Dawn has spent her 25+ year career connecting people to relevant knowledge and information. Her experience across industries and geographies includes leading an internal Knowledge Management team at McKinsey and Company, building databases for the Oprah Winfrey Show, running research services for a division of American Express, and managing academic librarianship at several universities and an environmental and sustainability research institute. Having earned a BA, MS, and MLIS, she is a data and taxonomy nerd and forever a librarian at heart. Dawn is also an avid podcaster, co-hosting "Knowledge Fika" and hosting "Shush-Free-Zone."

Based outside of Malmö, Sweden Dawn is currently an independent KM consultant and advisor and frequent speaker on topics such as tacit knowledge exchange, structured data, and the role of modern librarians. Dawn is also the Programme Chair for KMWorld Europe.