128 Years of Family Serving Family: Katharine Sanborn, End User Computing Tech, Kuwait
One in a series honoring the Exchange’s 128 years of family serving family.
Who she is: Katharine Sanborn, end user computing tech (EUCT), Kuwait
Years with the Exchange: Three years
What brought her to the Exchange: “The Exchange was my first employer and my mother, Lorie Sanborn, worked for them. She recently retired after 27 years, with her last role as the general manager of Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. I wanted to gain more professional experience, but I also saw the positive force the Exchange was for my mother, and I wanted to join the Exchange family.”
What she did at first: Katharine began her Exchange career as a food handler at Fort Bragg (now Fort Liberty) in 2009. After taking a brief hiatus from the Exchange, Katharine returned to food handling in 2015 at Joint Base Langley-Eustis. In 2016, she began working at the Exchange headquarters in Dallas.
Katharine served in the Air Force from January 2017 to January 2023, returning to the Exchange in April 2023 n her current role as EUCT. Based out of Kuwait, Katharine is responsible for network infrastructure and maintaining software across Southwest Asia contingency locations.
Military connections: Katharine’s grandfather was in the Air Force for 23 years.
Memorable moments: “I helped open the new Exchange location in Camp Buehring, Kuwait.”
Family serving family: “The Exchange community has always been very welcoming and accepting. Our teams are really close and supportive of one another.”
