Katelyn Glass is the current Founder & CEO of Fifty Six as well as the Managing Director for Sonic Editions, the destination for curated fine-art photography. In her role she is responsible for all global marketing activities, wholesale, and operational functions. As the Founder and CEO of Fifty Six, Katelyn has spent the last 15 years of her professional career leading the digital transformation for multiple firms serving in various change management roles for high-end retail and consumer brands. She was the first female C-Suite executive at Rowing Blazers scaling the lifestyle brand to #8 on SimilarWeb's 15 fastest-growing DTC brands by web traffic in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

She is a seasoned, cross-functional leader with a digital-first, omnichannel mindset with expertise in sustainable scalable global growth, cross border solutions, website migrations, data architecture and supply chain management. As a marketing professional Katelyn believes in data-driven decision making, with a focus on multi-path attribution, and strategic management across all channels of paid and organic acquisition; CRM, SEM/SEO, e-mail, social, PR, out of home and. With an emphasis on storytelling and narrative development, Katelyn enjoys brand building, creating thoughtful content and creative production.

In addition to her role, Katelyn currently serves as a member of Chief, a private invite-only network built to drive more women into positions of power and keep them there and received her MBA from The University of Chicago Booth.