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Kate (she/her) serves as Open Answer’s first Executive Director following her six-and-a-half year tenure at Healthier Colorado as their Senior Director of Activism. During her time at Healthier Colorado, Kate wore many hats – she worked on nearly 40 local ballot measure campaigns across the state, collaborated with city council members and partner organizations to improve health in Denver and Aurora, established and led Healthier Colorado’s Advocacy Fellowship program, oversaw the organization’s statewide advocacy efforts, launched an in-house Small Donor Committee fundraising canvass, and founded Healthy Air and Water Colorado, one of Healthier Colorado’s sister organizations.

Prior to Healthier Colorado, Kate worked in the labor movement for 7 years- knocking doors to recruit members to join Colorado WINS (the state employee’s union), as the program manager for the Colorado AFL-CIO, and finally as the Political and Legislative Director for AFT Colorado.

Kate recently moved to North Carolina and is eager to explore her new surroundings with her family. Kate earned her Master of Social Work from the University of South Carolina and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Illinois in her hometown of Champaign-Urbana.