Kitty Boone manages a variety of programs at the Aspen Institute, among them programming for the Society of Fellows, and public conference programs including the "Aspen Ideas Festival" a seven-day program engaging renown experts on a variety of subjects in lecture, class, and seminar formats. A native San Franciscan, Kitty moved to Aspen in 1989 and served as Vice President for Marketing & Sales for Aspen Skiing Company for eleven years. She has served on numerous boards in the Aspen community, and currently serves on the board at Aspen Country Day School and local NPR affiliate, KJAX. A graduate of Stanford University and the Yale School of Organization and Management, Kitty has also worked for WTTW Channel 11 Chicago in strategic planning and for Cummins Engine Company in Columbus, Indiana and Pune, India. She and soonto- be-self-published author and husband Zack Taylor have eight-year-old twins