About Katrina
Katrina Owens is an Indianapolis native, born and raised, and has called District 20 home since 2016. For more than 15 years, she has helped people who are unemployed or underemployed get reconnected to work, through education, job training and career services in neighborhoods across the city. She is a doctoral student at Ball State and has volunteered in the community for more than a decade, including in her church’s ministry, as a volunteer advocate for children in the foster care system, on campaigns for our local congressman and school board candidates, and with other charitable causes. As a mother, she wants District 20 to be a place where every family, all residents and businesses can thrive!
Why I Am Running?
In 2024, I ran for the Indiana State Senate and knocked on thousands of doors across our community. What I heard most were city concerns: roads that need repair, data centers coming into our neighborhoods, neighborhood safety, and city services that don’t show up. Many seniors told me they feel left out of decisions about their own neighborhoods. And as a small business owner, I know what it means when local businesses go unsupported. I also saw how decisions made at the Statehouse flow down into our city budget and into our neighborhoods. The City-County Council is where those decisions land, and where they can be made to work for the people who live here. District 20 is my home, and I’m running to work for and with you.
Why Vote for Katrina
1. She knows what stable jobs, livable wages and education mean for our families.
District 20 has waited years for real redevelopment. Katrina has spent her career helping people get the education and training that lead to steady work, and she’ll push for economic development that brings livable-wage jobs to our neighborhoods.
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Has taught more than 30 course sections, reaching over 1,000 students at Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis in the subject matters of psychology, human services and student success.
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Led three American Job Centers (WorkOne Indy) at EmployIndy, including the dislocated worker, Trade Adjustment Assistance and rapid response teams
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Led youth job-readiness programming on the Far Eastside at the Finish Line Boys & Girls Club, Mt. Carmel Church and Eastern Star Church, reaching 1,500+ young people ages 16–24
2. She’ll fight for District 20’s fair share.
The council’s biggest job is the city budget, and District 20 has waited too long for road repairs, sidewalks and redevelopment. Katrina has managed complex public funding, and she knows how to follow the money to make sure it reaches our neighborhoods.
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Ran a $4M budget across eight federal and state funding streams, and consolidated three job centers into one
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Worked on Community Development Block Grants, the federal neighborhood funding the council approves
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Managed a $10M federal grant that served 1,034 dislocated workers across six metro areas
3. She brings people together to get results.
Katrina builds partnerships for a living, and she’s been showing up for District 20 since long before this campaign.
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Founding board member of her neighborhood’s homeowners association in Warren Township
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Convened 80+ workforce partners as Equal Opportunity Officer for the Marion County workforce board
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After 2024 Campaign, kept working for the community: served as precinct chair, did education advocacy work, and attended town halls, council meetings and Statehouse sessions