Katherine Carnahan

Katherine 'Kitty' McNamara Carnahan was born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana, where she graduated from the Academy of the Sacred Heart. She then attended Tulane University, where she majored in American Studies and minored in Art History. From there she moved to Washington, D.C. where she worked on Capitol Hill and met her husband, Ira, who is also participating in ILI.

Kitty and Ira have two children: Callie, a high school history teacher in Houston, and William, an analyst for a real estate development firm in Washington. In recent years, Kitty and Ira have served together as co-chairs of: Annual Giving at National Presbyterian School, Annual Giving at National Cathedral School, Freedom House’s Annual Awards Dinner, and Tulane University’s Family Leadership Council.