Katie has over 12 years experience in fitness competition, coaching, and choreography.  Her passion is motivating and training other girls for fitness competition. Katie is in her 3^rd year of hosting her very own fitness and physique competition camps.  Katie and members of her Fitness Explosion Team are now holding Cheer Fit Clinics and Camps as well.

Katie has numerous titles in the fitness industry including 2001 Miss Fitness Universe, 2001 Women's Tri-Fitness World Champion, 2003 Miss Bikini America, and 2006 Miss Bikini Universe.

Katie has also been a successful fitness model, gracing the cover of Oxygen Magazine four times.  Katie is Vice-President of SB Wellness Group, Inc., a corporate wellness company that specializes in wellness programs for large and small companies.  She has trained a fitness team call Louisiana Explosion since 1998.  Katie has led girls to the Women's Tri-Fitness Competitions, Fitness America and Fitness Universe Pageants, NPC, IFBB, America’s Fittest Model and FAME Fitness Competitions. 

Katie has choreographed numerous fitness routines and consulted women from all over on competition needs.  Katie also directed and choreographed for the Baton Rouge Blaze Starz Cheerleaders, an AFL Football Team.  Katie then directed and choreographed the dance team for the Baton Rouge Kingfish Hockey Team.  Katie is also a mother!  She has managed to do all this while raising her 15-year daughter Brooke who has cerebral palsy.  Brooke has been her driving force and has given her unbelievable motivation and determination.  Katie feels blessed to get to share this gift with other women entering the fitness industry.

Katie’s plans this fall include another camp, two cheer camps, a charity golf tournament, two competitions, and two important photo shoots.  Katie will be holding her fall fitness camp in October in Baton Rouge.  Along with her fitness team, Katie will also be starting cheer fit clinics in August for Middle and High School aged cheerleaders.  Katie and her family have also recently started the Brooke Settoon Foundation, in honor of her daughter Brooke.  She will be helping organize their 1^st Annual Charity Golf Tournament.  Katie will be competing in September in the WBFF World Championships and in the Fitness America Nationals in November.  She and the team will be shooting a calendar and Katie will be shooting for Oxygen in Toronto in September as well.