Katie Drummond is a trailblazing journalist, media executive, and Global Editorial Director of WIRED, where she leads the brand’s editorial and revenue strategy across all platforms and global markets. Since taking the helm in 2023, Katie has revitalized WIRED’s cultural relevance, restored its profitability, and positioned it as a leading voice in technology, artificial intelligence, and innovation. With a career spanning two decades across top media organizations, including VICE, Bloomberg, Gawker, and The Verge, Katie has built a reputation for transforming brands, navigating rapid industry change, and driving growth through bold, forward-looking strategies. She speaks on the intersection of technology, AI, journalism, and leadership, offering audiences a rare insider’s view on the forces shaping our digital future and the evolving role of media in society.

On stage, Katie invites audiences into the decision-making rooms where the world’s biggest stories are shaped and connects complex topics like artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, and the future of journalism to real-world opportunities and challenges. Whether speaking to corporate leaders, national associations, or university audiences, Katie empowers organizations to understand the technologies transforming business, culture, and work, and how leaders can adapt and thrive. Her talks leave audiences inspired, informed, and equipped to think differently about innovation, leadership, and the future of information.

Katie’s journey is one of reinvention, resilience, and leadership with an impressive track record of reinventing brands and leading organizations through periods of turbulence. At VICE, she spearheaded the global expansion of VICE News, championing award-winning social-first storytelling and guiding teams through transformative organizational change. At Bloomberg, she played a pivotal role in redefining the company’s digital strategy and approach to breaking news. At Bloomberg, Drummond was a key architect of the company’s digital reinvention in the late 2010s. At Gawker Media, she led and stabilized the media company’s portfolio of sites through bankruptcy and its eventual acquisition by Univision. Earlier in Drummond’s career, she was a member of the founding teams at The Verge and The Outline.

Across every role, Katie has demonstrated a rare mastery of combining editorial vision with operational excellence, earning her teams recognition through Peabody Awards, Emmys, Online Journalism Awards, and more. Beyond her professional accomplishments, Katie is a passionate advocate for women in leadership and the future of work, sharing lessons from her own path leading diverse, unionized, and hybrid teams through challenging and high-stakes transitions.

Katie is a graduate of Queen’s University in Canada and lives in Brooklyn with her family and two enormous dogs.