American entrepreneur, designer, advisor, and philanthropist, Katherine Parr is the founder of two small ethical luxury businesses: founder and owner of Katherine Parr Jewelry and co-founder of Parré Chocolat.

She has received an award from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, assigned to the Fulbright Specialist Program for higher education advisory work in Jordan.

Her background spans the gamut between private and public sector work: she spent years in the international fashion industry, working as a high fashion model and in-house for designers in New York and Europe. A US Government-certified teacher, she was dubbed by CNN World News as the “Model-Teacher:” when she left her fashion career to spend over five years in a Title One district in New Jersey as a teacher and social entrepreneur, including a cross cultural partnership with the United Nations Girls Education Initiative (UNGEI) in the Middle East and designing multiple programs in the public education system.

Katherine is a designer and artist: Katherine Parr Jewelry and artworks have been exhibited at Clarence House in London for HM King Charles III, The Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, D.C.; and various galleries in the United States and Europe. Her jewelry has been owned and worn by Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan, CNN’s Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward, violinist Joshua Bell, and Rafael Nadal, and featured on magazine covers.

In late 2024, Turquoise Mountain NGO is launching a collection of carpets Katherine designed, that are currently being made by female weavers in Afghanistan, commissioned by the Qatar Fund for Development.

Katherine advises charities in education, including Education for Employment (Middle East North Africa), Custom Collaborative (Harlem), and Turquoise Mountain NGO (UK-Afghanistan, Jordan), and has represented UNICEF in its programs for global citizenship with an education focus.

Her TEDx Talk "The Road to Economic Empowerment is Conscious Consumerism," is featured on TED.com and was translated into several languages.

She is a graduate of Villanova University's School of Business.