Katie Kiernan

Katie Kiernan is an Aspen native and luxury real estate advisor with two decades of experience representing ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, founders, and global buyers throughout Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley.
A home in Aspen is often among the most significant assets a family will ever own. The decisions made before, during, and long after a purchase determine whether that asset appreciates—or reaches its full potential. Katie has built her practice around creating that advantage.
Working alongside her husband and partner, Judd Clarence—a licensed real estate broker, general contractor, and founder of Giant Properties, a boutique design-build firm—she offers a perspective few advisors can. Together they evaluate not only what a property is today, but what it could become. From acquisition strategy and underwriting to architecture, renovations, interiors, staging, landscaping, and museum-quality art placement, they help clients recognize hidden opportunities before a purchase and unlock lasting value long after closing.
Just as valuable is something no advisor can manufacture: a lifetime in Aspen. Katie grew up here, and helping others find their place in Aspen has been the privilege of her career. That perspective is deepened by a background spanning luxury real estate, art, design, and entrepreneurship. In 2006, she founded 212GALLERY | Art & Design Advisory, serving collectors, architects, and interior designers, and later co-founded Twyla, the venture-backed art platform that raised $19 million from leading Silicon Valley investors. Today, as a licensed broker with Compass and a member of Realm Global, she opens the door to an Aspen few ever experience.
For Katie, Aspen has never been just a luxury market. It's home—where she is raising her two sons, Taj and Jett. It's why she offers clients more than an assessment of where to buy; she offers an honest perspective on how to live well here: the schools, the trails, the restaurants worth the wait, and the neighborhoods that fit a family's lifestyle as naturally as their long-term investment goals. Her dedication reaches well beyond her own transactions—she is committed to her community, serving on the Board of Directors of Aspen Flight Academy and supporting important local charities such as the Aspen Education Foundation, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, and the Aspen Art Museum.