Katie Schwerin

Katie Schwerin - Co-Owner and Chief Operating Officer In addition to being a key member of Badgers leadership team, Katie is responsible for spearheading many of the companys unique benefits, from babies at work and the Calendula Garden Childcare Center (which provides subsidized and Waldorf-inspired childcare for the children of Badger employees), to the Ecology Center and free and organic lunches enjoyed daily by all employees. Katie also focuses on prioritizing Badger’s certification as a B Corp, a status that adds transparency to the company’s social and environmental business practices. Katie has been active in the community for many years and was instrumental in developing the Business Ambassadors for Impact Monadnock, a community-led nonprofit organization focused on improving the lives of children in the region ages zero to five. She also finds the time to work in a leadership role for Project Home, a grass roots, nonprofit organization whose mission is to bring asylum seekers into our communities and support them to win their legal cases. Katie holds a master’s degree in education as well as one in fine arts. For 13 years, she taught elementary and junior high school, and more recently, economics to HS seniors. Katie is an avid gardener and herbalist and has three daughters, two of whom now hold leadership positions at Badger.