Katie earned her Masters of Science in Nursing from the College of New Jersey in 1999. She has been a practicing registered nurse since 1970, spending the majority of that time in Critical Care Units and the Emergency Department. She practices as a Family Nurse Practitioner with a sub-specialty in behavioral health.
Katie and her husband, Carl, reside in Kingwood, New Jersey. Their children are grown. She and her husband breed and show Parson Russell terriers.