KATHERINE PLANAS

Katherine Planas is the Director of Development for the Edinburgh International Festival, working with individual, corporate, trust, foundation, and international supporters from the UK and around the world. She moved to Scotland from Washington, DC, after concluding an 11-year tenure in fundraising at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Katherine’s love of travel and engaging with different people and cultures began with performing in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in high school, and increased further following a transformational study abroad semester in India. She studied theatre and arts administration in university and is passionate about both the value of arts education and training, and providing opportunities for more students to study abroad.