May 05, 1950Long Island, New York, United States74 years oldTaurus
About Katherine Freund
Katherine Freund (born May 5, 1950) is an American activist who has spent decades of her life on alternative senior transportation solutions.
She founded the Independent Transportation Network (ITN) in 1995, which in 2005 grew into ITNAmerica, a nonprofit transportation network for seniors and people with visual impairments in the United States.
Freund has acted through her organization to offer dignified transportation alternatives for more than two decades, giving more than 1 million rides to older people and visually impaired individuals to date. Her work has been recognized through various national and international honors, including her election to a 2012 Ashoka Fellowship and as an AARP Inspire Award Nominee in 2009.