- Recipient of Frank Capra Lifetime Achievement Award from the Directors Guild of America (2012).
- While at USC, her college job was tour guide at Universal Studios.
- Was nominated for a DGA Award for Best Comedy Director for her television directorial debut.
- A long-time volunteer and mentor with the "I Have a Dream" Foundation - Los Angeles, Garretson was hired as Executive Director in February, 2012, to rebuild the foundation, which she did over the course of two-plus years. She requested a return to a volunteer role as Sponsor of IHADLA's elementary school students in Watts in June, 2014, and resumed film and television directing, producing.
- Katy is the former wife of Producer and Studio/Network Executive Jonathan Axelrod, and former daughter-in-law of George Axelrod.
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