Katherine Ritchie grew up outside of Louisville, Kentucky and moved to New York City after college to pursue a career in finance at Bank of America and then Lehman Brothers. Missing her creative pursuits, she launched her interior design career at Charlotte Moss and Ashley Whittaker Design before founding her own eponymous firm in 2015.

 

In 2020, Katherine and her husband relocated to Darien with their growing family.  Since settling in Darien, Katherine has been active in the community through Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church, the Saint Luke’s Parish School PTC, the Ox Ridge Elementary School PTO and the Garden Club of Darien.

 

Katherine has supported The Community Fund, both as a Community Grants Volunteer in 2025 and as a tablescape designer at The Community Fund's signature fundraising event, Designed to Dine, for three years. She most recently served on the designer committee for Designed to Dine.

 

Katherine and her husband, Chad, have three children: Charles (7), William (5), and Eleanor (3). Katherine holds a B.A. in Economics from Connecticut College and an M.B.A. from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, where she continues to serve as an evaluator for the Jefferson Scholars Foundation.