtful contributions to curriculum design and implementation.  She skillfully and gently moves group discussions forward and elevates participants to a higher level of dialogue and understanding.”

Jan S. Eastman, Executive Director
The Snelling Center for Government

“Katrina Geurkink provided inspiring leadership to my department as we ventured to create collaboration and a culture of excellence amongst a variety of services.  Katrina is masterful at drawing creativity from participants while providing a structure that provides measurable results.  Katrina is an extraordinary consultant who is highly educated, a strategic thinker and who is genuinely compassionate.  Her dynamic traits coupled with a keen business sense, are powerful. Yet, she uses her power to empower the individuals with whom she works.”

Barbara Fromm, Administrative Director
Department of Hospitality, Harborview Medical Center

“Katrina has worked with Basin Harbor Club’s key staff members on a number of occasions.  She does an excellent job working with people to develop their insights on group dynamics and how they can contribute in unique ways.  She is perceptive, creative, and skilled at bringing people from diverse backgrounds together.  She is flexible, resourceful and a wonderful asset for businesses which want to use experiential education to improve their productivity.”

Penny Beach, Owner
Basin Harbor Club