Kaitlyn Denten is a researcher for the Humphrey School's Institute for Urban and Regional Infrastructure Finance (IURIF). She earned her Master of Urban and Regional Planning from the Humphrey School in 2023, and her bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Minnesota in 2020. 

Previously, she worked as a transportation planner with the City of Minneapolis, and interned at Metro Transit and Dakota County. She also worked as a research assistant at the Accessibility Observatory at the Center for Transportation Studies.