Katelyn Shelby Davis
With a lifelong obsession with cars and technology, it was natural to find a career making sense and giving purpose to next-gen mobility by helping others to understand its implications. I spend my days working alongside automakers, suppliers, startups, venture capitalists, community organizations, and government bodies to develop better and more efficient ways to move people, goods, and services.
I wake up every day excited and proud to be a part of the transportation industry’s future and to witness the technologies that will change the way the world moves through connected, autonomous, shared, and electric mobility—whether that’s in a car or not.
Join me! This blog will chronicle my adventures in the world of mobility in the hopes of educating and exciting you for what the future has in store for us all. I also produce a monthly email that gives some insight into where I've been over the last few weeks and what to look forward to in the next month. Sign up here.
Industry Leadership
Co-Author, Women Driven Mobility (2022)
30 in their Thirties, Dbusiness (2021)
Co-Lead, Detroit Moves mobility festival (2017-2019, 2022, 2023)
Mobility Programming, Midwest/Michigan House at SXSW (2019, 2022)
Board Member, Automotive Public Relations Council (2016-present)
Operations Lead, Women in Mobility Detroit (2019-2021)
Leadership Detroit, Class XLI (2019-2020)
Lead, Detroit Mobility Coalition (2017-2019)
Co-Lead, Mobility Week Detroit (2018)
Speaking Engagements
As a storyteller and thought leader in the mobility industry, Katelyn is often asked to speak at events and moderate panels.
Published Author
In 2022, Katelyn—alongside co-author Kristin Shaw—published Women Driven Mobility: Rethinking the Way the World Moves, a collection of case studies and research detailing female leadership in the automotive and transportation industries.
In 2023, Katelyn and her co-author announced they would be writing a second book about automotive and mobility innovations being developed and led out of Michigan. Publish date: TBD
Portfolio
Over a decade-long career in automotive and mobility, Katelyn has worked alongside automakers, global suppliers, startups, VCs, universities, test centers, and government bodies on initiatives and partnerships to develop better and more efficient and sustainable ways to move people, goods, and services and leverage new mobility technologies and—most importantly—how to tell that story publicly.
Award-Winning Work
Top User-Generated Content Campaign, PR Daily
Best HR Communications Video, PR Daily
Most Improved Digital Publication, Ragan Communications
Best Benefits Communications, Ragan Communications
One Person Wonder, Michigan Business and Professionals Association
Top Social Media Reporter, Ragan Communications