Katie Dippold (born January 10, 1980) is an American screenwriter, producer, actress, and comedian. Dippold was a writer on the NBC series Parks and Recreation and wrote The Heat starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy and the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot. Dippold was born and raised in Freehold Township, New Jersey, and graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in journalism.