Kathryn Kirk is the mother of Charlie Kirk, the Turning Point USA founder who was shot and killed at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, 2025. She stayed almost entirely out of public view for a year after his death. In late September 2026 she gave her first media interview since then, to Vanity Fair for its profile of his widow, Erika Kirk, and rejected rumors that Charlie’s parents had turned against Erika. No reporting describes her as a physician. The only Kathryn Kirk with an MD listed in the federal provider registry is a gastroenterologist in Maryland.