Kate has extensive corporate and non-profit experience in marketing and research, with an emphasis on branding, audience development, and marketing/communications strategies. Prior to starting her own firm she earned a Master of Science in Marketing from Penn State and spent over ten years with a large advertising agency in research, account planning, and account management positions.

 

Kate is a frequently invited speaker on arts marketing and research including engagements in the U.S., Canada, England, France, Germany, Finland, the Netherlands, and Australia. She was a long-serving board member of the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, regularly sits on advisory panels for the Master of Arts Management program at Carnegie Mellon University and is an annual guest lecturer for the Performing Arts Administration Program at New York University.