"I have worked with Katie on several podcast projects and she accomplished those projects with her usual high standards. She brings each project a high level of excellence, curiosity and verve. She listened to my project goals, she researched, interviewed students and faculty and then subsequently took what were likely hours of content and edited them into short and compelling podcasts that conveyed exactly the message I needed for the audience being targeted. She accomplished all of this on time and on budget. I highly recommend Katie for any podcast project you may be considering."
Linda Feltman
Faculty: Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications
Faculty Associate: Lion Launch Pad Special Living Option
Student Coordinator: Global Entrepreneurship Week
"Katie was instrumental, the driving force, in getting our podcast efforts off the ground. Her innate curiosity, passion and professionalism engaged participants and reflected well on us through the final products. We basically tossed some ideas and names at her, gave her a timeline and stepped back. She took ownership, asked questions when she had them, and the podcasts were engaging and professional. We could not have launched our podcast without her."
Steve Sampsell
Director of Strategic Communications
Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications
"Katie DeFiore misses nothing. Her vision for both the details and the big picture is rare and impressive. She catches typos and revises the larger arc with the same ease. I trust her to review my client work on a regular basis and she offers consistent and essential value."
Dana Ray
Founder of Dana Ray Consulting
"Katie is an innovative, professional communicator who launched her own podcast to explore entrepreneurship when podcasting was still pretty new. She has a keen curiosity, knows how to spot a good story and how to report it. As a student, she displayed solid skills for storytelling using audio and/or prose. I  trusted she’d produce a solid piece — and she always reliably delivered. She brought a lot of value to our team, and we heavily leaned on her!"
Lisa Duchene
Communications Consultant
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program
Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences
"Katie DeFiore is a born podcaster. She marshals her innate curiosity and intelligence to engage her audience in stories that are told masterfully and authentically. Her diligent research and thorough preparation inform each of her podcasts and enable her to draw her guests into intimate conversations and spirited debates. Katie has a knack for anticipating what her listeners will want to know and delivering the content in a gentle, probing style. In doing so, she skillfully creates spaces that invite her audience into a one-on-one experience."