Our team

Our team.

Katie Weiss

Founder and Executive Director

Teacher, Cake Decorator, artist, and lover of all things that tug on the human heart, Katie has always enjoyed finding God in the moments of everyday.

Behold is the result of Katie being struck by beauty in her own life. As she began to pray with art and Scripture together, she recognized its powerful impact on her own life.
Seeing the affect of such prayer, Katie wanted to share this way of prayer with other women to lead them to encounter the Lord through praying with art. From this desire, Behold began in the winter of 2016.

Katie is happily married to her husband, Kevin, who also supports and helps her with the book printing process.

Rebecca Woltornist

Creative Director

Becky loves seeing God through His creation. He is the original artist, and she aspires to portray a glimpse of His beauty through her talents.

Becky has years of experience in the creative arts, and works with many mediums. She enjoys working with alcohol markers, digital art, watercolor, and charcoal. She has done some basics in graphic design for her modest fashion show that she organizes each year in honor of Our Lady.

Becky is excited to join the Behold team as creative director, helping with both book formation and social media.

Emily Harpole

Author

Emily Harpole is from Denver, Colorado and is a 2019 graduate of Benedictine College where she studied Theology, Evangelization/Catechesis and Political Science.

She spent her first year post-grad as a missionary with The Culture Project where she spoke to students about the dignity of human life and the richness that comes from living a life of sexual integrity. She loves ministry, especially in the realm of Theology of the Body and fostering healthy relationships, with a special place in her heart for encouraging young women.

Emily uses her Instagram account @emily.marie.harpole to reach out to other young people and currently works as the Youth Ministry Specialist at the Archdiocese of Denver.

She is getting married to Nathan Crankfield in March of 2022 and is so excited to start their life together!

Ellie Richards

Newsletter Manager

Ellie Richards is from the D.C. area. She is currently studying at the University of Dallas, still undecided on a major. She is loving the core curriculum and thinking about majoring in Philosophy, Politics, English, or a combination of the three. She loves reading, conversing with friends, and pouring herself into her studies.

Ellie spent most of her life in Seattle, Washington homeschooling, but moved to the East coast where she was taught by Katie Weiss for a year in highschool. She is very excited to be a part of the Behold ministry and to bring women closer to Christ through her work.