Catherine Connors

Founder, Demeter Media

La Crescenta, CA

Catherine Connors is a polymathic digital and media leader who has architected communities, narrative strategies, and brand evolutions across academia, non-profits, start-ups, and global entertainment companies. As a former scholar whose work focused on the political science of storytelling, she brings an unique depth of expertise in and understanding of the nuances and dynamics of narrative, communication, and story to her work in empowering and supporting next-generation storytellers and media innovators.

The former Head of Content and Editor In Chief of The Walt Disney Company’s interactive media division, Catherine drove new thinking in the company on how to better engage girls and women, advancing internal conversations and action on overcoming what she termed ‘The Dream Gap’ and on the opportunity for franchises like Princess to help address that gap.

“I am a writer, entrepreneur, activist and mother, not necessarily in that order.”

A 3x entrepreneur in digital and social media whose track record includes a social media platform for girls, non-binary, and underestimated youth that Fast Company named one of its World’s Most Innovative Companies, Catherine is a tireless advocate for creative world-changers. She lives in Los Angeles with her family and an almost embarrassing number of pets.