Katherine M. Gehl
CEO & Executive | Pioneering Non-Partisan Political Innovation
Most recently at TEDxMileHigh in 2020.
About
Katherine M. Gehl is a former CEO and entrepreneur who has dedicated her career to improving American democracy.
As the CEO of Gehl Foods, she grew the company into a $250 million enterprise. Gehl now focuses on political innovation, authoring the influential book The Problem Solver's Playbook and co-creating the non-partisan Democracy Movement.
Her insights into the need for new political structures and strategies have been featured in The New York Times and The Economist. In her keynotes, Gehl provides a data-driven framework for citizens and leaders to rethink the political process and address systemic dysfunction.
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US politics isn't broken. It's fixed
The "broken" US political system is actually working exactly as designed, says business leader and activist Katherine Gehl. Examining the system through a nonpartisan lens, she makes the case for voting innovations, already implemented in parts of the country, that give citizens more choice and incentivize politicians to work towards progress and solutions instead of just reelection.
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